Original Airplane take-off a Conveyor Runway

Myth is: 737 passenger jet airplane gains lift on a conveyor belt moving opposite to plane's forward motion...
What Do You Think?...Now simply put it- THE PLANE WILL TAKE OFF wheather or not the tarmac is traveling IN the direction, OPPOSITE direction of the plane's forward motion, or STATIONARY just like any airport.
Tires (wheels) are used on airplanes simply because it reduces friction (surface drag) and makes forth a more comfortable ride...
There have been planes that have boat hauls so to land on water and rivers; there are planes with ski pads to land on ice; there are plane with track pads to land on sand, just that wheels work best on paved runways.
That means theoretically the conveyor could be running at a million feet per second, and it won't affect the planes forward motion or ability to take off one bit. -Myth comfirmed

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[thaibu]

R.I.P. Leslie Nielsen

Airplane!:Dr. Rumack

[thaibu]

About this video...: Relative to the airplane itself the camera stays focused on the plane at the speed the airplane is traveling except in the first few seconds. If trees and other stationary objects were standing by but not on the conveyor belt, then they would accelerate by just as you would see looking out the window of the plane as it zooms down the runway. Airplanes are gliders with motors, the motors are the planes way of making head winds so it can travel.

[jimboinlimbo]

How do you guys not get this? The plane is pushed through the air by jet thrust (or pulled through the air by a propeller). The wheels just free wheel, they are not involved in the propulsion of the plane. The only difference the conveyor belt would make is the wheels would be spinning twice as fast when it takes off. I'm starting to think that people who say the plane remains motionless are just saying that to drive other people crazy.

[Trakanon123]

What pushes the plane forward is the props/engines, not the wheels. The conveyor belt could be moving at warp 9 in the opposite direction and the it would have no effect on the plane's ability to take off. You're thinking of it in terms of a plane being a car with wings. If the forward motion of a plane was caused by power in the wheels pushing it forward, then yes, the conveyor belt would stop it.

[Stillwater900]

@exa0777 Whether you believe it or not, Mythbusters did this full-scale and the plane took off just fine. Think about THIS: The thrusters on the jet DONT have to exceed anything, the belt just spins the wheels on the plane, it doens't matter how fast its going. And there doesn't need to be wind for a jet to fly, the propulsion comes from the ENGINES, not lift on the wings

[Stillwater900]

@detectiveinspekta It WILL take off, because it has JET ENGINES. Those give it airspeed, dummy

[sharpnova2]

@jimboinlimbo plane will actually go backwards in time.

[exa0777]

@jimboinlimbo

im one of the non believers but think about it. the thrust created by the jet has to exceed the speed its going against. there also has to be wind for lift!!!!

[azminivanracer]

strong work. lol. mad props for the Airplane! references...

[philritter21]

@detectiveinspekta Another swing and miss from someone who doesnt understand the wording of the myth.

[detectiveinspekta]

STATIONARY, the myth is about if a plane can take off from a conveyor belt that is size of plane itself. Thats the whole point the myth so we didn't need entire runways. Were the power comes from is irrelevant, wheels, jet, propeller, rocket it doesn't matter, it will not and can not take off with zero airspeed. Trying to maintain zero airspeed on a conveyor would be difficult and is another story.

[DIMATIF]

It'd be actually useful if it pushed air towards the plane to generate more lift ._.

[Renard380]

@DamperenDK Really?