Plane on a treadmill .. to be on Mythbusters

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epsilon72 said:

They're doing this myth? I would've thought it would be a no-brainer...

Maybe one of their short 5 minute ones or something...

 

edit: wow, some people here think it might be possible?

No forward velocity--->no lift--->no takeoff.

Now, if they were to blow a huge amount of air at a high velocity at the conveyor-belt-plane, then it would possibly work (and I can see mythbusters attempting this on a small scale, possibly)

it's clearly not a no-brainer since you got it wrong =)

no forward velocity won't happen, no treadmill's going to stop a plane taking off