Thread: The "Plane on a Treadmill" Question
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Old 12-07-2006, 12:18 PM   #53
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Originally Posted by LabRat
Eventually the plane will gain enough forward speed...
No, it won't:
Quote:
...the treadmill is made to match the forward speed of the plane, only in the opposite direction.
Again: not "wheel motion" but forward speed. The specific scanario we are discussing involves a stationary plane.
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