Can a Plane on a Treadmill Take Off?

Alex wrote:
Totally irrelevant. The answer is the same for a glider being towed to
take-off by a ground vehicle (except that you would want to change the
rear end or wheel size of the vehicle to cut the final drive ratio in
half, so that it could attain the doubled wheel speed necessary to
attain the needed forward speed.)

Just as the propellor on a plane is independent of the treadmill, the
tow car in your scenario must also be independent of the treadmill, ie.
running along side on solid ground while the glider is on the
treadmill. Co-Peach? (That's my Italian LOL)

The Monk

We don't have enough information. What color is the airplane? What
ratings does the pilot have? How many postings will this thread have
before it dies?

Tony wrote:

We don't have enough information. What color is the airplane? What
ratings does the pilot have? How many postings will this thread have
before it dies?


This thread sure beats all of the one's posted lately on plane crashes.
I'd much rather contemplate this than hear gory details about another
crash. I just don't understand folks who get their jollies posting that
stuff.


Matt

"Tony" wrote in message
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We don't have enough information. What color is the airplane? What
ratings does the pilot have? How many postings will this thread have
before it dies?

Also need more information on the treadmill.

Is this the same type of treadmill that a guy named George walks his dog on,
a cat jumps onto the treadmill and the dog starts chasing it causing the
treadmill to speed up. George falls down on the treadmill but isn't thrown
off...

Hence, if George can't get off the treadmill, how can a plane???

"Tony" wrote in message
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We don't have enough information. What color is the airplane? What
ratings does the pilot have? How many postings will this thread have
before it dies?

Was there a flight plan filed?

Allen

Is this an Eastbound airplane, or West?

Al


"Tony" wrote in message
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We don't have enough information. What color is the airplane? What
ratings does the pilot have? How many postings will this thread have
before it dies?

"Flyingmonk" wrote:

Alex wrote:
Totally irrelevant. The answer is the same for a glider being towed to
take-off by a ground vehicle (except that you would want to change the
rear end or wheel size of the vehicle to cut the final drive ratio in
half, so that it could attain the doubled wheel speed necessary to
attain the needed forward speed.)

Just as the propellor on a plane is independent of the treadmill, the
tow car in your scenario must also be independent of the treadmill, ie.
running along side on solid ground while the glider is on the
treadmill. Co-Peach? (That's my Italian LOL)

The Monk

That's a possibility, but I was assuming a tow car ONE the conveyor.
So even with the drive wheels on the conveyor, it can still take off.
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