Once and for f*cking all....

[psloan]

Hint: There is no drive shaft or motor connected to the wheels on the plane... they freewheel.

Lol. It will take off! The thrust of the plane will overcome the drag created by the moving belt.

[Funkmasta]

Hint: There is no drive shaft or motor connected to the wheels on the plane... they freewheel.

[devonjordan]

This was on last night, the airplane special I mean. I started to watch, then fell asleep, sorry guys.

[PiercedE30]

HAHAHAHAHA
this is hilarious
God this is going to go on forever.

[trashcop 80s 80s]

The plane will not take off unless there are snakes in the turbines creating enough force to move air over the wings, and snakes in the wheels to reduce the drag and friction.

[e30 Luv]

no air moving over the wings it will not take off

End.
air moving over the shape of a wing is what allows a plane to fly. not wheel speed or engine thrust, these are just means of getting the air speed to be fast enough. if the conveyor belt was in a wind tunnel, then maybe it could fly.

http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/AERO/airflylvl3.htm

[dvs909]

there wont be any lift! thats impossible for it to take off without lift. if the planes forward motion is equal to the conveyors rearward motion the plane wouldnt move. thrust isnt what make a plane take off, its what is used to get it to a speed where the aerodynamic lift can lift the plane of the ground,

[2002maniac]

LOL! is this a joke?

It will take off. seriously.

[trashcop 80s 80s]

I think the conveyor is the weak link here, and the wheels on the jet would be moving so fast, with so much power, that the conveyor would come unbolted from the floor and will be launched somewhere between 100 and 400 feet behind the plane.

At that point since the plane will be on real ground, it can take off.

lol, calculate the projectile motion of the conveyor system after the jet rips it out of its mounting

[Funkmasta]

I think the conveyor is the weak link here, and the wheels on the jet would be moving so fast, with so much power, that the conveyor would come unbolted from the floor and will be launched somewhere between 100 and 400 feet behind the plane.

At that point since the plane will be on real ground, it can take off.

[psloan]

If you think the plane will not take off you need to be deported.

x2

[Farbin Kaiber]

This is like a "resurection of the ages" thread. This could go 30+ pages by the time it airs. A simulcast forum/mythbusters event.

[trashcop 80s 80s]

If you think the plane will not take off you need to be deported.

[TopOfTheLine89]

the only thing that would hinder the plane's forward motion is the drag caused by the wheels on the belt. The thrust would overcome that.

anyone want to make bets on the outcome?

If i had pay pal id be all over it.

[Axxe]

Amazing how many people here have no sense of relativity.