How about we put the wheels on train tracks and convert them into train wheels? no exploding tires, there. and no treadmill required, just... errr... a near-infinite rail track being pulled back, somehow.
Or, put the plane on water with the appropriate "shoes" (can't remember the proper name for those things) and have the plane trying to lift off when the water current moves backward, matching the speed of the plane.... that ruins the free-spinning detail in wheels...
Or put two airplanes, one of them upside-down and facing the opposite direction, with the wheels touching each other's and have equal thrust go into both planes.
Or put the plane in a wind tunnel and put the treadmill in there too.... see if the plane lifts off without moving.
Thought experiments are fun!
Or, put the plane on water with the appropriate "shoes" (can't remember the proper name for those things) and have the plane trying to lift off when the water current moves backward, matching the speed of the plane.... that ruins the free-spinning detail in wheels...
Or put two airplanes, one of them upside-down and facing the opposite direction, with the wheels touching each other's and have equal thrust go into both planes.
Or put the plane in a wind tunnel and put the treadmill in there too.... see if the plane lifts off without moving.
Thought experiments are fun!
