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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by bnuk
guys think about a pontoon plane or whatever they are called. the landing gear does nothing but suspend the plane and allow to move with no (relativaly speaking) friction. you could have a plane with frictionless maglev landing gear and it wouldn't take off any faster.
By "any faster" are you saying that atmospheric resistance is the ultimate factor?
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