Will the Airplane Fly??????????

[badsekktor]

From: http://www.4x4wire.com/forums/showfl...4&fpart=1&vc=1

A plane is standing on a runway that can move (like a giant conveyor
belt). This conveyor has a control system that tracks the plane's
speed and tunes the speed of the conveyor to be exactly the same (but
in the opposite direction) instantly.

Will the plane be able to take off?

after reading all comments here, I definitely am sure that the plane would definitely fly. I am also sure that the plane would move forward and gain enough thrust to take of. again, assuming that the conveyor would only match the turning of the wheels of the plane thus relying only on frictional force to hold the plane back on its original position but since the plane is not using its wheels to propel itself and uses a jet propulsion or a propeller system to push the wind, then we could just neglect the effect of the conveyor since the main forces that affects the plain are the engine and the wind. The wheel actually helps reducing the friction being caused by the conveyor... what could happen is that the wheels would be turning a lot faster than running on an ordinary runway