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This isn't true becasue moving the wheels in the oposite direction does little to slow the plane becasue the bearings in the wheels don't transfer any appreciable force back to the airframe.

Try it with a hot wheels car on a treadmill sometime - it take very little force to keep the car stationary because the wheels act as bearing and keep the surface of the treadmill from applying much force to the car body.

Edit: or sandwich a hot wheels car between your palms, move the bottom palm backwards to simulate the treadmill effect -you wont feel much force acting on the body of the car that is resting on your other palm, no matter how fast you move your lower palm in the other direction.

Either way, this is a really interesting debate :)




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