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Title: Brainteaser: There's an airplane on the runway..
Source: Elsewhere
URL Source: http://www.someplaceelse.com
Published: Dec 1, 2005
Author: I have no idea
Post Date: 2005-12-01 01:10:02 by Jhoffa_
Keywords: Brainteaser:, airplane, runway..
Views: 2388
Comments: 202

Imagine a plane is sat on the beginning of a massive conveyor belt/travelator type arrangement, as wide and as long as a runway, and intends to take off. The conveyer belt is designed to exactly match the speed of the wheels at any given time, moving in the opposite direction of rotation. There is no wind.

Can the plane take off?

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#32. To: Jhoffa_ (#0)

Can the plane take off?

Of course! It doesn't matter what the ground is doing with respect to the wheels, because the wheels don't propel the craft down the runway. The propellor or jet engine cause the plane to move forward and they work just fine even if the ground is moving in the wrong direction. It will just cause the tires to rotate at twice the speed they would normally.

Now I'm going to read the thread and see what everyone else said and whether I've missed something. hehehe

Mr Nuke Buzzcut  posted on  2005-12-01   16:03:45 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

I disagree. Forward motion is what provides the wing lift required for a plane to leave the ground. Forward motion keeps a plane aloft. All engine power would be merely transferred to the conveyor belt through the wheels and there would be no forward motion by the plane and its wings, ergo, no take off.

wbales  posted on  2005-12-01   16:16:23 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

#37. To: wbales (#34)

I disagree. Forward motion is what provides the wing lift required for a plane to leave the ground. Forward motion keeps a plane aloft. All engine power would be merely transferred to the conveyor belt through the wheels and there would be no forward motion by the plane and its wings, ergo, no take off.

You are wrong on two counts, one of which is significant to the question.

1) Wing lift is created by the pressure differential created by the air passing over the airfoil surface - the top of which is longer, causing the air to move move swiftly than it does across the bottom.

2) The plane would have forward motion thanks to the thrust caused by the engines. The wheels are irrelevant, neutral, just along for the ride. The conveyor could be run at a speed 100 times that of the forward motion of the aircraft and all it would accomplish is making the wheels spin faster before takeoff. Forward motion and thereby wind speed would in no way be affected.

Mr Nuke Buzzcut  posted on  2005-12-01 18:22:04 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

"...All engine power would be merely transferred to the conveyor belt through the wheels ..."

What? How do you figure?

wakeup  posted on  2005-12-02 01:27:33 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

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