Comments on: The Treadmill Problem Revisited http://www.mrpilot.org/2007/01/05/the-treadmill-problem-revisited/ A blog about aviation, aviation news, and space. Tue, 02 Nov 2010 04:04:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jeff http://www.mrpilot.org/2007/01/05/the-treadmill-problem-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Jeff Thu, 01 Nov 2007 03:55:38 +0000 #comment-28 A student posed this question to me in my former life as a CFI, and I came up with a slightly different answer. Since the treadmill is designed to exactly match the tire speed, and we're starting at a standstill, the treadmill will maintain the tires at 0 while the plane accelerates down the "treadmill runway," and takes off without the wheels ever spinning. Just thought I'd chime in. A student posed this question to me in my former life as a CFI, and I came up with a slightly different answer.

Since the treadmill is designed to exactly match the tire speed, and we’re starting at a standstill, the treadmill will maintain the tires at 0 while the plane accelerates down the “treadmill runway,” and takes off without the wheels ever spinning.

Just thought I’d chime in.

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