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no

depends, is it Canadian?

i don't understand how this is a serious question. of course it can't take off.

There wouldn't be enough lift to take off. It's not the speed of the wheels, it's the airflow over the wings that provide the lift. So, no. lol

Mythbusters Plane on Conveyor Belt Ending

nimil: huh. on the sidebar there are a bunch of suggested videos from that one that disagree with that finding lol

like this guyPLANE on a CONVEYOR BELT! Will it TAKE-OFF? Explaine...

oh this is a better explanationPlane on a Conveyor Belt Controversy

omgwtfbarb: Ask your pilot, and I'll give the answer after he gives his.

motmanV: I will ask him in a bit

but I already see that I was wrong lol

this question has been a long argued controversy apparently lol

Well, darn.

i am going to screech

Valent1ne: so are the tires

It depends on if there are witches on board or if it’s a laden or unladen swallow.

Depends

take off, eh

so it's pretty much been answered, but yes, an aircraft on a conveyor will take off, and you can do it at home with a cheap RC plane and a treadmill. airplanes do not care how fast the ground is moving.

update: Pilot said "no idea, I think not?"

omgwtfbarb: fired

Valent1ne: absolutely not

omgwtfbarb: i'm calling the FAA

Valent1ne: I know a guy, time to make things happen!

he said “I’m not a physicist, I just fly them” which I think is fair

ask him what the little ball on the bottom of his turn coordinator gauge is for

then he can be redeemed

this gauge

unironically one of my favorites because of how stupidly simple they are with how they work. doesn't even need power in their simpler versions