Where will i be 12 hrs from now?

Question

Assume that I am in Japan...I climb into a helicopter and go up to about 11 km...then i remain stationary for about 12 hrs?....Where will I be then?...In the US?....[expl: the earth is revovling ..and I am stationary...so logically speaking I must be on the other side of the globe ....]..Please lemme know is the explanation is correct....If it is !!!! then if i reduce the distance between the helicopter and earth to about 25 meters....again will the same conditions apply..meaning will i be in US after 12 hr?......(not considering the hills mountains and trees where my helicopter might get stuck)

Answer 1

The answer has nothing to do with gravity. On the ground you are traveling at an angular (rotational) velocity of 360 deg/24 hrs, or 15 degrees per hour. When you go straight up, you and the helicopter maintain that same angular velocity, because there is no force to reduce or arrest that rotation. So you stay right over the spot where you started. It's like jumping up on a trampoline - you go up and come down at the same spot. But that has nothing to do with gravitation.

It also has nothing to do with the drag of air or wind, because the result would be the same even if you were on an atmosphereless body like the moon.

Answer 2

U WILL B IN THE SAME PLACE ,dude if we think generally we come out with the answer that we might b in some other place but it is wrong,not only the earth the whole atmosphere is revolving with the earth so, where ever u may b in the earth or in the earth atmosphere u r revolving with the earth so the person at a height 11km and more than that will b in the same place from where he had started but it also have some limit if u cross the earth atmosphere the thing is different ,u might go anyhere.

Answer 3

The air your helicopter flies in, even 11km up, rotates with the planet. So unless you get into a jet stream, you'll pretty much hover over Japan the whole time. If your thinking were correct, airplanes would have a devil of a time flying anywhere but west.

Answer 4

It is nothing to do with gravitational drag.

The fact is that when you take off in a helicopter, you are being launched horizontally at about 1000miles per hour in an Easterly direction! The atmosphere is being dragged around with you, and the US is heading in the same direction as you at 1000 miles per hour. So, in order to catch it, you need to increase your speed over and above the speed of the Earth's rotation, to gain on the US, and catch up with it.

Sorry to disappoint you!

Answer 5

I don't know which helicopter will take you 11kms height & stay there for 12 hrs? Anyway ignoring these odds you will still be over Japan.

Answer 6

amazing man , we have a new newton in the making , hehe . the gravity it is which would not let you move anywhere but with the earth , for tomorrow somebody might say going from west to east 100 miles takes 1 hour , but going from east to west 100 miles takes half n hour which is not possible , we on this mother earth are nothing but creatures who are governed by nature ,
nice question though,

Answer 7

your explanation is incorrect.
You helicopter will be where it was .
Let me explain it.Even though the earth is revolving and you are high up in the sky the gravitational force of the earth will keep on pulling the helicopter and will move it along with its revolution.
So i hope you understand.
thanks

Answer 8

explaination incorrect because gravity of eartha pulls u along with it , but if u manage to get at height where influence of gravity is negligeble then u r theory stands correct any way nice question

Answer 9

Sorry, but you would be dead, in Japan, having crashed from lack of fuel to keep you aloft for 12 hours.

Answer 10

I'm good at geography and space but you have completely confused me!