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12-20-2008, 10:03 PM
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Airplane on a conveyor belt - Mythbusters
Yep... it's on Mythbusters again.... the old "can an airplane take off on a conveyor belt" discussion.......
If an airplane is on a conveyor, and the belt is going at the takeoff speed of the plane... will it take off? Any Takers? |
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12-20-2008, 10:09 PM
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Look at this stupid thing
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Re: Airplane on a conveyor belt - Mythbusters
I seen that a while back. They needed some help badly.
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12-20-2008, 10:10 PM
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Re: Airplane on a conveyor belt - Mythbusters
No. It's the speed of the air over the wings. Not the speed of the wheels.
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12-20-2008, 10:29 PM
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Burn Gas.. Bend wings.
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Re: Airplane on a conveyor belt - Mythbusters
not this again...
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12-20-2008, 10:30 PM
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Re: Airplane on a conveyor belt - Mythbusters
'fraid so....
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12-20-2008, 10:32 PM
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Burn Gas.. Bend wings.
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Re: Airplane on a conveyor belt - Mythbusters
wasted space, why not bump the old thread.. it was pages long..
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12-20-2008, 10:33 PM
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Burn Gas.. Bend wings.
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Re: Airplane on a conveyor belt - Mythbusters
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12-20-2008, 10:42 PM
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Re: Airplane on a conveyor belt - Mythbusters
I shouldn't have even brought it up.... seems too obvious now!
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12-20-2008, 10:43 PM
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Re: Airplane on a conveyor belt - Mythbusters
The last episode was about a conveyor going in the opposite direction of the aircraft at the aircraft's take-off speed, and the aircraft took off just fine. So if that is the debate, debate over - the plane will take off.
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12-20-2008, 11:30 PM
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Burn Gas.. Bend wings.
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Re: Airplane on a conveyor belt - Mythbusters
now a treadmill catapult... why even ask, the navys done it for a LOOONNNGGGG time...
mike
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12-21-2008, 12:29 AM
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Re: Airplane on a conveyor belt - Mythbusters
reyn should be banned for bringing this back up.
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12-21-2008, 04:26 AM
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Re: Airplane on a conveyor belt - Mythbusters
I might ban myself just for good measure. OK, from now on, I only watch Dirty Jobs... no more Mythbusters!
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12-21-2008, 04:50 AM
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Whatchu lookin at?!
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Re: Airplane on a conveyor belt - Mythbusters
I used to look up to the people on Discovery...now I know they're a bunch of morons with no engineering skills or common sense.
Mike Rowe's cool, tho.
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