smack Down
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- Sep 10, 2005
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You can't possibly be serious. Tell me you're just yanking my chain, or that my sarcasm meter is broken.
Of course you can push a car in neutral. Because the wheels are free spinning, just like an airplane's wheels are. How many times can this be pointed out?
The only torque the freespinning wheels of an airplane apply to the axle comes from rolling resistance between the ground and the tire, and in the bearings, the sum of which is so small compared to the force of a jet engine as to be negligible.
Explain why I'm able to move my by rolling the tires backward when in netural but a treadmill can't move a plane backward. Assume the planes egine is off so friction will be working against moving both objects?