I simply cannot underfuggenget how everyone cannot simply underfuggenget this?!?!?!?!
C'mon people!!!!!
C'mon people!!!!!
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is the airplane bombardier powered? Then no, it will probably crash on takeoff
as i recall, the earth itself is a huge conveyor... travelling at just over 1000mph, yet a 199mph cessna can still take off... DUH!!!!!
OK so that being the case, Why do we move when we run? Yes technically we are moving when we are standing still due to the earths rotation and if it stopped abruptly we would all be thrown off this giant conveyor. you are right with your analogy, kind of (there is no motor turning this giant conveyor we are on) but in these questions we are adding a second conveyor.
Let's for sake of arguement remove the conveyor all together and put one plane inside another larger plane. A plane so large that the smaller one could fly around inside it. If the larger plane was travelling at the speed of sound and the plane inside took off flying 1/2 that speed in the opposite direction and out of the back of the bigger plane. Would it stop if it was flying at half the speed of sound?
Ya, we got a whole load of fuggin' rocket scientists on here.![]()
so what if you get a really little plane....say a piper pacer capable of 125MPH (a real rocketship, I know) and the conveyor is moving at 250MPH against the plane before you even get the engine (singular) to fire.
Now there's two options. Either you're holding still because the wheels can spin free...or there's friction in the wheels (it is a tail dragger after all) and you're now moving backwards at 250MPH.
We'll assume friction does exist in this theoretical problem.
So you're in this little fabric plane rolling backwards twice as fast as you've ever gone forwards in it, you've soiled your favorite flying pants and you can't get the tower to acknowledge your mayday. Turns out the conveyor doesn't have flight traffic control. crap. That tiny little 125horse engine slowly sputters to life and you finally have something nice to say about your smart mouthed A&P guy.
Now let's remember that this itty bitty engine can only muster 125mph, but the plane weighs less than a wet apex so it takes off at 43mph.
So you're hurtling backwards towards god knows what at 250MPH...your prop starts spinning fast enough to propel you forwards at 125MPH on unmoving ground....you need 43MPH (air speed) to get lift....what happens?
(I'm no rocket scientist so please don't give me multiple choice)![]()
Does it fly, stand still, or get run off the back of the conveyor belt?![]()
so what if you get a really little plane....say a piper pacer capable of 125MPH (a real rocketship, I know) and the conveyor is moving at 250MPH against the plane before you even get the engine (singular) to fire.
Now there's two options. Either you're holding still because the wheels can spin free...or there's friction in the wheels (it is a tail dragger after all) and you're now moving backwards at 250MPH.
We'll assume friction does exist in this theoretical problem.
So you're in this little fabric plane rolling backwards twice as fast as you've ever gone forwards in it, you've soiled your favorite flying pants and you can't get the tower to acknowledge your mayday. Turns out the conveyor doesn't have flight traffic control. crap. That tiny little 125horse engine slowly sputters to life and you finally have something nice to say about your smart mouthed A&P guy.
Now let's remember that this itty bitty engine can only muster 125mph, but the plane weighs less than a wet apex so it takes off at 43mph.
So you're hurtling backwards towards god knows what at 250MPH...your prop starts spinning fast enough to propel you forwards at 125MPH on unmoving ground....you need 43MPH (air speed) to get lift....what happens?
(I'm no rocket scientist so please don't give me multiple choice)![]()
so what if you get a really little plane....say a piper pacer capable of 125MPH (a real rocketship, I know) and the conveyor is moving at 250MPH against the plane before you even get the engine (singular) to fire.
Now there's two options. Either you're holding still because the wheels can spin free...or there's friction in the wheels (it is a tail dragger after all) and you're now moving backwards at 250MPH.
We'll assume friction does exist in this theoretical problem.
So you're in this little fabric plane rolling backwards twice as fast as you've ever gone forwards in it, you've soiled your favorite flying pants and you can't get the tower to acknowledge your mayday. Turns out the conveyor doesn't have flight traffic control. crap. That tiny little 125horse engine slowly sputters to life and you finally have something nice to say about your smart mouthed A&P guy.
Now let's remember that this itty bitty engine can only muster 125mph, but the plane weighs less than a wet apex so it takes off at 43mph.
So you're hurtling backwards towards god knows what at 250MPH...your prop starts spinning fast enough to propel you forwards at 125MPH on unmoving ground....you need 43MPH (air speed) to get lift....what happens?
(I'm no rocket scientist so please don't give me multiple choice)![]()