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photon · 02-01-2008, 02:15 PM

I don't think that's the spirit of the myth though, I think it's the whole cars push against the ground, airplanes push against the air part.

The myth as I've seen it most places is "the treadmill is going backwards at the same speed of the airplane", rather than "the treadmill is going backwards and many hundreds of times the speed of the airplane".

I would have liked to see them try to test that though, spin the thing fast enough to slow the plane down. It would have flipped it over or broken the gear though, planes aren't designed to take that kind of stress through the gear.

02-01-2008, 02:15 PM	#129
photon The new goggles also do nothing. Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Calgary Exp:	I don't think that's the spirit of the myth though, I think it's the whole cars push against the ground, airplanes push against the air part. The myth as I've seen it most places is "the treadmill is going backwards at the same speed of the airplane", rather than "the treadmill is going backwards and many hundreds of times the speed of the airplane". I would have liked to see them try to test that though, spin the thing fast enough to slow the plane down. It would have flipped it over or broken the gear though, planes aren't designed to take that kind of stress through the gear. __________________ Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.