Ehh?
Ehh?
Define "in place." What is your reference frame?
i don't think so wrote:
Define "in place." What is your reference frame?
Not moving. Or another could be appearing to move against the rotation of the earth/atmosphere.
it would crash because it wouldn't have enough fuel.
Do you think that when you jump in the air, the Earth is moving underneath you? When you throw a ball up in the air, instead of coming back down to you, does it end up several kilometers away?
Hint: the equatorial velocity of the Earth is 463 metres per second. Figure it out.
Heeelo wrote:
i don't think so wrote:Define "in place." What is your reference frame?
Not moving. Or another could be appearing to move against the rotation of the earth/atmosphere.
"Not moving" is not a reference frame.
Hint: think universally.
along with the air
No.
Think about being in a car going 70 mph. If you drop something, does it shoot to the back of the car at 70 mph? No, it falls directly down to the floor. The car does not move under it. That's because the tennis ball is going 70 mph as well as the car. When a helicopter is hovering, its not going 0 mph in a universal sense, its going the same speed as the Earth's surface. Therefore, it will remain above the same spot, because it is traveling the same speed as Earth's rotation.
yes. due to N3L the friction of the air pushes the helicopter so that it circumnavigates.
not if it was refueled in midflight, duh!
Mr. Obvious wrote:
it would crash because it wouldn't have enough fuel.
holycrap wrote:
Do you think that when you jump in the air, the Earth is moving underneath you? When you throw a ball up in the air, instead of coming back down to you, does it end up several kilometers away?
Hint: the equatorial velocity of the Earth is 463 metres per second. Figure it out.
Both this and the op made me laugh. Good work, holycrap.
not only would you circumnavigate the globe, you would also end up in yesterday, which means you can go back in time and not start this thread
tom waits wrote:
No.
Think about being in a car going 70 mph. If you drop something, does it shoot to the back of the car at 70 mph? No, it falls directly down to the floor. The car does not move under it. That's because the tennis ball is going 70 mph as well as the car. When a helicopter is hovering, its not going 0 mph in a universal sense, its going the same speed as the Earth's surface. Therefore, it will remain above the same spot, because it is traveling the same speed as Earth's rotation.
As we all know, light travels at a constant speed -- or at least that's what they taught you. But it is in this one exceptional case, as tom waits points out that it can actually travel at a different speed. When you're driving down the highway at 70 mph and turn on your headlights, the speed of the light emitted is traveling at the speed of light plus 70 mph. This leads to some of the more interesting theories of time travel, which Mr. Waits will now try to disavow in order to restrict the number of people who are aware of this potentially dangerous concept. They think that traveling through time is only for them.
fo realz though, earth's gravity will keep it in place. think about how far up the satellite has to go to circumnavigate the globe. if the helo were high enough, yes. but if it were 100 feet off the ground, gravity would keep it hoovering above the same location, regardless of how much time passed.
Festizio wrote:
fo realz though, earth's gravity will keep it in place. think about how far up the satellite has to go to circumnavigate the globe. if the helo were high enough, yes. but if it were 100 feet off the ground, gravity would keep it hoovering above the same location, regardless of how much time passed.
You are either incredibly stupid or semi-intelligent and hilarious. Either way, good post.
Inertia will keep it at the same latitude and longitude.
Swallow Your Soul wrote:
As we all know, light travels at a constant speed -- or at least that's what they taught you. But it is in this one exceptional case, as tom waits points out that it can actually travel at a different speed. When you're driving down the highway at 70 mph and turn on your headlights, the speed of the light emitted is traveling at the speed of light plus 70 mph. This leads to some of the more interesting theories of time travel, which Mr. Waits will now try to disavow in order to restrict the number of people who are aware of this potentially dangerous concept. They think that traveling through time is only for them.
Not quite
[quote]Festizio wrote:
not only would you circumnavigate the globe, you would also end up in yesterday, which means you can go back in time and not start this thread[/quote
You'd only go back in time if you were facing the wrong way in your helicopter. Honestly, I don't know how people get this so wrong.
A^2+B^2=C^2. For this reason the helicopter would remain in place, along with gravity.
An Engineer wrote:
Festizio wrote:fo realz though, earth's gravity will keep it in place. think about how far up the satellite has to go to circumnavigate the globe. if the helo were high enough, yes. but if it were 100 feet off the ground, gravity would keep it hoovering above the same location, regardless of how much time passed.
You are either incredibly stupid or semi-intelligent and hilarious. Either way, good post.
I thought his answer was close to correct - I must be a total tard. What is the correct answer Mr. Engineer?