2007-04-03 21:07:06 · 9 answers · asked by max 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The only way for you to cancel out the rotation of the earth is to fly due west at the same speed as the earth is rotating. At the equator, the speed is about 1670 km/hr, or 1070 mi/hr. If you move away from the equator the rotational speed decreases till it is almost zero at the poles. Obviously it would look like you were flying normaly, not stalled since the earth and the atmosphere would be moving around and under you. No helecopter can fly that speed so it is only possible at higher latitudes. You may have been in a commercial plane flying west and had this happen and not even known it.
2007-04-03 22:17:20 · answer #1 · answered by Doc E 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, since stalling involves keeping the helicopter above a particular point over the earth and so you in the helicopter will be rotating along with the earth.
2007-04-04 04:19:38 · answer #2 · answered by Swamy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In latitudes between -42.4 degrees and +42.4 degrees, the rotation of the Earth is faster than the speed of sound in air. At the higher latitudes, the Earth's rotation is slower than the speed of sound in air. I've never heard of a supersonic helicopter, so you'd have to fly one in Canada or Europe or Russia in order to have a chance at canceling the Earth's rotation. The atoms and molecules of the atmosphere generally share the rotation of the planet.
2007-04-04 06:44:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The atmosphere rotates with the Earth.
2007-04-04 04:10:50 · answer #4 · answered by ZZ9 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, roughly above the ground would not work. But if you could stall it at a 12,000 km altitude within the exosphere, to where a loss of terrestrial gravitation would set in, it would work quite well enough to see it. But your body will need a spacesuit and your whirlybird will need some under-thrusters.
2007-04-04 05:00:29 · answer #5 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you had a reference point and you could fly west at super sonic speed keeping the reference point in the same spot the earth would be turning under you..
A reference point could be the sun on the horizon and you would pace the earth to keep it there.
2007-04-04 09:33:01 · answer #6 · answered by Billy Butthead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would be difficult because all your reference points would be rotating with the earth. I suppose the only way would be if you could position yourself with the stars..
2007-04-04 04:19:54 · answer #7 · answered by clint m 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.... you will run out of fuel and crash silly.
2007-04-04 04:10:30 · answer #8 · answered by eggman 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
no.
2007-04-04 06:13:55 · answer #9 · answered by neutron 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋