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Originally Posted by bubba428
so basically it comes down to people have no freaking idea how a plane works and can not comprehend the fact that no mater how fast the conveyor moves the air is still not moving.
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but some are over-thinking it and bringing all types of irrelevent things into the argument. basically, what you have is a stationary object. no matter what kind of thrust is made by the propellers or the jet engines, if you prefer, there is no way a stationary object can achieve flight. it can't be done, no matter what type of aeronautics you bring into the equation, it all boils down to a stationary object (which is what you have, because the conveyor is negating forward movement) cannot take off.
it wouldn't matter if you had the most perfect wing proportions, the perfect teardrop that would be best suited to get the most lift, because the plane is not moving. it doesn't matter what engine you use to try to move the plane, because the conveyor is negating forward movement. while you can't stop the engine from achieving maximum thrust unless you cut off its air supply, it still doesn't matter because the plane is not moving forward. in order to achieve flight, air must pass over the wing. if the plane is not moving, then there is no wind passing over the wing.
now, i could sink to the level of the most obnoxious in this thread and start calling people stupid, and what-not, but i won't. what i want you to think about is not the wing shape, nor the amount of thrust the engine can make, nor if it's using propellers or a jet engine, nor what type of tire it's using... what you need to think about is that the conveyor is matching the speed of the plane's forward movement, which means the plane is not moving forward. other than the harrier jump-jets, i don't know if a plane in existance that can take off from a stand still, which is what you have here. tell me i got through to one person.