Plane on a treadmill .. to be on Mythbusters

[drkohler]

 

If that were true a propeller plane would start lifting off the ground as soon as its props spin up to full speed. The lift is generated by the apparent wind flowing around the wings and the propellors generate forward movement which results in an apparent wind.

Correct, but no existing propeller plane generates enough airflow over its wings for that. Therefore noone has ever been able to see that happen. There are propeller planes explicitly contructed to be able to take off on ultrashort runways but it still take 20-30 meters for that. The only propeller planes that actually can do the trick are called helicopters and do no\'t count in our (theoretical) myth.

"*"ç% what the hell happend with the quotes?