Official Mythbusters "Plane on a Treadmill" thread.

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Seems the missing Plane on A Treadmill (PoaT) has sparked internet fervor. Turns out many other internet forum communities were dying to see this argument settled once and for all as well.
There is an 80 post thread with over 12,000 views in less than an hour at the MythDoods website.

And someone already made artwork....

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Oh well...Looks like we are going to have to wait another 6 weeks or so until the debate is finally settled.

From the Mythbusters forum:

I have just received an email from Dan Tapster, executive producer of MythBusters.

Thanks to all the activity, he can't log in and asked me to post this for him.


quote:​

"Adam? Jamie? Dan? Someone step up and tell us what happened tonight."​


Dear all,​


As wbarnhill called out, I thought I should step in to what is rapidly becoming a hornet's nest. I will try to calm things down but I don't hold out much hope!​


First up, for those concerned that this story has been cancelled, don't worry, planes on a conveyer belt has been filmed, is spectacular, and will be part of what us Mythbusters refer to as 'episode 97'. Currently that is due to air on January 30th.​


Secondly, for those very aggrieved fans feeling "duped" into watching tonight's show, I can only apologise. I'm not sure why the listings / internet advertised that tonight's show contained POCB. I will endeavour to find out an answer but for those conspiracy theorists amongst you, I can assure you that it will have just been an honest mistake. At one point​

several months ago, POCB was going to be part of Airplane Hour. Somewhere, someone has mistakenly posted the wrong listing. It will have been a genuine mistake but nonetheless it was a mistake which is unacceptable. As said I will try to find out what went wrong and hope that you will see fit to forgive the team at Discovery.​


Thanks in advance,​


Dan​

And with that, the entire board is going "READ ONLY" until I can clean up the mess.

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In the meantime, perhaps we can grow this thread to 6 pages like the last one, much to a certain female moderators delight! hehe.
 
Well I'm glad I waited for the 1 am replay, that I will now not be watching. Thanks for saving me an hour guys, I appreciate it.
 
I loved this quote:
some dude on discovery forums said:
Well, I know I skipped my wedding to watch this episode. Thanks, I am not married, and I still don't have awesome video of an airplane taking off from a treadmill. I might as well go hang my self while trying to run on a treadmill.
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Gotta love the geeks in all of us. Glad I was flying and didn't waste an hour of my time...there are much better things to waste time on, like JC :D.
 
this is so stupid. if anyone w/ half a brain would realize, you need airflow for lift. its a simple matter of physics. think about it. go running on a treadmill. does the wind from running hit you in the face? THERE IS NO AIRFLOW. THE PLANE IS NOT MOVING FORWARD. IT IS ESSENTIALLY SITTING IN PLACE, AND THE GROUND IS MOVING UNDERNEATH IT.
 
Doug Taylor said:
Round 219...

Fight!
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No, no, no, Dough...you've gotsta use Big John McCarthy's (sp?) saying (from UFC):
Big John McCarthy said:
Are you ready?...are you ready?...(since there are numerous players in this fight)are you ready?...are you ready?...are you ready?...are you ready?... (you get the picture), let's get it on!!!
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butt said:
this is so stupid. if anyone w/ half a brain would realize, you need airflow for lift. its a simple matter of physics. think about it. go running on a treadmill. does the wind from running hit you in the face? THERE IS NO AIRFLOW. THE PLANE IS NOT MOVING FORWARD. IT IS ESSENTIALLY SITTING IN PLACE, AND THE GROUND IS MOVING UNDERNEATH IT.
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Doug Taylor said:
Round 219...

Fight!
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What butt posted is a direct quote from one of the geniuses on the Mythbusters message board. He just didn't attribute it to there. I think he knows better, or at least I would hope someone on an aviation message board would know better. ;)
 
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