Something amazing to tell you concerning physics and motion

[Buck]

Originally Posted by orange

It simply does not matter. If you're moving forward while in contact with the ground, your wheels are turning. ALL of your forward motion on the ground goes through the wheels. And ALL of it will be negated by a treadmill which can spin freely.

The only thing that is affected is the wheels, and so they spin, instead of just sitting still. The rest of the plane moves forward without being affected whatsoever from the treadmill.

If the plane is going 200 mph forward and the treadmill is going 50 mph backwards, then the wheels will be spinning at 50 mph. If the plane is going 1,000,000 mph forward and the treadmill going 3.2 mph backwards, then the wheels will be spinning 3.2 mph backwards.

The rest of the plane is moving forward without being affected.

[MagicHef]

Originally Posted by MediaCenterJunkie

The only thing that is affected is the wheels, and so they spin, instead of just sitting still. The rest of the plane moves forward without being affected whatsoever from the treadmill.

If the plane is going 200 mph forward and the treadmill is going 50 mph backwards, then the wheels will be spinning at 50 mph. If the plane is going 1,000,000 mph forward and the treadmill going 3.2 mph backwards, then the wheels will be spinning 3.2 mph backwards.

The rest of the plane is moving forward without being affected.

Um, no. The wheels are attached to the plane.

[Buck]

Originally Posted by MagicHef

Um, no. The wheels are attached to the plane.

The wheels would be moving forward at Okay, I guess then they would be spinning at 999,996.8 mph

Sorry.

[MagicHef]

Originally Posted by MediaCenterJunkie

The wheels would be moving forward at Okay, I guess then they would be spinning at 999,996.8 mph

Sorry.

At that point, they would not be moving at the same speed as the treadmill, which is a requirement of this scenario.