(September 5, 2014 at 5:53 pm)FreeTony Wrote: Honestly, the answer is yes. It is a very straightforward problem. Wheels on airliners are free-spining.
It was even done on Mythbusters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YORCk1BN7QY
The point here being that because the plane's speed is air driven and independent of it's wheels the plane does move forward relative to the cones and more importantly the air. So it takes off.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.