Reply to "Airplane on a treadmill"

JugflierHall of Famer

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Originally posted by Scro:
In order to create lift, there has to be air moving above and below the wings. If a plane is on a treadmill and is not making any forward progress (aka no wind through the wings), it's not getting off the ground.

In order to take off in this situation, the plane would have to reach it's minimum speed it needs to take off, PLUS the speed of the treadmill. Of course, the speed I'm talking about is relative to the treadmill, not the actual speed of the plane relative to the ground.

Scro and company,
Check this out.
http://www.straightdope.com/co...n-the-plane-take-off

7/1/108:57 AM

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