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Planes on a treadmill

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 Trangia 28 Jan 2014
Whatever happened to them? Debate about them seems to have gone quiet. I have a strong suspicion that the Government has slipped in a Tread Mill Tax and driven them underground, or has there been a spate of aggressive runners chasing the pilots on treadmills and getting bopped for their efforts?
Shearwater 28 Jan 2014
In reply to Trangia:

Guess they managed to take off and fly away after all. Argument settled, eh?
 Tom Valentine 28 Jan 2014
In reply to Trangia:

I'm glad they disappeared. It was only a matter of time before O'Leary saw them and by inverted reasoning decided that treadmills inside the plane might be a good idea.
Taking the Mick? 28 Jan 2014
In reply to Trangia:

The plane will take off, irrespective of the treadmill. :p
 gethin_allen 28 Jan 2014
In reply to Trangia:

give over, you can't drive a plane underground be it on a treadmill or not.
KevinD 28 Jan 2014
In reply to Trangia:

The treadmills were on the Somerset Levels and hence are underwater now.
Unsure if the planes managed to take off first.
 knthrak1982 28 Jan 2014
In reply to Trangia:

If planes take off when you put them on a treadmill, how do they test the brakes for the MOT?
llechwedd 28 Jan 2014
In reply to dissonance:

> The treadmills were on the Somerset Levels and hence are underwater now.

> Unsure if the planes managed to take off first.

This underwater treadmill works fine for take off.
youtube.com/watch?v=cMO8Pyi3UpY&
 Reach>Talent 28 Jan 2014
In reply to Trangia:

I'd have thought this would take off a few mm from a treadmill.

http://www.screwfix.com/p/makita-kp0810k-2-240v-4mm-planer-240v/73513
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