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re: Dumb question, if a helicopter hovers in place for an hour, will it be a time zone over?

Posted on 3/27/23 at 5:41 pm to
Posted by Tyga Woods
South Central Jupiter Island, FL
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Posted on 3/27/23 at 5:41 pm to
I think you just solved the Fermi Paradox
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
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Posted on 3/27/23 at 5:44 pm to
These people will call you dumb but you just proved the earth isn’t a revolving circle.
Posted by Strannix
President Trump's America
Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 3/27/23 at 5:45 pm to
Digital blackface is wrong baw, RA'D
This post was edited on 3/27/23 at 5:48 pm
Posted by Ghost of Colby
Alberta, overlooking B.C.
Member since Jan 2009
13671 posts
Posted on 3/27/23 at 5:47 pm to
quote:

earth rotates beneath it at one revolution per 24 hours,


No wonder you’re so confused. You are one of those people that think the earth is round.
Posted by Tantal
Member since Sep 2012
17714 posts
Posted on 3/27/23 at 5:47 pm to
Only if the atmosphere weren't rotating with it. I'm no physicist, but the earth rotates at about 1,000 mph. If the air weren't rotating with with the land, pretty much everything would be destroyed by 1,000 mph winds.
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
10244 posts
Posted on 3/27/23 at 5:50 pm to
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hold absolute position even with wind?



Yes, but the 160th SOAR has the Force with them. They know the way.
Posted by HerkFlyer
Auburn, AL
Member since Jan 2018
3136 posts
Posted on 3/27/23 at 5:52 pm to
Jump straight up as high as you can and get back to me.

Be sure to do this in an open field so as you don’t get smoked by a stationary structure.
This post was edited on 3/27/23 at 5:53 pm
Posted by buzwa
Member since Sep 2006
2507 posts
Posted on 3/27/23 at 5:53 pm to
I'm sorry the school system failed you so badly.
Posted by Tigerstark
Parts unknown
Member since Aug 2011
6540 posts
Posted on 3/27/23 at 5:55 pm to
When you jump does the earth move beneath you and you land in a different spot?

Please don’t have babies and let your genes die with you.
Posted by cable
Member since Oct 2018
9735 posts
Posted on 3/27/23 at 5:55 pm to
put down the blunt.
Posted by Tempratt
Member since Oct 2013
14546 posts
Posted on 3/27/23 at 5:57 pm to
Can they run that before depleting their kerosene supply?
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
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Posted on 3/27/23 at 5:59 pm to
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HerkFlyer


Probably my favorite aircraft on the planet besides a 747-800.
Posted by jaytothen
Member since Jan 2020
7625 posts
Posted on 3/27/23 at 6:00 pm to
Depends, is it African or European helicopter?
Posted by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
28522 posts
Posted on 3/27/23 at 6:02 pm to
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hovers in place


The salient issue is what this phrase means. It all comes down to what reference point you are using to "stay in place". Normally a helo hovering is using the earth as its reference, they aren't like a car in park they require constant input. So if a pilot is using the earth as the reference it will be over the same spot 1 hour later. If they were to use, for example, 3 stars as reference for the hove they would be over an entirely different spot in an hour.

It all comes down to what the pilot uses for the reference to hover.
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
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Posted on 3/27/23 at 6:03 pm to
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Fermi Paradox

Pretty good eating. A pain in the arse to clean, though.
Posted by Sp0728
Your head
Member since Aug 2018
2015 posts
Posted on 3/27/23 at 6:04 pm to
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That is the stupidest $hit i have ever read.


Well I’ll let you in on something that may be even stupider….

They’re some people that are men who think they are women.
Posted by NYNolaguy1
Member since May 2011
21444 posts
Posted on 3/27/23 at 6:06 pm to
Just curious why you're using earth as a frame of reference instead of the sun, or absolute frame of reference to the center of the milky way.
Posted by Penrod
Member since Jan 2011
47109 posts
Posted on 3/27/23 at 6:08 pm to
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Without knowing any more physics. If a helicopter hovers in place and the earth rotates beneath it at one revolution per 24 hours, can a hovering helicopter end up going from the east coast to the west coast just by hovering for 3 hours?

Yes, it would be a time zone over. But understand that the earth’s atmosphere is rotating along with the earth, and to rotate in relative space, which is what you meant, the helicopter would have to fly through our atmosphere at the incredible speed of about 1,000 miles per hour.
Posted by lostinbr
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Oct 2017
11876 posts
Posted on 3/27/23 at 6:14 pm to
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Without knowing any more physics. If a helicopter hovers in place and the earth rotates beneath it at one revolution per 24 hours, can a hovering helicopter end up going from the east coast to the west coast just by hovering for 3 hours?

Only if your definition of “hovering” includes jets flying at Mach 1+.
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
96904 posts
Posted on 3/27/23 at 6:19 pm to
No which is proof that earth is flat
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