Could a bird Fly inside a moving Train?

Answer 1

yup ! Why not ?

What prompted your question ? Looks like there is more to this question !

I have seen birds trapped inside a moving train flying around like crazy to find a way out !

Answer 2

Sure why not.

For example, if the train is going 60 miles an hour and the bird can fly 1 mile an hour the bird's speed along the ground comes from combining the train and the bird's speed. The two factors are how fast the train is going and whether the bird is flying to the front or the back of the train. It might go 60+1 or it might go 60-1 or somewhere in between those speeds.

Anybody inside the train is going 60 miles an hour and would just see the bird flying around at 1 mile an hour because they and everything they see is travelling along the track at 60.

Answer 3

If the internal space of the train is large enough to accomodate the bird, then it could easily fly inside, whether the train was moving or not.

If you imagine a bird flying around inside your living room, the same priciples apply to the inside of a train. The bird would have no sensation of the movement of the train and would just think that it was flying in an enclosed space.

Answer 4

Sure, why not? After all, the air is moving along with the train. Inside the train it feels like you're still (apart from the vibration of the wheels). There's no wind even inside Japan's Shinkansen bullet trains that go over 200 mph. If a bird can fly inside a regular room -- and it can -- it can fly inside a train, or airplane, or any other moving enclosed space.

Answer 5

Of course. The air in the train cars is moving at the same speed as the train, and the bird uses that air to fly, relative to the rest of the things in the car.

Answer 6

yes, depending on how fast the train is moving and in what direction the bird was flying, it might look like it was not moving at all but the bird can fly in moving train.

Answer 7

Everything is relative. You are on a planet spinning at 1000 mph. If you jump up you don't land several feet back.

If you jump up in a train you don't land several feet back.

Same for the bird. It doesn't matter if the train is moving or not.

Here is something to think about. What if the bird was on a flatcar and decided to fly. What would happen?

Answer 8

Yes at 100 miles per hour
same as a fly in a car doing 70 MPH
no wind to resist

Answer 9

yes, depending on how fast the train was moving and in what direction the bird was flying, it might look like it was not moving at all.

Answer 10

Is just like you sitting inside a moving train..