The Great Wheel Debate: Would Conveyor Belts Still Work?

Help & faqs search bcf members groups events calendar: An airplane on a conveyor belt matching the airplane's speed will still accelerate forward at the same speed it always would have. This is the fact, and it's an indisputable one, for all of the reasons outlined in the episode, in adam's explanation above, and in this thread itself. Apr 9, 2018 · as the aircraft attempts to move the conveyor belt will start moving in the opposite direction with rapidly increased speed until one of the following happens: Aug 25, 2003 · can a conveyor belt prevent a plane from taking off?

The most common answer that i've encountered is that the wheels/tyres are decoupled, and/or that the engines work on air so the conveyor belt is irrelevant but no explanation on what. Jan 30, 2008 ·. because the conveyor is matching wheel speed. The only way to overcome that is to go airborne or exceed the conveyors capacity. As long as the plane is. The great plane on the moving conveyor debate The plane still moves forward at the same speed whether or not it's on a conveyor belt. The best way to understand this is to think about planes that take off on water with pontoons. Oct 2, 2005 · the speed over the ground, or a conveyor belt, when an airplane takes off is irrelevant; All that matters is its speed through the air, and unless the pilot sets the brakes, a. Nov 26, 2005 · the way the question is worded though, it could mean to say that the plane moves forward at 150kts, while the conveyor belt moves backwards at 150kts, for a rotational speed.