Mythbusters/airplane on a treadmill.

Beej said:
This experiment is going to create a tear in the fabric of spacetime when the plane suddenly implodes in a bright flash of light...

Your dead to me...
 
lowrange2 said:
THe wheels have nothing to do with it. The plane will move forward and the wheels will move backwards... that's all there is to it.

20 for if it flies.
im with you, what is there to argue about? the propeller pulls the plane forward. the wheels just spin. the only way this would make sense is if the friction of the bearings in the wheels overcame the force the propeller is creating, which i doubt will happen. lowrange lets go in halfs to make it 50 :D
 
GrimmJeeper said:
im with you, what is there to argue about? the propeller pulls the plane forward. the wheels just spin. the only way this would make sense is if the friction of the bearings in the wheels overcame the force the propeller is creating, which i doubt will happen. lowrange lets go in halfs to make it 50 :D

Why don't you add 20 to make it 40... or just side with Zac so we can have an even bet.
 
Beej said:
Sand in your vagina?

I'll take any bet. It'll take off...

Lol... YOU NEVER CALLED, I"M NOT THAT KINDA GUY
 
lowrange2 said:
Why don't you add 20 to make it 40... or just side with Zac so we can have an even bet.

Or how bout ya'll do 50 and talk MR: 300 down $250
 
JeepFreak21 said:
If the wheels were on the conveyor belt, and the plane was moving forward, the conveyor belt would never be able to match the wheel speed. The wheel speed is a combination of the conveyor belt speed (whatever it might be) and the plane's speed.

I think it's stated differently to avoid this pickle.

Billy

The key is that in the end, the plane will take off, the difference between the speed of the conveyor and the speed of the wheels will be twice the speed that the plane much reach to lift off.
 
Ray H said:
The key is that in the end, the plane will take off, the difference between the speed of the conveyor and the speed of the wheels will be twice the speed that the plane much reach to lift off.

Well put... I've been trying to say that... lol
 
end result... lol... Bet they use a cessna 150/152 too....
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Ray H said:
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the difference between the speed of the conveyor and the speed of the wheels will be twice the speed that the plane much reach to lift off.

Wrong, and more than just a little bit.

Where do you guys come up with this?

--ron
 
ZacSquatch said:
Or how bout ya'll do 50 and talk MR: 300 down $250
Im too confused to bet. I lost track of the "no flys" and "will flys".
I'll match whatever amount someone can afford. I say the plane flys.
 
Captain Ron said:
Wrong, and more than just a little bit.

Where do you guys come up with this?

--ron

Well what do you think it's going to do?

Once again... the wheel speed DOES NOT MATTER. The planes prop pulls it along... Technically with no friction in the planes axle the plane will not move without the prop.
 
Captain Ron said:
Wrong, and more than just a little bit.

Where do you guys come up with this?

--ron

Which part?
The part about it flying or the part about the conveyour speed? or both?
 
Cause Jamie's head will be up Adam's ass and it'll be uuuuugly
 
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