View Poll Results: what do you think?
Hoss is da man, no
25
33.78%
Geico's question. He knows, yes
42
56.76%
your both wrong its a vto
7
9.46%
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will the plane fly?
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Originally Posted by derek840378
mine says you are 301
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All I know is THE PLANE WILL TAKE OFF!!
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Originally Posted by Tengu
O.k. three guys walk into a hotel to rent a room. The clerk says that will be $30. Each guy gives up $10 and the room is paid.
Later that evening the clerk realizes that they overpaid for the room. He calls the bellhop over and gives him a $5 bill and instructs him to give it to the guys. On the way up to the room he thinks "there are 3 guys and five dollars, how am I going to do this". So he gets 5 one dollar bills and gives each of them $1 and puts the other 2 in his pocket.
Now here is the question: If each guy gets a dollar back this means that they each paid $9, $10 - $1 = $9 with three guys this makes $9 x 3 = $27 plus the two that the bellhop put in his pocket, $27 + $2 = $29........Where is the other dollar?
Later that evening the clerk realizes that they overpaid for the room. He calls the bellhop over and gives him a $5 bill and instructs him to give it to the guys. On the way up to the room he thinks "there are 3 guys and five dollars, how am I going to do this". So he gets 5 one dollar bills and gives each of them $1 and puts the other 2 in his pocket.
Now here is the question: If each guy gets a dollar back this means that they each paid $9, $10 - $1 = $9 with three guys this makes $9 x 3 = $27 plus the two that the bellhop put in his pocket, $27 + $2 = $29........Where is the other dollar?
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hey, you guys hijacked this. This is supposed to be about the airplane and conveyor.I entered this on the model airplane forum thinking the plane guys would have the definitive answer and got 350 hits and 48 replys in 24 hours. how's that for using up band width.
I think there is a movement to censor me over there 
I think we need a poll. how do we do that??
I'm going out in the cold and drive my truck around for a while. Maybe something will happen to it so I can post a good question
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Originally Posted by bentwings
hey, you guys hijacked this. This is supposed to be about the airplane and conveyor.I entered this on the model airplane forum thinking the plane guys would have the definitive answer and got 350 hits and 48 replys in 24 hours. how's that for using up band width.
I think there is a movement to censor me over there I think we need a poll. how do we do that??
I'm going out in the cold and drive my truck around for a while. Maybe something will happen to it so I can post a good question
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Yes
I voted yes. Here is why. If the plane were driven by it's wheels, then it would not be able to take off because all the power going to the tires would be transfered to the track/ huge treadmill or whatever you want to call it. The plane is powered by jet engines which will transfer the energy to the air, creating thrust. This will push the plane forward. In a perfect world, the tires would be traveling twice the distance(twice the revoulutions) to take off in the same distance, using the same exact take-off procedure, because the track is moving in the opposite direction. If the track were not moving, the plane would take off in the same distance, but the wheel speed would be 1/2. If you still think the plane wont take off, put your truck on a twin roller dyno with no straps holding it down, and strap a big jet engine to the roof. It will move, and when it does let me know what the new landspeed record for a diesel truck is 
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As the question is written, no it will not. The question opens up contrasting infinities; the wheels will always be accelerating to a speed faster than the conveyer belt, but the conveyer belt will always be matching the wheels. So it comes down to what infinity you want to look at, there's no practical answer.
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Originally Posted by Begle1
As the question is written, no it will not. The question opens up contrasting infinities; the wheels will always be accelerating to a speed faster than the conveyer belt, but the conveyer belt will always be matching the wheels. So it comes down to what infinity you want to look at, there's no practical answer.
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Originally Posted by Begle1
As the question is written, no it will not. The question opens up contrasting infinities; the wheels will always be accelerating to a speed faster than the conveyer belt, but the conveyer belt will always be matching the wheels. So it comes down to what infinity you want to look at, there's no practical answer.
Tom