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Plane Puzzle
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Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:46 pmby sully800
A plane is sitting on a giant treadmill. As the pilot pushes the throttle the treadmill matches whatever speed the plane would normally be at on a runway (If the plane would normally be rolling at 150 mph, then the treadmill will go the opposite direction at 150 mph). Will the plane be able to take off?
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Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:51 pmby hawkeye
how the f(_)ck should i know
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Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:56 pmby Machiavelli
No.
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Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:58 pmby AK_iceman
it depends on which direction the plane is facing on the treadmill
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Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:13 pmby sully800
The plane is set to move in the opposite direction that the treadmill is turning.
I vote that it will take off.
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Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:17 pmby strike wolf
UR wrong. the plane will start to take off then hit the part of the treadmill with all the buttons and crash.
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Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:21 pmby Machiavelli
It cant take off because it will be standing still.
If the pilot pushes the throttle, in an attempt to make the plane go 150 mph, then the tread mill counters this by going 150mph, so the plane will stay in the exact same place and it will be going 0 mph.
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Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:36 pmby Ronaldinho
hahah the plane wont take off, the driver of the plane will suddenly think WTF am i doing on a treadmill with a plane and get out and go have a mC donalds.
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Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:38 pmby strike wolf
Machiavelli wrote:It cant take off because it will be standing still.
If the pilot pushes the throttle, in an attempt to make the plane go 150 mph, then the tread mill counters this by going 150mph, so the plane will stay in the exact same place and it will be going 0 mph.
I like my answer better.
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Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:00 pmby Caleb the Cruel
i'm sorry, but even though some people are as fat as an airplane, they don't make treadmills that wide, sorry to disappoint you
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Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:01 pmby strike wolf
It's figurative. Though I think you know that.
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Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:06 pmby Caleb the Cruel
i figured that, and i think it would be able to take off, of course i havn't tried so i am not positive, just a guess
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Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:08 pmby strike wolf
No it would hit the thing like I said best case scenario. Or worse, however that works.
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Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:11 pmby Caleb the Cruel
but technically it would have to take off to reach the button board
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Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:14 pmby strike wolf
If it doesn't reach a certain altitude than that's not a successful take off.
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Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:16 pmby Caleb the Cruel
maybe not very successful but i still say it is a technical take-off
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Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:17 pmby strike wolf
wrong.
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Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:40 pmby Banana Stomper
Planes fly because of lift generated from the air moving past the wings. If the plane is on a treadmill, then basically what you're saying is that the plane is standing still. So the question becomes can a plane take off without moving? The answer to that is no.
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Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:55 pmby AK_iceman
Its true, only the wheels will be spinning. The plane will never take off.
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Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:43 pmby areyouincahoots
Ronaldinho wrote:hahah the plane wont take off, the driver of the plane will suddenly think WTF am i doing on a treadmill with a plane and get out and go have a mC donalds.
I'm with him.
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Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:45 pmby AK_iceman
Ronaldinho wrote:hahah the plane wont take off, the driver of the plane will suddenly think WTF am i doing on a treadmill with a plane and get out and go have a TACO BELL.
there, i fixed that for you.
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Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:46 pmby areyouincahoots
Heck yes! You got that right!
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Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:50 pmby jay_a2j
Hmmm I say the plane doesn't take off cause they couldn't afford to put gas in it.
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Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:32 amby Machiavelli
Banana Stomper wrote:Planes fly because of lift generated from the air moving past the wings. If the plane is on a treadmill, then basically what you're saying is that the plane is standing still. So the question becomes can a plane take off without moving? The answer to that is no.
That's what I was saying
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Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:36 amby reverend_kyle
AK_iceman wrote:Ronaldinho wrote:hahah the plane wont take off, the driver of the plane will suddenly think WTF am i doing on a treadmill with a plane and get out and go have a TACO BELL.
there, i fixed that for you.
dude they whack off in the freezer at tacobell.