12-20-2007, 04:10 PM
.RJ Wrote:How can the treadmill offset forward thrust by spinning the wheels, when the wheels do not drive the forward motion of the plane?
CaptainHenreh Wrote:Angular momentum is imparted do them by the treadmill, some of which which will manifest itself as a linear backward force on the plane. Eventually, with enough acceleration by the treadmill the plane will *not* take off, as the linear force from the angular momentum of the wheels = the thrust force of the engines.
1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass 442