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Originally Posted by daveake
Yes.
The wheels are just holding the plane up. It'll take slightly longer to get up to take-off speed, because of increased friction and rolling resistance losses in the wheels/tyres (which are rotating twice as fast as normal), but that's it.
Dave
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Ok, I don't get that, I'll admit to not being the brightest bulb in the box but that goes straight over my head.
Now if it was propeller driven I'd understand it (wind flow over the wings creating positive uplift and all that) but not if it was jet engined........or have I got my muppet head on?