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If I was standing right at the end of the runway I'd quite fancy my chances.
But what if the runway was a treadmill?
Wait, we can haz hamster treadmill powered planes?
Planes take off at a given air speed, not ground speed, so that wouldn't affect anything.
Did you not catch the reference, or are you dedicated to not having fun with this? 😆
I did see that myth busters episode, yes.
Did you know that Mythbusters tested whether or not an airplane would take off from a treadmill and came to the conclusion that a plane rlies on air speed and not ground speed?
Yes. I also took primary school physics where the thought experiment originates from.
It isn't even a thought experiment, dumbshit. You could pretty easily calculate how much of a lead you would need to hit a plane at a given speed with a certain bullet.
Buddy. We're talking about the airplane on a treadmill here. Take a Xanax and calm down. The sweet irony of calling someone dumb and then getting the entire conversation wrong. Damn dude.