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Same spot.
You start out with the same forward velocity as the plane, and there is nothing to slow you down while you are "in the air", since the air inside the plane has the same forward movement. You will continue your forward movement right along with the plane. (All assuming steady-state flight. Be a different story if the plane was still picking up speed. Or slowing down for that matter.)
Don't try this in an open cockpit plane....
You start out with the same forward velocity as the plane, and there is nothing to slow you down while you are "in the air", since the air inside the plane has the same forward movement. You will continue your forward movement right along with the plane. (All assuming steady-state flight. Be a different story if the plane was still picking up speed. Or slowing down for that matter.)
Don't try this in an open cockpit plane....
Grabo172
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Now for a follow-up question: while you are in the air, is the airplane lighter than when you were standing on the floor?
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Ahhh making my head spin
I can go either way...
One - you are still part of the mass that is being carried inside the cabin, hence the the total mass hasn't changed...
BUT if you think about weight (Mass x Gravity) when you are no longer being held to the plane's deck while you are in the air your weight isn't included in the plane's weight. It's kinda like when you do a 0 G push over... technically the plane Weighs 0 Lbs but still has the same mass.
Ahh head still spinning after typing that
Now for a follow-up question: while you are in the air, is the airplane lighter than when you were standing on the floor?
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Ahhh making my head spin
I can go either way...
One - you are still part of the mass that is being carried inside the cabin, hence the the total mass hasn't changed...
BUT if you think about weight (Mass x Gravity) when you are no longer being held to the plane's deck while you are in the air your weight isn't included in the plane's weight. It's kinda like when you do a 0 G push over... technically the plane Weighs 0 Lbs but still has the same mass.
Ahh head still spinning after typing that
ROFCIBC
Well-Known Member
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Same spot.
You start out with the same forward velocity as the plane, and there is nothing to slow you down while you are "in the air", since the air inside the plane has the same forward movement. You will continue your forward movement right along with the plane. (All assuming steady-state flight. Be a different story if the plane was still picking up speed. Or slowing down for that matter.)
Don't try this in an open cockpit plane....
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Nor should you try it by jumping out of a moving car to see if you will still be next to the car when you hit the ground!
But this will put you in line for a Darwin award. Especially if the now driverless car swerves to the left and runs over you!
Same spot.
You start out with the same forward velocity as the plane, and there is nothing to slow you down while you are "in the air", since the air inside the plane has the same forward movement. You will continue your forward movement right along with the plane. (All assuming steady-state flight. Be a different story if the plane was still picking up speed. Or slowing down for that matter.)
Don't try this in an open cockpit plane....
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Nor should you try it by jumping out of a moving car to see if you will still be next to the car when you hit the ground!
But this will put you in line for a Darwin award. Especially if the now driverless car swerves to the left and runs over you!