Posted: Mar 06, 2011 6:32 pm
by reksio
Macdoc wrote:
I do NOT agree the wheels drive the prop

Depends how you define "drive". The prop rotates according to the torque from the wheels, so it is at least correct to say, that the wheels "turn" the prop.

Macdoc wrote:
except under turntable or treadmill conditions which I consider completely spurious nonsense.

There is no difference between a cart on the TM and on the ground at wind speed. The wheels turn the prop in both cases.