If you are standing?

Question

on a moving Skateboard then jump up, the board keeps going in the same direction with you. Would the same happen if you stood in the aisle of of an Aeroplane. If was at the front of the plane and jumped up would you end up at the back of the plane? And if not, why not?

Answer 1

You certainly will not land in the same place as you jump even if the plane travels at constant velocity .when you depart from the plane the only thing that you have gained from it ,is the initial velocity, this means your velocity during your travel is definitely not the same as the velocity of the plane because the plane engines during your fly has done much wok on the plane which at least cancel the frictional force and keep the plane velocity constant while you are just losing your initial speed since you don't have any engines to cancel frictional forces.
This means you definitely have less speed than the plane when you land on it so you have traveled less distance than the plane meanwhile.

Answer 2

If the aeroplane is moving at a constant speed, you would land where you started. As others have stated, this is because you are already moving at the same speed as the plane, and there are no forces accelerating or decelerating you.

If the aeroplane is acelerating, then you would move backwards (probably not very far), and if it were decelerating, you'd go forwards a bit.

You can try this out in a car by throwing a ball up in the air and catching it. Don't try it in a convertible though!

Answer 3

No you would not end up at the back of the plane unless the plane was accelerating in which case you would fall backwards (but probably not travelling as far as the rear of the plane).

This is because when the plane is going at a constant speed then you will be travelling at exactly the same speed. Jumping upwards will not affect the speed of either the plane or yourself and hence you should land in exactly the same spot. Also this is because there is no air resistance pushing you backwards.

Answer 4

Your body is enclosed within the air in the plane. You are travelling at the same speed as the plane and the air and everything in it.

You will land back where you were in relation to the plane.

Answer 5

if you can keep your body up vertically!
aeroplanes shapes are designed for low air resistance, adding to this the high momentum of the plane. your body has low momentum and your motion in the speed of the aeroplane will be resisted by air enough to make you fly away behind the plane so don't try it at high altitudes, since you may break you leg when you fall...

Answer 6

the first thing is that you won`t be able to stand on the place..
OK let`s suppose u`ve been able to do so

there is something called air resistance which opposes motion.
the higher the speed you are travelling, the greater will be the air resistance.
on the skateboard, the air resistance can be considered as negligible but on the plane, the force due to air resistance is significant .
hence if you jump, you will fall far behind the plane...and reach the earth within seconds

Answer 7

you would end up on the middle part of the plane due to the simple fact that the plane is moving faster(not the same speed as you)than you

Answer 8

No, you wouldnt, because if if your in a car, moving and you were to jump, wou would still be moving just as fast as the car your in.

If you were on top of the car, it would be a different story.

If you were at the front of a car on the roof and you jump, you would be moved to the back or even off of the car because the wind is causing resistance

Answer 9

You would end up a very minuscule distance behind your original position as at the time of your leap you would be travelling at the same speed as the plane.

Answer 10

No. Because your body is travelling at the same speed as the airplane.