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Old 12-06-2005, 01:36 AM
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HSLD
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Thrust, Lift, Weight (Gravity), and Drag are the forces working on an aircraft.

The thrust isn't delivered through the wheels, so the belt won't increase drag (over the friction constant of the wheel bearings). Airspeed being independent of groundspeed:

I'll say "fly"

BTW, are we talking about an A380



Oh and by the way:

"Cold water does not boil faster than hot water. The rate of heating of a liquid depends on the magnitude of the temperature difference between the liquid and its surroundings (the flame on the stove, for instance). As a result, cold water will be absorbing heat faster while it is still cold; once it gets up to the temperature of hot water, the heating rate slows down and from there it takes just as long to bring it to a boil as the water that was hot to begin with. Because it takes cold water some time to reach the temperature of hot water, cold water clearly takes longer to boil than hot water does. There may be some psychological effect at play; cold water starts boiling sooner than one might expect because of the aforementioned greater heat absorption rate when water is colder.

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