Originally posted by: KK
Originally posted by: Baloo
Originally posted by: KK
Disclaimer: I didn't see the episode.
If I reading this whole conyeror belt matching the forward velocity correctly, then the plane would not go foward at all. There is a tiny bit of downward pressure in relation to the forward thrust. You would know this by turning on the belt without the plane powered up. the plane will roll backwards with the belt indicating there is downward pressure therefore the belt has some sort of relevance. The problem with this myth is that no real conveyor belt could not physically keep up with the thrust therefore the whole thing is debunked.
LOL. Talk about not paying attention. Here's a clue - THE PLANE TOOK OFF!!!!
Oh, and it did not roll backward - IT TOOK OFF!!! - indicating that the treadmill lacked relevance.
Now shut up until you've watched the episode, and enroll in some physics classes - you seem to lack an understanding of some basic principals of physics.
Hey dumbshit gimp, sorry that just feels better to say , per what throckmorton said above I have no problem with the plane taking off. If you had read what I wrote you would understand what I was saying. Let me spell this out for you once again if it helps you understand the difference between my scenerio and evidently mythbusters. Mine is the belt working to offset the forward velocity. theirs, from what throckmorton said is the the belt matching the speed of the plane moving forward. See the difference yet? Their's, the plane will take off.
If my was physically possible, which it isn't, the plane wouldn't move forward thus it wouldn't.
Understand yet?