# Tonight on Mythbusters Plane on a treadmill **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 30, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tonight-on-mythbusters-plane-on-a-treadmill/195142 "2008-01-30T15:46:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![taco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@taco](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/taco)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tonight-on-mythbusters-plane-on-a-treadmill/195142/1 "2008-01-30T15:46:02Z")
Here is the question that has divided the internet for years. There are countless 500+ post threads across the interweb debating this question. “On a day with absolutely calm wind, a plane is standing on a runway that can move (some sort of band conveyor). The plane moves in one direction, while the conveyor moves in the opposite direction. The conveyor has a control system that tracks the plane speed and tunes the speed of the conveyor to be exactly the same (but in the opposite direction). Can the airplane ever take off?” Tonight the mythbusters will test this myth and shed some light onto this mystery. ---
**Author:** ![noahTHEpurdy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/87869e/32.png) [@noahTHEpurdy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/noahTHEpurdy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tonight-on-mythbusters-plane-on-a-treadmill/195142/2 "2008-01-30T15:50:30Z")
Nope. ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tonight-on-mythbusters-plane-on-a-treadmill/195142/3 "2008-01-30T16:06:10Z")
It will. because chuck norris created the jet engine. ---
**Author:** ![imported\_Hero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ccd318/32.png) [@imported\_Hero](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_Hero)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tonight-on-mythbusters-plane-on-a-treadmill/195142/4 "2008-01-30T16:31:49Z")
That’s not why Shaggy. chuck norris is running on the treadmill. ---
**Author:** ![ZEX350Z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/87869e/32.png) [@ZEX350Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZEX350Z)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tonight-on-mythbusters-plane-on-a-treadmill/195142/5 "2008-01-30T16:35:02Z")
wtf…if the windspeed past the wing forms the correct amount of positive pressure underneath it will take off. If not, then it won’t ---
**Author:** ![noahTHEpurdy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/87869e/32.png) [@noahTHEpurdy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/noahTHEpurdy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 4:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tonight-on-mythbusters-plane-on-a-treadmill/195142/6 "2008-01-30T16:38:03Z")
> [@ZEXaccord"](#): > > wtf…if the windspeed past the wing forms the correct amount of positive pressure underneath it will take off. If not, then it won’t Exactly, and if the plane isn’t actually displacing air because it’s not really moving, it wont create lift. ---
**Author:** ![SmokinDiesel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@SmokinDiesel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SmokinDiesel)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tonight-on-mythbusters-plane-on-a-treadmill/195142/7 "2008-01-30T16:45:06Z")
> [@TW: 800whp F-Body Turbo Kit](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tw-800whp-f-body-turbo-kit/34642/2): > > If the plane isn’t actually displacing air because it’s not really moving, it wont create lift. ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tonight-on-mythbusters-plane-on-a-treadmill/195142/8 "2008-01-30T16:52:11Z")
Oh i was under the impression they are using a JET engine type plane. ---
**Author:** ![SMort38](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/smort38/32/6008_2.png) [@SMort38](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SMort38)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tonight-on-mythbusters-plane-on-a-treadmill/195142/9 "2008-01-30T16:54:55Z")
> [@lol funny shit](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lol-funny-shit/34639/16): > > Oh i was under the impression they are using a JET engine type plane. it doesnt matter if its jet, prop, or 1000 chickens flapping their wings… the plane will not take off if it isnt moving. ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tonight-on-mythbusters-plane-on-a-treadmill/195142/10 "2008-01-30T16:55:36Z")
where they gonna find a treadmill powerful enough. I bet the treadmill breaks and the mythbusters get decapitated ---
**Author:** ![SmokinDiesel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@SmokinDiesel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SmokinDiesel)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tonight-on-mythbusters-plane-on-a-treadmill/195142/11 "2008-01-30T17:23:50Z")
> [@FS: 1972 vw ...kit car](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-1972-vw-kit-car/34559/53): > > it doesnt matter if its jet, prop, or **1000 chickens flapping their wings** … the plane will not take off if it isnt moving. Im pretty sure birds and fly straight up without moving…Much like a helicopter > [@lol funny shit](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lol-funny-shit/34639/17): > > where they gonna find a treadmill powerful enough. > > I bet the treadmill breaks and the mythbusters get decapitated x2 … maybe not the decapitated part tho ---
**Author:** ![noahTHEpurdy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/87869e/32.png) [@noahTHEpurdy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/noahTHEpurdy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 5:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tonight-on-mythbusters-plane-on-a-treadmill/195142/12 "2008-01-30T17:37:56Z")
> [@been out of the loop](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/been-out-of-the-loop/34632/6): > > x2 … maybe not the decapitated part tho One can only hope. ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tonight-on-mythbusters-plane-on-a-treadmill/195142/13 "2008-01-30T17:56:58Z")
your all porch monkeys ---
**Author:** ![IHeartBoost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a5b964/32.png) [@IHeartBoost](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IHeartBoost)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 6:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tonight-on-mythbusters-plane-on-a-treadmill/195142/14 "2008-01-30T18:11:10Z")
It will always take off. The wheels which the conveyor acts on are only bearings. Therefore there is no force that acts in the opposite direction of the thrust. It will take off at the same speed that it would if it were a regular run way. Wheel speed is independent of thrust. The wheels will always move faster than the conveyor. ---
**Author:** ![starboy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/starboy/32/5985_2.png) [@starboy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/starboy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tonight-on-mythbusters-plane-on-a-treadmill/195142/15 "2008-01-30T18:19:45Z")
where is the “who cares” option :dunno: ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tonight-on-mythbusters-plane-on-a-treadmill/195142/16 "2008-01-30T18:24:18Z")
when is mythbusters on? edit its on now ---
**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tonight-on-mythbusters-plane-on-a-treadmill/195142/17 "2008-01-30T18:28:38Z")
> [@FS: Cat to a good home](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-cat-to-a-good-home/34592/29): > > your all porch monkeys i see you’re taking it back. ---
**Author:** ![Sinner6.0L](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sinner6.0l/32/6016_2.png) [@Sinner6.0L](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sinner6.0L)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tonight-on-mythbusters-plane-on-a-treadmill/195142/18 "2008-01-30T18:33:21Z")
it will take off. if the planes wheels propelled it it would not take off…but they don’t. it’s a jet propelled by thrust ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tonight-on-mythbusters-plane-on-a-treadmill/195142/19 "2008-01-30T18:33:57Z")
> [@WTB: Toyota Pickup](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-toyota-pickup/34261/10): > > i see you’re taking it back. yes, your grandmother was a porch monkey too. ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tonight-on-mythbusters-plane-on-a-treadmill/195142/20 "2008-01-30T18:35:52Z")
:owned: I win so shut the fuck up. the plane can and will take off 🙂 ON A SCALE MODEL :rolleyes: proved nothing [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tonight-on-mythbusters-plane-on-a-treadmill/195142.md?page=2)