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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Rational_bakchod • 15h ago
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But can it take off from a treadmill?
-1 u/Mattsuii 8h ago Well…no. Airspeed (or more precisely, relative wind seen at the wings) is what produces lift. Treadmill does not create a relative wind (unless it’s running moving the plane forward) And at that point it’s the same as the aircraft…moving forward. 1 u/LordMoos3 4h ago Bud. No. Motive force is applied from the propeller, not the wheels. The wheels spin freely. It would take off the exact same way on a treadmill, but the *wheels* would be spinning faster.
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Well…no. Airspeed (or more precisely, relative wind seen at the wings) is what produces lift. Treadmill does not create a relative wind (unless it’s running moving the plane forward)
And at that point it’s the same as the aircraft…moving forward.
1 u/LordMoos3 4h ago Bud. No. Motive force is applied from the propeller, not the wheels. The wheels spin freely. It would take off the exact same way on a treadmill, but the *wheels* would be spinning faster.
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Bud. No.
Motive force is applied from the propeller, not the wheels. The wheels spin freely.
It would take off the exact same way on a treadmill, but the *wheels* would be spinning faster.
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u/dieselmac 9h ago
But can it take off from a treadmill?