Plane on conveyor belt

Lobo2me · 05-05-2007, 11:27 PM

A plane is standing on a runway that can move (some sort of band conveyer). The plane moves in one direction, while the conveyer moves in the opposite direction. This conveyer has a control system that tracks the plane speed and tunes the speed of the conveyer to be exactly the same (but in the opposite direction).

Can the plane take off?

stub · 06-13-2008, 07:20 AM

The plane can take off with half distance from the usual runway length.

**LobBob** · 06-16-2008, 04:06 AM

Yeah, why not?

05-05-2007, 11:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
Lobo2me Junior Member Last Online: 06-09-2007 03:28 AM Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 16 Points: 14.00 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 14.00 Donate	Plane on conveyor belt A plane is standing on a runway that can move (some sort of band conveyer). The plane moves in one direction, while the conveyer moves in the opposite direction. This conveyer has a control system that tracks the plane speed and tunes the speed of the conveyer to be exactly the same (but in the opposite direction). Can the plane take off?

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06-13-2008, 07:20 AM	#2 (permalink)
stub Junior Member+ Last Online: 06-16-2008 09:20 AM Join Date: Jun 2008 Age: 30 Posts: 31 Points: 19.00 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 19.00 Donate	The plane can take off with half distance from the usual runway length.

06-16-2008, 04:06 AM	#3 (permalink)
LobBob Administrator Last Online: Yesterday 08:45 PM Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Currently@FzP, Going behind you Posts: 414 Points: 50,884.85 Bank: 90,755.38 Total Points: 141,640.23 Donate	Yeah, why not?

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