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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by RicoD
What people are arguing is that the plane doesn't need the wheels to fly.... so it's not like putting a car on a dyno....
Originally Posted by reno96teg
a plane moves forward via the propellers/turbine engines, not wheels.
but if the jet engine moves the plane forward & the conveyor belt moves it backward at the same rate as it moves forward, then there is effectively ZERO movement & no movement = no air movement over the wings = no lift = no liftoff

i can't understand why this fact elludes people
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