johnnyknox

Wait.!!....

lol

me too...and I'm well ard

Search youtube Gaz, it's been proven that the plane will take off.

Exactamondo! This is the answer...you started this thread so you have now concluded the answer..Thank you

You're wrong and your pompous attitude has just made you look like a fool good day to you too

Gaz...I can see your mind is made up mate. I'm going bed edit: but...they would move down the runway...the only force that the rocket would have to fight against, would be the friction in the wheels of the rollerskates against the treadmill...a force that the rocket would overcome and create forward movement. Night night

No..but put that person on rollerskates and strap a rocket to their back...would they move down the runway?

Granted...wording is not great But you put a plane on a giant sized treadmill...what part of the plane is in contact with the treadmill?

how does your model work? How can the conveyor belt be acting against the thrust produced by the engines on the plane?

Ok...another example: You can put a normal car on the dyno because the engine powers the wheels. The rollers act against the wheels, so the car will remain stationary...(well, in most cases ) but if you put a jet car on a dyno it will push itself off because the power is not going to the wheels, it is being pushed by the jet in the back

But the only contact the runway has with the plane is via the plane's wheels. The conveyor cannot act against the forward thrust of the plane's engines. I know what you mean...the plane cannot take off unless it is moving forward...but in this case it can move forward.

You're right..the plane needs to be moving to create lift but the conveyor is only working against the wheels...so if the plane turns on it's afterburners it will push itself forward giving itself enough forward motion to create lift and take off. The best example I have read is the toy car on a conveyor belt. If you hold the car with your hand on the conveyor belt the wheels will spin but the car will remain still. If you push the car forward the wheels will spin faster as you do so, however the car will still move forward as you push it. In effect the plane engines are creating the same effect as the hand on the toy car in this example.

I initially thought it was No..it won't take off...but It's the wheels that are the only thing making contact with the conveyor belt. The forward thrust is produced by the plane's engines, which push the plane forward. This means the wheels are working twice as hard, however power is not going to the wheels, the engines are creating thrust which has no contact with the ground..so this means the plane will move forward as normal, but the wheels will be spinning twice as fast as normal...so It will take off

Really feel for you.. Makes me wonder if it's worth having nice things when there are people about doing stuff like this. I hope you can get everything sorted without too much more stress

I know mate..it's just as soon as I put it up I thought hmm..this could be taken the wrong way, so I removed it. Glad you saw the funny side...I thought you would

Edit: Removed...I don't want to offend, it was just a joke

Few cars can pull it off http://www.gazzasgsm.com/Car/lambo.JPG

agreed

I think that looks lovely myself (minus the frills of course)

No Way!!!

ep3 (better than the new one) http://www.vtecdirect.com/resource/about_ep3.jpg

tis pretty!

My thoughts exactly :d One here (example) http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/315337.htm

Just 1 for me (orange juice & sugar)