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10-14-2017, 08:10 AM #26Registered Jerry
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since we got the airplane on the treadmill figured out...helicopter in a train?
^ Brain fart on the whole constant angular acceleration bit. But don't get yer panties too wadded up now.
I get what your saying, but I disagree that it will move forward relative to the train. Maybe that's not what you meant in your original post, but that's how it read.
I agree that it will tilt forward, giving it some acceleration in the direction the train moves, but certainly not at the same rate. If the net force acting on the air is the back wall of the train, and the net force acting on the helicopter is air pressure, and air is a compressible gas, than there is no way the pressure of the air will instantly impart the same net force on the helicopter that the train imparts on the air.
I'm not saying that it will stand still or move backwards relative to an observer outside the train. Obviously it would begin accelerating in the direction the train accelerates. It just will not accelerate at the same rate, and would appear to an observer inside the train to move towards the back wall.
I'm with auvgeek on this one.
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10-14-2017, 08:22 AM #27Registered User
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Yes, but when we write the standard second-order (nonlinear, coupled) differential equation governing the dynamics of robotics and spacecraft, the matrix of Coriolis and centripetal effects is often known so it's easy to account of those forces and pretend you're in an inertial reference frame. They're also usually small compared to the forces from the inertia/mass matrix and drag matrix—I mean, the earth is rotating at 15 deg/hr. (Interestingly, for most systems, the coriolis matrix is analytically skew-symmetric and can be constructed from the inertia matrix.) We can't really just add the effects from the train's acceleration the same way to pretend the train is an inertial reference frame because we're not talking about constant acceleration in this problem and those forces are much harder to model.
When the train accelerates, the air moves like the water within the train car, pooling toward the back and creating a surface of air that is not perpendicular to force of gravity. This creates an uneven reaction force on the heli's lift on the air and the force of gravity and causes it to pitch forward. This uneven set of forces creates motion in the direction of the accelerating train."Alpine rock and steep, deep powder are what I seek, and I will always find solace there." - Bean Bowers
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10-14-2017, 09:02 AM #28
Is this the thread where I get to use a^2 + b^2 = c^2 for the first time in my life?
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10-14-2017, 09:16 AM #29
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10-14-2017, 09:32 AM #30
You may have hit on something. As the train accelerates, the air will compress. The heli may initially move backwards before it moves forward and downward. This would be akin to riding a wave in the ocean. Given the slow acceleration rates of trains (0.4 - 1.3 m/s/s), the backward motion would likely not be perceived as the acceleration of gravity is much larger.
I've concluded that DJSapp was never DJSapp, and Not DJSapp is also not DJSapp, so that means he's telling the truth now and he was lying before.
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10-14-2017, 11:47 AM #31
Really? I use that shit all the time in real life. Maybe it's just my curiosity, though.
Good points on the heli pitching forward. I had incorrectly assumed that it would stay level. Given a constant rotor speed and no change to inputs, it is also possible that the heli hits the floor due to the loss of lift from the tilt.
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10-14-2017, 11:51 AM #32
Has anyone here actually flown an rc helicopter? The only correct answer is 'the helicopter will hit something'
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10-14-2017, 12:06 PM #33
Helicopters run on magic. All those fast moving parts are just there to keep you away and hide the secret. That said, the helicopter hits a wall and immediately ends up in a ball of flames. Trust me. I used to fly them.
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10-14-2017, 12:20 PM #34
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10-14-2017, 01:44 PM #35Registered User
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QFT. This^
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