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Originally Posted by jims69camaro
how does the air move under/over the wings if the plane is not moving? it's stationary, because the wheels are moving at the speed of the conveyor... the plane doesn't move forward because the wheels are on the conveyor, which is matching any speed relayed to the wheels (which i assume to be zero), but even if some speed where relayed to the wheels it would be negated by the conveyor moving at the speed of the wheels.
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I'm with you brother...I've tried to explain this on other boards too . No one seems to understand that the conveyor is moving backward at the same speed that the wheels are moving forward. So if the plane is not moving forward, there is no air over the wing and therefore no lift.
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