Friday night fun

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[BCR]

My gut says no so it’s probably yes, but I wouldn’t begin to know why it could of couldn’t.

[dwai]

Didn't Mythbusters do this? and the plane can take off? I can't remember

[Dan Druff]

I believe the answer is yes.

The plane actually has the same forward momentum required to take off, it's just not going anywhere.

A good way to think about this is if you suddenly stopped the conveyor belt and the plane engine simultaneously, the plane would lunge forward from its existing momentum.

[Sanlmar]

Yes

The conveyer belt matches (cancels) the wheels forward motion.

The plane only achieves forward motion when the jet engines pull it thru the air.

Air movement past the wings means lift.


The pilot just got notice he is being laid off.

[BCR]

So we are just building these long runways when we can just install conveyor belts? We have enough land. Sounds like a job for Japan.

[Dan Druff]

So we are just building these long runways when we can just install conveyor belts? We have enough land. Sounds like a job for Japan.

Sounds more like a job for Elon Tusk

[Crowe Diddly]

we should just use catapults like aircraft carriers do.