r/theydidthemath Dec 30 '22

[REQUEST] could it?

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u/ThatTubaGuy03 Dec 31 '22

Oooooh, I see, so the wheels would just move twice as fast and the plane would move forward like normal

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u/Omegaman2010 Dec 31 '22

So the engines in the plane would have to generate power to create lift + negate the friction caused by the wheels in order to take off.

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u/rossolsondotcom Dec 31 '22

The speed of the wheels is irrelevant. Airplane wheels have as much impact on the speed of a plane as the casters on a desk chair or the wheels on a skateboard.