Originally Posted by
IMOA
I don't understand why people keep overcomplicating this. Turn on engine, plane moves forward. It doesn't matter if it's a solid runway or a moving conveyor belt. Turn on the engine and the plane moves forward. Forget relative movement and thinking about lift and simply understand that the conveyor belt has no effect on the planes forward speed.
Well, if Adam and Jamie had executed their plan well, the plane shouldn't be moving forward (relatively)... ie, u can stand infront of the plane, and it shouldn't run u over... But as Jamie and Adam always say, dont try this at home... If u must, try the following...
Put on a running shoe and run on the ground, and u move forward.
Put on a running shoe and run on a threadmill, u dont move forward at all!!! Coz u are not slamming into the tv screen right infront of u...
Well, to yourself, u are running forward... But to an observer on the ground, u are not!!! I knew there would be a lot of debating going on for this... We had numerous arguments in class when we were discussing about relative motion...