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Originally Posted by Mountaineer
But thats not a part of the problem. The problem is the wheels are traveling the same speed in relation to the treadmill, if you increase thrust and the two speeds are no longer the same, then the point is lost. If you had the treadmill going at 1,000 mph and the plane's wheels going 1,000 mph, the plane won't take off because it can't move to create lift. If the treadmill was going 1,000 mph and the plane was going at 1,001 mph then gradually the plane could take off.
This is one reason why you can't do this myth on mythbusters, it's impossible, the requirements are impossible and anything they do would influence the results.
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sit on a skateboard on the treadmill with a rope tied to the front of it. pull your self forward with the rope. that is what the engines on an airplane will due. you are overthinking this and thinking it is like a bike on a treadmill. this is actually very simple. the treadmill will slow down how fast it takes off just due to parasitic drag but not enough to be able to keep it sitting still at full throttle.
