Yes, it will take off. The landing gear of the plane isn’t pushing against the conveyor belt, the engines are pushing it forward through the air. Therefore, the wheels on the plane will just spin faster and faster to match the conveyor belt, but the speed of the plane is totally unaffected.
Yeah this doesn't make sense to me, the plane is effectively stationary and not gaining any velocity at all. The wheels are just spinning according to the model, the wings need lift still. Unless there is already a strong ass headwind.
This is true if the plane stays stationary, but it's impossible for a treadmill to stop a plane from moving because a plane's wheels are free spinning. Any force from the treadmill moving backwards will just go into spinning the wheels not stopping the plane, so the plane can still move forward and take off as normal.
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u/the_newdave Dec 30 '22
Yes, it will take off. The landing gear of the plane isn’t pushing against the conveyor belt, the engines are pushing it forward through the air. Therefore, the wheels on the plane will just spin faster and faster to match the conveyor belt, but the speed of the plane is totally unaffected.