Airplane + Conveyor Belt

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  • ribit0

    You are absolutely correct that forward motion is required, but you are drawing false conclusions on that first point...You haven't explained just how the conveyer belt could have any effect on the planes motion. (it doesnt, apart from requiring a tiny amount of extra thrust to counter the increased wheel rotation speed)

    There is forward motion, due to the jet thrust. The backwards motion of the conveyer belt simply makes the wheels spin faster, it doesnt affect the whole thrust/motion of the aircraft.

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