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Plane on a Conveyor Belt
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Change:prevented from moving, can it take off?" - it asks "Can a conveyor prevent an airplane from moving?" The Mythbusters demonstrated that a busted.conveyor cannot prevent an airplane from moving.Best quotes by the MythBusters: Did the MythBusters get it right? How
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Plane on a Treadmill Revisited
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Change:Originally posed on the physorg forums, the Plane on a Treadmill riddle has sparked much furor and debate on the internet. The original question is
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Plane on a Treadmill Revisited
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Plane on a Conveyor Belt
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Feb 7 2008, 9:41 PM EST |
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Change:runner relative to the ground.Once these failures in communication and understanding are resolved, it should become clear that the question is actually asking "Can a conveyor belt prevent an airplane from moving?" The Mythbusters demonstrated clearly that a conveyor cannot prevent an airplane from moving.Best quotes
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Plane on a Conveyor Belt
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Feb 7 2008, 3:30 PM EST |
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Change:It isIn assumedthis thatscenario, the speed of the plane's wheels areis being measured in the belt's frame of reference, while the speed of the belt is being measured
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Plane on a Conveyor Belt
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Feb 7 2008, 3:01 PM EST |
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Change:that in thethatthe treadmill is not actually matching the speed of the car or the runner. Remember that all measurements must be taken from a common
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Plane on a Conveyor Belt
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Feb 7 2008, 2:38 PM EST |
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Change:The plane will take off.Best quotes by the MythBusters: Did the MythBusters get it right? How would you have busted this myth differently? Share your experiment design for how you would prove/disprove this myth:The Mythbusters did as well as they could
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Plane on a Conveyor Belt
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Feb 7 2008, 2:00 PM EST |
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Change:The original question can be found on the physorg forums.This myth, and the debate it has caused, has highlighted multiple failures, both in communication and in understanding.One popular modification to the myth states that the speed of
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Plane on a Conveyor Belt
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Feb 7 2008, 1:58 PM EST |
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Change: unstable,expensive butto build, especially just for a one-off test such as this, and that'sis hardly to anotherbe myth.)expected. Related myths:Related resources and reference pages: See exclusive behind-the-scenes photos! THE GREAT "POAT" SNAFU! Adam addresses the missing myth from Dec. 12. Watch the video.
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Plane on a Conveyor Belt
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Feb 7 2008, 10:09 AM EST |
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Change:The myth DOES NOT state that the belt moves at the same speed as the wheels! It states that the belt moves at the same
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Plane on a Conveyor Belt
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Feb 7 2008, 8:37 AM EST |
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Change:You have rephrased the myth to say "If you do not allow the plane to move, can it take off?" We all agree that it
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Plane on a Conveyor Belt
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Feb 6 2008, 4:32 PM EST |
Enemy of ignorance |
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Change:These same doubters fail to realize that the acceleration of the belt would have to be infinite to exert enough force on the plane to
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Plane on a Conveyor Belt
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Feb 6 2008, 1:02 PM EST |
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Change:testing method. Many viewers continue to persist in theirtest, beliefclaiming that the plane should have been kept stationarythey bydid thenot belt. Accordingcorrectly tomatch the MythBusters, no matter howspeed fastof the belt moves, the airplane will always be able to counteract the
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Plane on a Conveyor Belt
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Feb 6 2008, 9:07 AM EST |
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Plane on a Conveyor Belt
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Feb 6 2008, 9:06 AM EST |
Stop posting incorrect information, people. |
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Change:to persist in their belief that the conveyorplane beltshould ishave dynamicallybeen driven,kept andstationary asby the plane increasesbelt. speed,These theviewers beltare doeseither asclinging wellto (inan theincorrect oppositeinterpretation direction).of Thisthe willmyth, effectively
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Plane on a Conveyor Belt
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Feb 5 2008, 9:57 AM EST |
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Change:was accelerating faster than the conveyer belt was moving in the opposite direction, and that is why it moved forward andon wasa ableconveyor/treadmill towill createtake lift.off. Best quotes by the MythBusters: Did the MythBusters get it right? How
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My Profile
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Jan 31 2008, 12:12 PM EST |
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