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Once the thrust from the plane's engines exceeds that friction, the plane will move forwards, and take off, unless the belt's speed is sufficient to burn out or destroy the plane's landing gear.
Ah, this would be the answer- I thought I was missing something and this is it. The plane DOES have to move foward to take off (otherwise no airflow), but the increasing speed of the belt won't be able to prevent this from happening. I think discussions of destroying the landing gear are probably overreaching the exercise.
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