Plane on conveyor... Will it ever take off?

['73 H1 Triple]

Originally Posted by Tmall

Tie a string to a toy car on a treadmill that's going 200mph in reverse, do you have to pull 200mph on the string to move it? Or will the slightest nudge cause it to move forward?

Originally Posted by '73 H1 Triple

BRB

OK, a standard 110VAC treadmill won't go 200 mph.

When you rewire it for 440VAC, it lets all the magic smoke out of the wires and it doesn't work at all