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Why don't hovercrafts move West relative to the Earth [duplicate]
Suppose that there is a hovercraft floating a few centimetres above the Earth's surface. As it is disconnected from the Earth, which is spinning from West to East, shouldn't it appear to move East to ...
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Rotation Vs hovering
Say, a person with a jetpack is in the moon. If the person is balanced over his weight by an upward force generated by the jetpack above the surface of the moon (kind of hovering for some time and at ...
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Does a helicopter that simply hovers remain in the same spot on earth? [duplicate]
Ignoring statistical variation in wind, will a helicopter that only applies force perpendicular to a perfectly sphere earth remain in the exact same spot relative to the earth?
I am arguing with ...
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Why dont we account the rotation of the earth in aircrafts? Is it just because of the air or is there more to it? [duplicate]
Today there was a seminar regarding modern air crafts held in my school. At the starting of the lecture, we were asked a question which I found quite intriguing.
"Why does a helicopter or a fixed ...
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For a lay person, what if there was no atmosphere? [closed]
What if there was no atmosphere (or little like on the moon)? Could I then hover above and watch the Earth below turn?
Originally I queried, "why couldn't a person just float up in a balloon, hover ...
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Inertia over an airplane [duplicate]
When an airplane is traveling, it moves at the same speed as the earth does due to inertia, but since, the plane is not directly touching the globe, how does is the speed of the earth is associated ...
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If Earth is curve and spinning, why plane flying in high altitude does not delayed?
If earth is spinning globe then the layer of athmosphere have a different tangential velocity for different altitude. For near the ground (solid surface of the earth) then the velocity of the air just ...
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Earth's rotation and a helicopter [duplicate]
Imagine a helicopter that took off from point A on the ground and goes vertically in the air to a certain fixed point B in the atmospheric area at a certain fixed altitude with enough fuel to stay ...
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What will happen if a helicopter flew still? [duplicate]
I discussed this question with some of my friends. I was given many solutions. Please provide me the exact solution for this problem.
If a helicopter flew still in the same position for some hours, ...
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Does aeroplane moving against Earth's rotation cause relative wind (assuming otherwise a quiet weather outside)?
Although, I know some answers, I need more affirmative and accurate answers.
Why is the journey time from London to Singapore less compared to Singapore to London? Is it because of Earth's rotation ...
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How high do you need to be so as to not rotate along with Earth?
So, I saw this meme about some minister commenting that the Earth doesn't rotate, for if it did then planes only need to be in the air and the destination city would come to it. I know this is absurd ...
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Can an object take off from A, do not move (in the air) but land at a different place? [closed]
Can an object take off at a point A on the surface of the Earth and then land after some time only to land at a different place where it initially took off (because in the mean time the Earth has ...
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How can planes land on a rotating Earth?
If the earth is rotating (e.g. at 1000km per hour, at the equator), how can planes safely land on a moving runway?
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Faster alternative to travel to any location in the west? [closed]
Suppose one needs to travel to Somalia from Indonesia(which are approximately at a distance of $4000$ miles from each other on the line of equator). To accomplish this task, I suggest the following ...
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Why does the atmosphere rotate along with the earth?
I was reading somewhere about a really cheap way of travelling: using balloons to get ourselves away from the surface of the earth. The idea held that because the earth rotates, we should be able to ...
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