Mythbusters Plane on Conveyor Belt Ending

Discovery Channel's Show Mythbusters

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• mythbusters
• plane
• conveyor
• belt

[SilentShadowOfDeath]

@jozzaud Yep! Only difference from a normal take-off is wheels spinning twice as fast as they would normally.

[superskullmaster]

@SuperAieee your an idiot and not getting the point. Nobody ever said the wings don't need air moving across them for flight. What people have a hard time understanding is that thrust does not act on the ground, it acts on the air. So it doesnt matter what the wheels are doing of how fast they are spinning, the propeller is pulling the plane forward. Once it starts moving forward you get lift. Your hung up on the ground, because your brain doesn't function like someone with common sense.

[kabukibear]

@Topfueltrooper But apparently it takes too much to speak proper English.

[ogiugi96]

I NEED RESPONSE QUICK! Is airplane take off affected by ground friction?

[Topfueltrooper]

if there are people out there who believed that a plane could not take off on a conveyor belt, is a perfect & true example of low intelligence STUPID. ( and should have their face photos in the Wikipedia page for the term Stupid. ) even before Mythbusters PROVED it it dont take much brain power to understand basic physics of how an aircraft flies.

[xamanto]

HOW SURPRISING HOLY SHIT MY MIND IS BLOWN.

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[Stroggoni]

I have lost all respect for mythbusters, not that I had much to begin with. Why bother doing sloppy experiments when you can just prove this stuff with good old fashion pencil and paper.

[OfficialBassLock]

It didnt even match the speed of the belt... obvs that it took off, the plane was going faster... they didnt even to it correct

[dummybummyful]

@superskullmaster *you're

[postmanpat261]

@AvidAstronomer That's what I said, how it was even a myth that it can take off by simply spinning the wheels is idiotic.

[AvidAstronomer]

@postmanpat261 It IS moving! the plane rushed past the traffic cones. It is moving relative to the air which is why it takes off. The propeller is pulling the plane through the air, which is what gives it it's speed. The wheels go faster because of the backwards moving ground but the propeller pulls it through the air.

[Belmott13]

@PorkyPiggles I was wrong and did not consider newtons 3rd law... shit I should kill myself thank you for marking that out