That treatment of the POAT is flawed. The question that matter is whether there
is relative motion between the air and the plane. A horizontally tethered plane
in a wind tunnel would rise. The treadmill is just a fancy tether.
What? That’s the best treatment of the question I’ve seen yet, and seems to account for every possible angle. This makes no sense:
A horizontally tethered plane in a wind tunnel would rise.
The plane in the thought experiment is not in a wind tunnel.
The treadmill is just a fancy tether.
Treated realistically, the treadmill should not have any tethering ability, fancy or otherwise. Which interpretation of the problem were you going with?
That treatment of the POAT is flawed. The question that matter is whether there is relative motion between the air and the plane. A horizontally tethered plane in a wind tunnel would rise. The treadmill is just a fancy tether.
What? That’s the best treatment of the question I’ve seen yet, and seems to account for every possible angle. This makes no sense:
The plane in the thought experiment is not in a wind tunnel.
Treated realistically, the treadmill should not have any tethering ability, fancy or otherwise. Which interpretation of the problem were you going with?
A plane can move air over its own airfoils. Or why not make it a truck on a treadmill?