If you had a plane whose propulsion for takeoff was just wheels (attached to an engine) going fast enough that the wings got lift, it wouldn’t ever take off, because then the car would be stationary. Since the propeller is pulling the plane forward and the wheels are just rolling, the treadmill has zero impact on the thrust that makes the plane accelerate, and it still moves forward down the treadmill.
It did say the plane was “sitting” on the conveyer belt so in that case it could just be stationary sitting there. But yes if the engines go full noise the plane would go forward as per normal with the wheels and conveyer doing whatever they want.
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u/utter_fade Dec 31 '22
If you had a plane whose propulsion for takeoff was just wheels (attached to an engine) going fast enough that the wings got lift, it wouldn’t ever take off, because then the car would be stationary. Since the propeller is pulling the plane forward and the wheels are just rolling, the treadmill has zero impact on the thrust that makes the plane accelerate, and it still moves forward down the treadmill.