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10-12-2017, 12:24 PM #1
since we got the airplane on the treadmill figured out...helicopter in a train?
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10-12-2017, 12:31 PM #2
Can a mod move this to the proper forum please?
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10-12-2017, 12:35 PM #3
Probably a combination of both. Without any control inputs, the chopper will remain stationary relative to the tracks at first, but then the air resistance will cause it to accelerate with the train. Without more details, it cannot be determined if it will become stationary relative to the train before it hits the wall.
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10-12-2017, 12:52 PM #4Registered Jerry
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Depends on how far from the back wall the helicopter is hovering, and how long the train accelerates for. Air has inertia like everything else (and it's compressible), so there would be a lag time before the air pressure resists the force of the back wall, and it's velocity catches up with the train.
In any case, the helicopter would not remain stationary relative to the train. It would certainly move towards the back wall; whether it smacks agains it depends on the initial distance and how long the train accelerates until it reaches constant velocity.
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10-12-2017, 12:58 PM #5Head down, push foreword
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10-12-2017, 01:07 PM #6Registered User
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What good is a helicopter without a peak to land on for slaying pow ?
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10-12-2017, 01:09 PM #7Registered Jerry
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10-12-2017, 01:28 PM #9Registered Jerry
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10-12-2017, 08:38 PM #10Chowder Lover
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10-13-2017, 12:33 PM #12
And no one asks if the train is going at the speed of light? Fucking dentists.
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10-13-2017, 12:37 PM #13
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10-13-2017, 12:39 PM #14
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10-13-2017, 12:53 PM #15"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
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10-13-2017, 01:06 PM #16
Pretty much stationary.
Since the train car is enclosed the air inside would also basically stay stationary.
If the train car was open like a flatbed freight train it would slam into the next car.
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10-13-2017, 01:12 PM #17
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10-13-2017, 01:29 PM #18
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10-13-2017, 02:14 PM #19
Helicopter will move forwards as the train accelerates and air moves backward. See the balloon video.
Slightly lower air pressure on the front edge of the rotor will have less lift than the back edge of the rotor. Heli will pitch forward to achieve pressure equilibrium with the pressure gradient of the sloped air and move.
That said, the maximum rate of acceleration for a subway train on level ground is somewhere around 1.3 m/s/s. Japan's N700 series bullet train accelerates closer to 0.42 m/s/s. That whole steel wheels on steel rails low friction platform thing combined with sophisticated traction control technology doesn't allow for sick train burnouts.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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10-13-2017, 02:16 PM #20I'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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10-13-2017, 06:56 PM #21Registered User
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Forwards relative to what?
Obviously, once the train reaches constant velocity, it becomes an inertial reference frame so the helicopter will act just like it would when earth is the inertial reference frame (assuming all the air in the train is moving at the same speed as the train, i.e., there are no air leaks — maybe inside a plane would be a better scenario). But while the train/plane is accelerating, I'm pretty sure the chopper will move backwards inside the train but forwards relative to the point at which it starts. Even if it pitches forwards."Alpine rock and steep, deep powder are what I seek, and I will always find solace there." - Bean Bowers
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10-13-2017, 06:58 PM #22
Forward being the direction of motion of the train. Watch the balloon video
Sent from my Pixel XL using TGR Forums mobile appI'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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Like I said, it certainly will pitch forward. The question of whether it moves forwards or backwards depends on the force generated by the rotor vs the inertial and drag forces on the helicopter. Assuming there isn't a controller that will increase the rotor speed to maintain position, I would suspect most scenarios would result in it moving backwards. Especially because acceleration causes gas (air) to become more viscous so the propeller will spin slower and not generate as much force as it does during normal operation and simultaneously there body of the copter will have more drag than usual.
The helium balloon has almost no mass, so it will obviously move forward. How is that relevant here?"Alpine rock and steep, deep powder are what I seek, and I will always find solace there." - Bean Bowers
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10-13-2017, 10:30 PM #24Registered Jerry
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The train wouldn't count as an inertial reference frame because it's accelerating, unlike earth which moves and spins at constant velocity.
I think the helicopter would still move backwards unless the train accelerated slowly. The balloon moves forward because the denser air has more inertia, and displaces the less dense helium. I'm with you that a hovering helicopter behaves sort of like a helium balloon, but it's so much denser and would quickly overcome the air pressure if the train accelerated quickly enough.
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10-13-2017, 11:15 PM #25
Robojerry, please stop.
Basic Newtonian physics:
1. Speed is a scalar
2. Velocity is speed with a direction
3. Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity.
To move in a circle means you are undergoing an acceleration, as your direction is constantly changing. The Earth is spinning on it's axis, and orbiting the sun, and orbiting the center of the milky way. Keep that in mind as we move to this.
We are all accelerating with respect to a fixed point in the universe. That said, you can change reference points to suit your situation. This feels natural as the motion of the planet and stars are too large to perceive.
So going to a helicopter. Heli's hover because they make themselves buoyant in air with the lift from the rotors. The even lift a heli needs to hover is based upon the assumption of constant air pressure providing a constant reaction for the rotors to push against.
Now take our train. Fill the car halfway with water. What happens when the train accelerates? The water sloshes backwards because as the train under it moves forward, nothing is reacting against the water to make it move with the train until it hits the back of the car. Once the train reaches a constant velocity, the water will level out.
Now take our heli. It is floating in the air because it is pushing against a constant gradient of air pressure. Like humans can't feel the universe moving, the heli cannot perceive the motion of the train, so it is irrelevant.
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.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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