Thursday, June 24, 2010

If a bee was to hover inside a moving plane would the back of the plane hit the bee?

The velocity of any object is strictly relative to the reference from of interest. This means that no observation (including that of flies) *confined to the aircraft* can be performed that will tell you if the plane is even moving. You'd have to look out the window to even know.


If a bee was to hover inside a moving plane would the back of the plane hit the bee?
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[I just figured that the below is not entirely true: its only true if the plane is moving at a constant velocity and the bee was always moving at 900km/h, that is that the bee and plane have always shared the same position (relatively speaking: relative to nothing).





However, If the plane is accelerating and the bee is flying forward then then the bee would have to have a minimum acceleration of: (the acceleration of the plane) minus (the force applied by the friction force of air), to not ';hit'; the back end of the plane.]





if you consider that the plane is moving at 900 km/h, then the bee would be moving at 900 km/h plus its own speed relative to the earth. this is because th plane is enclosed, thus the air inside the plane plus everything else inside (except electromagnetic waves) are traveling at 900 km/h. thus is basic relativity. Of course if the plane was open there would be no air inside and therefore a bee would not beable to keep up.. unless it was sitting on the plane, in which case at 900 km/h the force of the air would push it off.If a bee was to hover inside a moving plane would the back of the plane hit the bee?
No, not at all. Because the body of plain is moving in the air, but it has contact with earth's gravitational force. Weight of the plane is acting towards the center of the earth, and the weight of bee is not more than the plane's weight. So the weight of the plane is taking bee with itself. You can test it yourself by putting a bee in your car and drive at a highway with at least a speed of 80km/hr. You will see that the bee is seemed to move in the car as the car is moving. So it proves, that this case is same with the plane.
No, that's like saying if you were to jump in the moving plane. If you jump on a moving plane you don't fly to the back of the plane. lol
No - The bee would be shielded from the air resistance (caused by it's own velocity) by the exterior of the plane.
I see what you're driving at but, I don't think so because the bee and the plane are moving at the same speed.
No
Haven't you ever seen a flying bug in your car before?


Same thing.

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