^ that’s awesome hahahahaha
somebody needs to reverse this video 
Bump for Newman
^ If anyone is wondering that’s more common than you might think.
http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/2014/April/24/floatplane-trailer-takeoff
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Yea but can he land back on the trailer is the question.
Sure
Wow this debate was still a thing. Forgot about this. Anyone who paid attention in high school physics knows it wouldn’t take off if the plane wasn’t moving.
Are you trolling with this shit or are you seriously saying that the plane will not take off?
Hahahahahhaha
It will not take off if only the wheels are moving and the plan is stationary. Obviously.
Bump because it’s a great thread for LOLs and also this:
Aviation experts have questioned how an alleged fraud of such scale was able to take place in an industry rife with regulations - and where one faulty part could potentially cost the lives of hundreds of people.
‘The big issue here is that these parts have found their way into engines; that’s the game-changer for me.’
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Going back to @newman 's comment that planes aren’t driven by their wheels, are there any planes at this point that have electric motors in their wheels that could assist the main engines?
Never would have thought it was a possibility 20 years ago
I’ll still contest that Mythbuster’s didn’t set up the experiment properly.
Average treadmill is 6 ft long, average human stride is 3 ft ?
Treadmill = stride x 2
Humans run against the treadmill travel.
The A320 is 132 ft long. Plane takeoff speed is 170 mph.
Make the treadmill 264 feet long, get the belt speed up to 170 mph, against the travel of the plane. Convince me the plane takes off.
Lol.
I have not reread any of the above but sea planes dont have wheels and im pretty sure they dont care about water speed.