Ye' old general discussion board. Basically, for everything that isn't covered elsewhere. Come here to shoot the breeze, shoot your mouth off, or whatever suits your fancy. This forum is not for asking programming related questions.
Sure.. no one knows everything. I've had problems that feyd has gotten stumped on along with multiple other people that still have not been solved to this day. But I'll give it another shot:
Feyd ~ without cheating and trying it, what would happen if you put a slinky on an escalator??!?
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what would happen if you tried to take an airplane off on a giant treadmill moving in the opposite direction of the planes movement?
jshpro2 wrote:what would happen if you tried to take an airplane off on a giant treadmill moving in the opposite direction of the planes movement?
That is a really cool question! I am pretty sure I know the answer but I don't want to spoil it or speculate so I won't say anything, but jshpro2, do you have any more questions like that?
agtlewis wrote:I am pretty sure I know the answer but I don't want to spoil it or speculate so I won't say anything,
It would just remain stationary relative go the ground below the treadmill. There would be no airflow over the wings at all so it would be the same thing as basically driving your car on it.
Regarding the 180mph headwinds, isn't that similar to those wind tunnels? Its an elongated room that moves air from one end to the other and the plane flies against the wind "hovering" there (but due to the theory of relativity its really moving relative to the air around it). They use this to test how aerodynamic the planes are and such.