The "Plane on a Treadmill" Question

[lumberjim]

yes there is.

dude.

if the plane is going 100 mph, and the track of the treadmill is also going 100mph.....then the plans'e wheels are going 100 mph......but they have no effect on the plane's speed because they rotate

[xoxoxoBruce]

Uh, wheels = 200, Jim.
The question was written to lead people into the wrong logic, rather than discarding superfluous information. It is a trick question, but there still is one right answer..... and many wrong answers.

[lumberjim]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Uh, wheels = 200, Jim.
The question was written to lead people into the wrong logic, rather than discarding superfluous information. It is a trick question, but there still is one right answer..... and many wrong answers.

rotating 200 mph, yes. moving 100 mph as the plane carries them


relative to the earth, flint, as everything is.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

rotating 200 mph, yes. moving 100 mph as the plane carries them

Oh, gotcha. Yes, of course.

That channel wing would be very difficult and expensive to build, although with composites it might be feasible. But, like Maggie said, heavy.