Originally Posted by
mcartier713
but see the test is flawed than...
the question is whether the plane would fly off if it and the belt were going the SAME speed... obvious the plane had excess thrust or had faster acceleration than the belt did.
i dont think the first two tests work either because its a trust/weight ratio.. that little plane was like a rocket...
but as im writing this and remembering the episode, i'm starting to think im a re re and am just going to shut up now
This is impossible to achieve. the ground has nothing to do with being propelled by thrust. The only way the ground would matter is if was stuck in mud or tied down, something actually holding it down. I can't believe they actually made an episode about this. This isn't some complicated myth that has to be physically tested to be proven. It's an obvious answer.