it is physically impossible for the wheels on the airplane to be rolling on the treadmill at the same speed but in the opposite direction, and be anything but stationary laterally. if the plane moves forward while on the ground,t he wheels have to be moving faster then the treadmill. so given the condition that the wheels and treadmill are moving at the same speed in oppositte directions, the question is, can the plane take off from a stationary position. no, it cannot, unless  its one of acouple planes that were designed to.

"The concept that any major nation as we know it will have a civil war, or at least a guns and armies civil war, is stupid. You will have a political civil war, and in the US that has been going on for ages, a complete us v them mentality between democrats and republicans. It seems there is a lot of 'hard-core' people on both sides that are completly blind to the concept of democracy itself and to the truth of some matters. You might not agree with Obama, but you are now a minority, this means there won't be a civil war because what you have now is what the people wanted. I know its hard to accept when you are wrong, but deal with it."

i agree

"What I love about some of you though is your complete disregard for what yo uhave said before. Not to long ago someone could of said how shit Bush had done compared to Clinton, and the standrad type response from the idiotic right wing-ers from here would be "Clinton didn't do good, he ran the economy into the ground, he was given a great economy from Bush sr & Regan then preceeded to ruin it, so that when Bush came in it was shaky and he did his best, and better than a democrat would of done." So the general theme was the economic trend for a president's term(s) came from the one before. Regan/Bush = good times for Clinton, who in tern = bad times for bush. However now we are in the worst economic crises, which has happened at the end of Bush jr's 2nd term and somehow it is Obama's fault? well done guys, prooving us 'left wing weaners' right all along..."

no, what would happen would be, a left wing person would say Democrats are good for the economy, just look at what the economy was like during Clinton's administration. and then moderates and right wingers would say, if Clinton was so good the economy, what exactly did he do that was good for the economy? he didnt do anything, so he wasnt the cause. now if you look at what Obama is doing, he's doing stuff that would harm the economy, and the economy is falling; are we in a recession because of him? no. is what he doing helping the economy? many economists both left anf right would say he's not helping the economy. to say that theres a delay to the next president is a childishly simplistic way to look at the economy. different enviroments and different actions will cause different changes during different time periods.

the question is if it can be airborne while stationary, not if an airplane's engine is powerful enough to overcome the friction of the wheels.

the video shows him have the wheels able to go faster then the treadmill. if the wheels arent going faster then the treadmill, then the plane is stationary. the only thing that the video shows is that its easy for the wheels to go faster then the treadmill. it doesnt show if a plane can take off when the wheels arent going faster then the treadmill, which would mean the airplane is stationary. the treadmill isnt matching the speed of the wheels when plane is moving forward ont he conveyor belt.

either the plane is moving forward or it isnt.  if it is moving forward fast enough regardless of whether its by wheels or prop or jet engine, then it will fly. only exception, i guess if the wind is blowing fast enough, the plane wouldnt have to be moving forward to take off.

> Einstein wrote:

> No it cannot, this is due to lack of drag on the wings

wouldnt it be do to the lack of lift on the wings? i thought drag is one of the things that airplanes try to minimize because too much drag and the plane cant fly.

> [RPA] Arocalex wrote:

> There is some indecent exposure tho

every time you piss theres indecent exposure, dont bitch about nothing.

a number of reasons...

we need to vote an asian into office, he'll fix everything!

way to bitch about bitching.

can you wait for nationalized healthcare? the government is gonna tell us when to die. and if we want to live long lives, we have to live our lives how the government wants us to live them, or they will refuse us care when we are sick with treatable illnesses.

The Jimi Hendrix Experiance and Cream come immediately to mind