Let's say you had a giant treadmill with an airplane on it

[Flyingdutchman]

ehhhhhh no... sorry!

 

[Leroy Smith]

Same guys that blame the airplane when they make a crappy landing

The sun was in my eyes!

That almost never happens!

 

[xjlifer]

What if the treadmill itself was on a slowly rotating rotisserie. Would that not change the relative wind?

 

[XJohXJ]

It's still not as long as the PCL/Colgan thread!

 

[Sawmill]

Ok...Ok...sorry, Im out of breath...I just got back from the gym and I rushed home to tell you all. I was actually able to test this on a real treradmill and a real CRJ (Dont know what happens with a 737 or ERJ etc)
The results to this question are: The plane ...................................

 

[woog315]

If treadmill was moving at the exact same speed but in the opposite direction of the plane would the wheels actually cease to spin and just drag? Eventually exploding, I assume.

 

[aussieflyboy]

If treadmill was moving at the exact same speed but in the opposite direction of the plane would the wheels actually cease to spin and just drag? Eventually exploding, I assume.

what?? uhm no

 

[belchfire]

If you had a really long treadmill with a meatgrinder behind it it would be really interesting to put all the bankrupt or sleezy airlines management on it and see how fast and long they could run till they fell in the meat grinder...

 

[Edge540]

If you had a really long treadmill with a meatgrinder behind it it would be really interesting to put all the airlines management on it and see how fast and long they could run till they fell in the meat grinder...

Puts new meaning in Sloppy J.O.

 

[belchfire]

I was trying to edit to say bankrupt and it reposted somehow...but we should include sleezy or bankrupt...

 

[Flyer1015]

Puts new meaning in Sloppy J.O.

LOL!!!

 

[belchfire]

yeah...hehehehe

 

[Herman Bloom]

So basically everybody is right. Except, that is, for the putz who started the thread by writing the question wrong. Thanks genius.

 

[woog315]

what?? uhm no

why not?

 

[SBD]

On my 8th tequila shot

Okay the most important question of this thread is do you drink alone?

 

[CF34-3B1]

So if I land an amphibious airplane on a frozen lake, using the wheels, can I log it as a water landing?

 

[FmrFreightDog]

What if the treadmill itself was on a slowly rotating rotisserie. Would that not change the relative wind?

mmmmmm... rotisserie airplane...... goes great with beer.......

 

[Whataburger]

Can you count the calories that the treadmill says you burned while you were trying the experiment?

 

[AVDAD]

Now daddy?

 

[TWA Dude]

I remember flying with a loser captain who thought our airplane's lethargic climb rate one day was due to having a tailwind. (note: I didn't say "increasing tailwind component") Upon query his response was that he had 5000 hours and knew what he was talking about. I found out from his buddies that he was a logbook pencil-whipper as well.