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Originally Posted by armywarrant
One time I decided to run over to my friends house on a treadmill and I never got there.
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When Airplane engines start sending power to the wheels, get back to me.
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Originally Posted by mustard23
what most people thing is the driveing for come from the wheels. the wheels on plan are mostly freeflowing but yes they have a brake.. if the wheels don;t move it enugh friction to keep the plane steady.. what they should have shown is the fact the wheels on the tradmeal are goign twices a fast as those with out a tread mill.. a plane gets it thrust from the prop or the jet not from the wheels.
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I was absolutely shocked that the PILOT of the plane in the Mythbusters episode didn't understand the simple physics of what moves the plane forward. He thought his plane was going to sit there like a brick and not take off. To his (and only his) amazement, he did take off while on a 'treadmill'.
