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#270980 - 29/11/2005 18:53
Re: Will the plane fly?
[Re: bonzi]
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Registered: 13/07/2000
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Loc: Cambridge, England
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Quote: once the engine starts thrusting, the belt would move backwards at the speed just enough for rolling friction of wheels to cancel the thrust
No: the friction doesn't increase with the speed of the belt. So either the thrust can overcome that fixed amount of friction (in which case the plane can take off from the belt, unless its wheels fail), or it can't (in which case the plane couldn't take off even on a normal stationary runway).
Peter
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