If i was able to fire a rifle out of a plane what would happen to the bullet?

Question

If it was possible to open a window at 30,000 ft in a plane which was travelling at 1500 miles an hour and fire a rifle and the bullet also travels at 1500 miles an hour what would happen to the bullet. Would it just remain in the barrel or would it exit the barrel and now be travelling at 3000 miles and hour

Answer 1

If you are firing perpendicular to the direction of the plane then two velocities will act at an angle 90 degrees
u^2 =(1500)^2+(1500)^2
u=2121.32 miles/hr and it will be at an angle 45 degree with the direction of the plane.
If the barrel is in the direction of the plane then the bullet will move with the velocity 3000 miles/hr if the gravitational force is zero.
If the bullet is fired in the opposite direction of the plane then velocity will be zero.

Answer 2

The bullet would travel at 3000 mph!!!
I do it as I am a pilot and fire bullets!!!
If u fire in the opposite direction(of the flight path), it would come to a standstill (1500-1500= 0) for an observer on ground and then fall of the air, but for the pilot, it would have gone back as the aircraft is travelling at 1500 mph!

Answer 3

it would exit the barrel at 1500 miles per hour away from the plane, and would be traveling 3000 miles per hour if you fired the bullet in a straight line in the direction the plane was traveling. if you fired it at say a 90 degree angle from the front of the plane

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then the bullet would be moving 1500 miles per hour away from the plane, and sideways 1500 miles per hour as well.

Answer 4

It would travel at 3000 miles per hour. It's already traveling at 1500 mph before you even fire it, and firing it gives it an extra "kick".

Answer 5

The air interior an airplane is pressurized to approximately 10 psi better than exterior. Air might get away by the hollow, yet no longer as rapid as that is replaced by ability of the onboard pressurization equipment. there's a case on checklist of a sizable hollow beginning in an airplane in flight approximately 10 feet for the time of and the pilot precise touchdown. i've got faith that it become a Pan Am flight over Hawaii.

Answer 6

It depends on the direction of your firing. But that doesnt mean it would remain in gun after firing. It wont happen for if you fire in any direction.
If you fire in the direction of the motion of plane, it will go in 3000 miles/hr when looked in from earth. But its 1500/hr itself from your way. If you fire in the direction opposite to the direction of plane, it will remain in air when looked from earth but move apart from plane in the rate 1500/hr. Thus its related to relative velocity.
If you fire in any other direction, it will be calaculated according to it by taking the angle of shot and using trignometric ratios



Its the right answer when you compare it with all other answer given before me. I added this sentance as extra for informing you this.

Answer 7

i think it would go at 3000 miles/hr. its kinda the same concept of throwing a ball in the air when youre in a plane. it lands back in your hand instead of flying backwards 1500 miles/hr. because in your frame of reference, you are stationary. when you fire the bullet, the bullet travels 1500miles/hr away from you. but if someone was standing on the ground, they would see it travelling at 3000 miles/hr.

Answer 8

It would travel at 1500mph + velocity with which it is fired out of the rifle. Simple vector addition.

And it would land on the ground after traversing a perfectly parabolic path.

Answer 9

You'd be sucked out of the bullet-hole for a 30,000ft joyride.

Answer 10

if u mean your firing it straight on im guessing it would travel out of the barel and then just keep going with the plane