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Originally Posted by qwikz28
i'm not gonna lie. the only thing i dont understand is why the belt cant continue to accelerate even though its not the wheels propelling it? i understand that the wheels dont involve the motion but the belt does and that can move at any speed so wouldnt that counteract the thrust reguardless?
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i was thinking the same. i know wheels dont measure the airplanes speed. Thats what ram air and pitot tube are for. So how can an airplane take off at 0 airspeed? If conveyer belt has an X speed that means it will counteract ANY speed produced by the thrusters or props. That will result at 0 airspeed and from my experiences while flying airplanes they simply dont take off at 0 airspeed, ever. Maybe someone can show it to me?