Comments on: Airplane on a Conveyor Belt http://www.gregorsmith.com/blog/2008/01/31/airplane-on-a-conveyor-belt/ Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 07 Aug 2011 11:09:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sue http://www.gregorsmith.com/blog/2008/01/31/airplane-on-a-conveyor-belt/comment-page-1/#comment-569738 Sue Sun, 03 Feb 2008 20:17:40 +0000 http://www.gregorsmith.com/blog/2008/01/31/airplane-on-a-conveyor-belt/#comment-569738 It only shows that "conventional logic" is a flawed phrase, The science was easy, but it's beyond the comprehension of too many people. Anyone who said it would never take off, or that the test was flawed, should go back to 5th grade physics. (Looks to me like just another example of the flawed educational system here in the USA) It's just that easy. Forward motion is generated by the PROP PULLING THE AIRFRAME THROUGH SPACE. The wing generates lift, but only at a certain airspeed. The prop brought the airframe up to the necessary airspeed and the plane left the ground. The wheels had nothing to do with it. Period. It only shows that “conventional logic” is a flawed phrase, The science was easy, but it’s beyond the comprehension of too many people. Anyone who said it would never take off, or that the test was flawed, should go back to 5th grade physics.

(Looks to me like just another example of the flawed educational system here in the USA)

It’s just that easy. Forward motion is generated by the PROP PULLING THE AIRFRAME THROUGH SPACE. The wing generates lift, but only at a certain airspeed.

The prop brought the airframe up to the necessary airspeed and the plane left the ground.

The wheels had nothing to do with it. Period.

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