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Originally Posted by JC
How would you move forward on the belt? The wheels are going the same speed as the belt. There is no way for you to accelerate unless you are sliding or the belt is not going the same speed as the wheels.
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(Changing my answer here after talking with Scott)
But the wheels don't provide thrust, the engine on the back does. The wheels are free-spinning (essentially), so the plane should still move forward at its normal speed, regardless of what the belt is doing.
They will be spinning twice as fast as normal, though, at takeoff.