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    Can Plane Take Off

    Perhaps I can make use of the dyno example. See the car is propelled forward by "pushing" off the ground. When you put a car on a dyno, the rollers in the back are what the wheels are "pushing" off of, but since they spin with the tires, the car go nowhere. Obvious yes. Now, the cyclinders on...
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    Can Plane Take Off

    yeah i can see how it would beat a flat conveyer belt system. i"d like to see some diagrams though, i want to know how the mass of the plane applied to the wheel works while running on a flat conveyer belt system because i"m still not totally clear on that.
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    Can Plane Take Off

    *brain splodes*