willem2
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Actually, If you accelerate the conveyor fast enough, it can stop the plane!
A force is needed to make the wheels rotate, The wheels can only start to rotate by a force of the conveyor on the wheels.
We have \alpha = \frac {T} {I} where T is the torque from the conveyor on the wheels, I the moment of inertia of the wheels.
Substituting I = \frac {1}{2} m r^2 for the moment of inertia of a cylinder, where m is the mass of the wheels.
and T = F r where F is the thrust of the engines that the conveyor must balance.
and a = \alpha r where a is the linear acceleration, we get: <br /> a = \frac {2 F} {m}. m ~ 1500 kg. (8 tyres of 184 kg) F = 250 kN . so<br /> a ~ 333 m/s^2. So if we only keep on accelerating the conveyor at this rate, the plane can&#039;t take off.<br /> <br /> A problem might be that the conveyor might cause so much wind, that the plane can take off at 0 ground speed anyway.
A force is needed to make the wheels rotate, The wheels can only start to rotate by a force of the conveyor on the wheels.
We have \alpha = \frac {T} {I} where T is the torque from the conveyor on the wheels, I the moment of inertia of the wheels.
Substituting I = \frac {1}{2} m r^2 for the moment of inertia of a cylinder, where m is the mass of the wheels.
and T = F r where F is the thrust of the engines that the conveyor must balance.
and a = \alpha r where a is the linear acceleration, we get: <br /> a = \frac {2 F} {m}. m ~ 1500 kg. (8 tyres of 184 kg) F = 250 kN . so<br /> a ~ 333 m/s^2. So if we only keep on accelerating the conveyor at this rate, the plane can&#039;t take off.<br /> <br /> A problem might be that the conveyor might cause so much wind, that the plane can take off at 0 ground speed anyway.