The only way it can't accelerate is if there is no air to push against. The wheels are irrelevant.

This.

P.S. I know this because it was on Mythbusters the other day.

you are just underestimating this ba tread mill we have here.

it doesn't matter that the plane isn't propelled by the wheels, the wheels are attached to the plane, if the wheels don't move, the plane doesn't move

The plane doesnt use the ground to accelerate like a car does. You are mistaken.

Watch the episode of the Mythbusters.

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a regular treadmill, sure, i agree

but the one in this question would make a plane unable to liftoff

So, since the wheels are unable to move, are you suggesting that the plane rips its landing gear off?

Why dont you get it?

The wheels aren't pushing the plane?

The treadmill cannot keep the plane from moving.

The Wheels are not connected to a drivetrain or anything, the wheels are just connected to to some ball bearings or whatever and spin freely.

The propulsion of the plane comes from the air.

A treadmill cannot keep a plane from moving.

i don't even understand what you mean

that i'm being intentionally obnoxious?

doesn't matter. if everytime the plane moves forward 100 feet in a second, the treadmill moves back 100 feet per second, the plane will not take off.

Lets look at it this way.

If you put a bird on rollerskates and told it to flap its wings to move forward, would the bird not move forward? The wheels would spin, but its using the air to move, not its feet.

Planes without wheels take off all the time.

It's not a plane without wheels.

ok, i admit, im high

i understand

the wheel would just spin

damn, of course im beaten to that too

i lose

Birds don't understand English. Ridiculous scenario.

Might as well be.