Hi Tony,
My wife just called me from Texas. Apparently the wheels turn down there too. They landed safely.
I guess that means they can take off again as well, as long as they don't use a car.
-Chris
My wife just called me from Texas. Apparently the wheels turn down there too. They landed safely.
I guess that means they can take off again as well, as long as they don't use a car.
-Chris
hmmmmmm I'm sure my gf would be pleased it you did 😉 and maybe I would actually get all the things on my to do list done, and then get so bored I'd go out and find a job....
hmmmm I think I need to work on my priorities!! thanks for the wakeup call Vikash 😉
Tony.
hmmmm I think I need to work on my priorities!! thanks for the wakeup call Vikash 😉
Tony.
Hi Tony,
Don't you ever want to send your wife to Texas?
-Chris
Edit: X post with Tony. wife comes later, gf too early
Don't you ever want to send your wife to Texas?
-Chris
Edit: X post with Tony. wife comes later, gf too early
In which case you won't be banned. I wanna make sure this bug drags you down with the rest of us. 😉wintermute said:
I just got an email from my GF telling me I was bad and cracking the whip because I am being distracted by the forum!!!! she must be checking up on me from work 
now I'm really in trouble!!!
Tony.
now I'm really in trouble!!!
Tony.
Lol. Miss Wintermute, if you're reading this please accept out apologies for this crude joke. Tony is actually very busy working on other important stuff and us admins just like to log in with his id and post once in a while. He's not really here. Honest. 
Okay guys, my daughter has something to say
Greetings Earthlings!
yes the moment you've all been waiting for... the spawn of anatech has arrived!
at any rate... i've read this thread and am greatly amused.
here's my two cents on the question of whether this airplane can take off or not.
yes; so long as there is a pressure difference created on either side of the airfoils negative to the top. lift is created by this difference and the flow of air over said airfoil. the wheels are not important to the forward mortion so long as they are free to rotate.
we discussed this same question in ground school. my flying instructor found it amusing too.
for complete details i would refere you to the textbook
From the Ground Up. it's an excellent source of information for anyone interested in learning about flight and parts of an aircraft. i've read the book cover to cover a couple times myself.
-Samantha
Greetings Earthlings!
yes the moment you've all been waiting for... the spawn of anatech has arrived!
at any rate... i've read this thread and am greatly amused.
here's my two cents on the question of whether this airplane can take off or not.
yes; so long as there is a pressure difference created on either side of the airfoils negative to the top. lift is created by this difference and the flow of air over said airfoil. the wheels are not important to the forward mortion so long as they are free to rotate.
we discussed this same question in ground school. my flying instructor found it amusing too.
for complete details i would refere you to the textbook
From the Ground Up. it's an excellent source of information for anyone interested in learning about flight and parts of an aircraft. i've read the book cover to cover a couple times myself.
-Samantha
To those they think they have the answer to the original question
It seems there is a consensus amongst some that the plane will take off but the wheels will be moving at twice the normal speed. How does one reconcile this with the original stipulation that the speed of the wheels must equal the speed of the belt which you are saying is not going to be the case? I agree that it is the question that is flawed but it is also this flawed question that we are bound by when answering.
It seems there is a consensus amongst some that the plane will take off but the wheels will be moving at twice the normal speed. How does one reconcile this with the original stipulation that the speed of the wheels must equal the speed of the belt which you are saying is not going to be the case? I agree that it is the question that is flawed but it is also this flawed question that we are bound by when answering.
Hi Dan,
Since the belt opposes the motion of the wheels, I figure the plane takes off with wheels that do not turn.
That was my view point (and still is) much earlier in the thread.
-Chris
Since the belt opposes the motion of the wheels, I figure the plane takes off with wheels that do not turn.
That was my view point (and still is) much earlier in the thread.
-Chris
I agree with that too but it still can be taken as breaking the rules set down by the original question. The belt must at all times match the wheel speed but in the opposite direction.
Hi Dan,
Right you are. They are both stopped. The belt surface is free to move withrespect to the earth.
Just a thought, no idea if it's correct. But it helps me sleep at night.
-Chris
Edit: to clarify a thought.
Right you are. They are both stopped. The belt surface is free to move withrespect to the earth.
Just a thought, no idea if it's correct. But it helps me sleep at night.
-Chris
Edit: to clarify a thought.
Dan,
Add the air speed, which creates the wheel speed, to the counter rotation of the belt.
Chris, you sent her to Texas? My hero, a guy who actually wears the pants.
Add the air speed, which creates the wheel speed, to the counter rotation of the belt.
Chris, you sent her to Texas? My hero, a guy who actually wears the pants.
Hi Cal,
Sorry, no pants.
Work sent her to Texas. Seems she always has her ducks in a row (your's also Al). She works for Snap-On, so she was sent to head office. Someone's tail feathers are goning to be burnt (not hers).
-Chris
Sorry, no pants.
Work sent her to Texas. Seems she always has her ducks in a row (your's also Al). She works for Snap-On, so she was sent to head office. Someone's tail feathers are goning to be burnt (not hers).
-Chris
AudioFreak said:
hehehe don't you love interpretation Chris's works if you take the reference point as being on the belt beside the wheel, in this reference point you, the belt and the wheel are all stationary and it is the outside world that is moving so no rules are broken because the speed of the wheel = the speed of the belt = 0 and the plane takes off without breaking any of the rules of the question.
edit: the important point here is that the question didn't define the point of reference 🙂
Tony.
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