The Plane Took Off!!!!!!!!!

[RobRR]

WOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!

[RobRR]

Alright now wheres the whiners bitching that they didnt do something right? I know its bound to happen! :ROTF::ROTF::ROTF:

[zeegler]

:ROTF:I think someone owes me $10. :ROTF:

[zeegler]

What's that I hear?.... Crickets?

[RobRR]

DEAD silence.

[guitarsjb]

YEEESSS!!!! Go plane!!

[audiophile]

I never doubted from day one, original thread

What I couldn't understand was how the naysayers were convinced it couldn't, even my engineer father, who still doesn't believe it rofl

Bummer the mystery is over, that was the best part of it.

[texasfury]

........

[Bengal]

Great. Now I gotta read 2 threads on this subject? Sigh...

[RobRR]

was this supposed "belt" a tarp on top of a solid, unmoving surface (the ground)?

Yeah, same principal as most other conveyor/treadmil systems.

[SeventhSon]

was this supposed "belt" a tarp on top of a solid, unmoving surface (the ground)?

you gotta be kidding, right?

[Bengal]

was this supposed "belt" a tarp on top of a solid, unmoving surface (the ground)?

We have our "Florida"...

[quiksilver]

They didn't do something right!

[JACKS0NESP]

The physics (or at least what I knew) don't seem right for the situation->Where did the wind come froM!!?

The plane is not falling or in the air, so how does a plane at a dead stop fly? Thrust doesn't make lift...does it? Or is it the full speed of the front propeller?

I'm just confused.

[zeegler]

The physics (or at least what I knew) don't seem right for the situation->Where did the wind come froM!!?

The plane is not falling or in the air, so how does a plane at a dead stop fly? Thrust doesn't make lift...does it? Or is it the full speed of the front propeller?

I'm just confused.

What wind are you talking about? The plane isn't at a dead stop. It's moving forward. Thrust doesn't make lift. Thrust propels the vehicle. The forward motion of the wings through the air creates lift. Wings are shaped to create negative pressure on the top surface, and positive pressure underneath. The wings are pulled/pushed upwards when air flows past them. The air isn't moving, the plane is.