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Of course it does. It's because Splog won't accept the facts, so we have to keep repeating them until it sinks in.
Because no facts have been posted to back up your (and others) claims that the wheels will spin twice as fas as the belt ..
but surely for the plane to move along the conveyor when wheels must move faster than the conveyor which is a situation the original post says cannot happen as the conveyor belt control system will always match the speed of the wheels and therefore prevent the plane from moving along a horizontal plane?
As long as the wheels are turning, which they will then how can they stop the plane moving forward .. ?
The conveyor belt can go as fast as it likes. It does not matter.
In reality, as has been said, there is minimal resistance in wheel bearings, friction etc. but this only results in the plane taking maybe one or two seconds longer to reach take off speed.
The plane will still move forward as normal.
Pretty much spot on, in fact the wheels could even be going backward (in relation to the plane) and the plane will still move forward
The answer has to be a resounding 'NO' because ....
As the thrust of the engines moves the plane forward, to say 5mph, the conveyor belt will try and match the speed (ie 5 mph in the opposite direction). This means the wheels would see a speed of 10mph - but wait a minute, the conveyor belt will try and match this speed so it increases to 10mph. But now the wheels would see 15mph so the conveyor belt increases it's speed again, and again, and again, until the damn thing is going so fast it flies apart destroying the plane and killing everyone on board long before it gets airborne!
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Andy
Please explain this as nobody seems to be able to Why if the wheels are in contact with the belt will they be spinning twice as fast? They will be at the same speed ... The maximum speed the wheels will achieve is that of the forward speed of the aircraft
It could be argued that in fact the wheels could be turning in the reverse direction to the aircraft's motion
I can't believe this is still going! lol
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