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Old 11-30-2005, 10:57 PM   #88
voca

Name: voca
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witeshark, it does not say that, re-read. all it says is that it moves opposite of the plane at the same speed.

for anyone who still can't comprehend this situation, imagine this scenario.

you have a skate board sitting on a conveyer belt (say it's one of those things they have at airports for lazy people) standing still. you run and jump on the skate board and the same time you land on the board the conveyer starts to move in the opposite direction. the only thing that going to slow down the skateboard is the friction in the wheel bearings (without gravity you'd keep going to the other side with the conveyer still moving under you).

the thrust of two jet engines is more than enough power to compensate for the friction at the wheels. the wheels in sense are just pedistals holding the plane from the ground, and no source of power whatsoever.
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