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Originally Posted by open32  How much force would be required to make the wheels spin in place rather then the whole plan moving backwards.
I dont know my physics well enough to know if this is true:
With it being such a heavy object, and the wheels very low friction, would the force required to make the wheels spin and the plane not movie be less.
Like the treadmill example, if you where standing on it with shoes, held the handlebars and turned it on, it would require a lot of force to prevent you from flying backwards.
Now with wheels on, rollerblades, all you would have to do is practically touch the handlebars with you pointer fingers and you would spin in place. Almost no force required at all. |
True, but you need to overcome the initial friction of getting the wheels to turn. Once that is done then only a small amount of thrust, presumably from the engines would be needed to keep the plane moving in a direction opposite to that of the treadmill belt.
However the original question was "Will the plane be able to take off?" and the answer is still no.