Airplane + Conveyor Belt

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    I take it then, that gravity has no bearing on the subject of this experiment?

    Until the plane is weightless (or there are no other forces creating friction on the run surface) the energy used for thrust will be trying to push it off the conveyor... but at the same time, we're pumping in just as much energy to mechanically negate the effect of this thrust and push the plane backwards..

    ..or am I really missing something?

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