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Old 01-31-2008, 11:36 AM   #346
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OK, reading all this makes my brain hurt.

What did Mythbusters say?
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Old 01-31-2008, 11:41 AM   #347
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OK, reading all this makes my brain hurt.

What did Mythbusters say?
Yah. Me too. I was busy assembling my new treadmill from bigbox mart and missed the show. What fun. Not.
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Old 01-31-2008, 11:45 AM   #348
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The plane took off.
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Old 01-31-2008, 11:46 AM   #349
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Yah. Me too. I was busy assembling my new treadmill from bigbox mart and missed the show. What fun. Not.
I bet the plane is going to be even harder to assemble.
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Old 01-31-2008, 11:47 AM   #350
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When Mythbusters tests this scenario, I will be curious to see what is tested. Because the question as stated here isn't something you can test.
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An airplane cannot take off from a runway which is moving backwards (like a treadmill) at a speed equal to its normal ground speed during takeoff.
Busted. I love how they phrased the question so they could bust it. If the myth had been "the plane can take off" it would have been confirmed.

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Old 01-31-2008, 11:47 AM   #351
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The plane took off.
So, why is there still an argument?[/horrible tailposting]

Wtf? The plane was moving forward...so the treadmill wasn't equal to the plane? Well duh, it's not stationary as the original question seemed to suggest, of course it will take off, it will just take the wheels longer to get up to speed.
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Old 01-31-2008, 12:02 PM   #352
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Wtf? The plane was moving forward...so the treadmill wasn't equal to the plane?
It was moving backward relative to the ground at the same speed the plane was moving forward relative to the ground.
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Well duh, it's not stationary as the original question seemed to suggest,
That was the trick in the trick question- it seems to suggest that the plane will be stationary, but doesn't actually say so.
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of course it will take off, it will just take the wheels longer to get up to speed.
No. The wheels actually move twice as fast.
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Old 01-31-2008, 12:04 PM   #353
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After viewing that video, I am no longer willing to concede......

I think
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Old 01-31-2008, 12:07 PM   #354
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Busted. I love how they phrased the question so they could bust it. If the myth had been "the plane can take off" it would have been confirmed.
Right. "Plane can't take off": Busted. "Plane can take off": Confirmed.
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Old 01-31-2008, 12:08 PM   #355
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All a little anti-climactic if'n you ask me. All the wasted popcorn.
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Old 01-31-2008, 12:18 PM   #356
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Busted. I love how they phrased the question so they could bust it. If the myth had been "the plane can take off" it would have been confirmed.
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Right. "Plane can't take off": Busted. "Plane can take off": Confirmed.
Right. This is usually a question: "Can a plane on a treadmill take off?"
But since they are the mythbusters they phrased it so they could score a "bust."

Also (separate point here) they phrased the scenario to specify "ground speed."
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Old 01-31-2008, 12:19 PM   #357
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They ran the treadmill at takeoff velocity (25 mph). I wonder what the result would have been if they ran the treadmill at the plane's maximum velocity.
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Old 01-31-2008, 12:22 PM   #358
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They ran the treadmill at takeoff velocity (25 mph). I wonder what the result would have been if they ran the treadmill at the plane's maximum velocity.
If enough viewers complain about their testing methods, they will revisit the myth. Sometimes they're wrong. I'd say this one is still wide open!

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Old 01-31-2008, 12:39 PM   #359
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They ran the treadmill at takeoff velocity (25 mph). I wonder what the result would have been if they ran the treadmill at the plane's maximum velocity.
The same thing. For axle friction to noticeably slow the plane would require a treadmill moving at unimaginable speed. Now that I think of it, a treadmill moving fast enough to slow the plane might even cause enough of a wind-tunnel effect to counteract that friction.
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Old 01-31-2008, 12:50 PM   #360
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The same thing.
Not quite exactly the same thing, they would need a longer strip of fabric. [/nitpick]
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