Comments on: Airplane on a conveyor Belt http://silvexis.com/2006/12/11/airplane-on-a-conveyor-belt/ The Future Started Yesterday Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:59:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: erik http://silvexis.com/2006/12/11/airplane-on-a-conveyor-belt/comment-page-1/#comment-15 erik Mon, 15 Jan 2007 18:27:52 +0000 http://silvexis.com/blog/?p=47#comment-15 IEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.... Sure, ok lets look at the orginal question: "Imagine a plane is sitting on a massive conveyor belt, as wide and as long as a runway. The conveyer belt is designed to exactly match the speed of the wheels, moving in the opposite direction. Can the plane take off?" The plan will not move, no matter how fast it accelerates, because it's velocity relative to the ground will be zero. No velocity, no lift, no take off. IEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE…. Sure, ok lets look at the orginal question:

“Imagine a plane is sitting on a massive conveyor belt, as wide and as long as a runway. The conveyer belt is designed to exactly match the speed of the wheels, moving in the opposite direction. Can the plane take off?”

The plan will not move, no matter how fast it accelerates, because it’s velocity relative to the ground will be zero. No velocity, no lift, no take off.

]]> By: JR http://silvexis.com/2006/12/11/airplane-on-a-conveyor-belt/comment-page-1/#comment-14 JR Mon, 25 Dec 2006 14:24:16 +0000 http://silvexis.com/blog/?p=47#comment-14 The conveyor belt can not prevent the plane from moving. Your error occurs due to assuming that it can because of the wording of the question. The plane would take off. The conveyor belt can not prevent the plane from moving. Your error occurs due to assuming that it can because of the wording of the question. The plane would take off.

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