[sanddrag]

You all are driving me insane. The plane will take off just the same as it would on a traditional runway. There will be no episode of mythbusters because this is a stupid myth that requires no experiment whatsoever to disprove. Please, everyone, reread Ken's posts. Other than extremely negligible friction, the runway exerts no force whatsoever on the airplane. Yet the airplane is exerting tremedous force on the air. The airplane will proceed to move forward and take off. You really need to analyze what forces are being applied where and then you'll "get it."

(Don't make me put my RC plane on my treadmill )

Are you guys just being sillyto make this thread go on forever or do you really still not "get it"?

EDIT: I meant the runway exerts virtually no force on the plane in the horizontal direction. In the vertical direction, it exerts a great deal of force until the plane gets some lift.