Plane on a treadmill .. to be on Mythbusters

[epsilon72]

omgwtfbbq said:

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

 

Huh? If the conveyor belt is moving this way --->

and the plane is trying to move this way <---  (at the same speed - one of the original problem's stipulations) it'll be stationary.

If the atmosphere surrounding the plane does not move at the same speed+direction as the conveyor belt, the plane ain't takin' off.

What they're trying to do in essence is have a stationary plane lift off of the ground - which would only happen if you had something that could do vertical takeoff and landing...

 

@drkohler - a stationary 'normal' plane won't take off.