Mythbusters - Anyone see something that will stop 6000 page threads?

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LOL this whole thing is just crazy and HILARIOUS with all the “technical” replys…

Here’s a 4th grade science experiment to prove how/why it will/wont.

You need:
A treadmill
A model car of some sort with free-spinning wheels
A piece of string

Tie the string to the front of the car

Place the car on the treadmill and hold the string out the front of the treadmill such that you are “holding” the car on the treadmill with the string

Turn on the treadmill.

You are now holding the car on the treadmill with the string; the wheels of the car are the going the same speed as the treadmill, correct?

Now pull on the string, can you pull the string? YOU ARE THE JET ENGINE THEN; the force moving the airplane/car has no relationship to wheel speed of the vehicle/treadmill.

The ONLY limitation I can see that will make it or not make is if the engines are powerful enough to overcome the doubling of rolling resistance of the wheels.

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this is my point tho. car standing still means that conveyor belt speed and wheel speed are the same. so in THEORY, if the treamill can match the wheel speed INSTANTANEOUSLY(which is more or less impossible) the plane would have a very difficult time moving in the forward direction.