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Picture this in your head:
I’m standing on a treadmill with rollerblades on, and I’m holding a leaf blower to represent a jet engine.
I turn the leaf blower on low, representing me taxiing to the runway, and as I start to move, the treadmill turns on, keeping me in the same location on the treadmill, so I’m not rolling off the front of it.
Then I turn the leaf blower to full power and it gives me some more thrust to get up to takeoff speed, so I get going really fast now, but the treadmill speeds up, and keeps me in the same spot.
So now I’m representing a jet engine providing maximum thrust to move me forward.
Quick, someone glue some wings to my sides.
OMG I didn’t start flying…
But wait… I found a piece of string in front of me, tied to the edge of the earth, I bet if I pull on it… YES!! I can move forward…
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Is this a joke? You really can’t think that the planes wheels have enough rolling resistance to hold it in place can you? The are free rolling wheels. No matter how fast you make the treadmill go it will never slow the plane down. They are free rolling. If the plane had it’s brakes on the whole time your idea would make sense, but it does not say that in the question. So the thrust will easily overcome the free rolling wheels. I can’t believe that people are still arguing the FACT that the plane will fly.