So...about that plane on the treadmill...

"Richard Riley" wrote in message
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On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 21:27:16 -0500, "Morgans"
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"Ray" wrote in message
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Looks like airplane treadmill problem, regularly a spark for flame wars
on
R.A.P., has made it into the mainstream.

http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/

Let the arguing begin!

It is truly amazing how many clueless people have commented on the
problem. MX
should go hang out there. He would look like a rocket scientist.

Quite by coincidence, last week I visited a wind tunnel with a
treadmill in it.

http://www.swiftengineering.com/06Ot...Windtunnel.htm

A "rolling road" gets rid of the boundry layer, and better simulates
what a race car will see on the track.

There was a lot of talk 30+ years ago about what a nice thing this would be;
mainly to test the effectiveness of anti-lift devices for sports car racing.

Peter