Entroper on 23 October 2007
| elendar said: Oh? Whats so absurd about it? I reread it. Perhaps you didn't understand what i meant by move using just wheels. A better way to say that would be move with the weight being supported by the wheels instead of using wings for lift. In my example I was using a jet. Would it be possible to put a jet on a treadmill instead of an ultra light prop plane? Possible yeah.. End result they should spin the theoretical treadmill. |
I did misunderstand if that's what you meant about the wheels, I thought you meant the wheels were motorized. This is still absurd though: "The treadmill allows the engines to use more thrust." How exactly does that happen?
@drkohler, the plane will move forward, not just roll forward. Remember, the plane's engines, whether they're jet or prop, are thrusting against the air, not the treadmill. Your comparison with the car is invalid, because the car's method of propulsion is by its wheels pushing against the treadmill.
