View Single Post
Old 11-30-2005, 04:55 PM   #148
Tsar
MIR
 
Tsar's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 9,692
iTrader: (3)
Quote:
Originally Posted by 88ta5spd
the wheels on the plane are like the ones on a shopping cart, they act as rollers and nothing more. the plane is PULLED thru the air with the engines, the plane needs air speed. not ground speed to take off.
FYI airspeed and ground speed are essentially the same. Ground speed is airspeed + or - the wind speed.
Tsar is offline