12-20-2007, 04:05 PM
Apoc Wrote:It won't fly. If the tradmill can offset the forward thrust it will never have forward motion. No forward motion means no lift. End of story.
See, this is the problem. RJ didn't present us with a riddle, he presented us with a picture. If the treadmill can offset the forward thrust of the plane, then yes, it won't have forward motion. But the question is usually put that the speed of the treadmill = the speed of the wheels turning, which is independent of thrust and the plane will move forward, easily.
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