I would love some help on my physics Homework.
An aircraft flies justv below a negatively charged thunder cloud. What would hapen to the induced charges when the aircraft flies away from the cloud?
2007-10-06 03:39:12 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
The aircraft body is conducting, and charges are free to move around it, but if the plane is not in the cloud, electrons cannot come or go from the plane. When the plane is underneath the cloud, electrons will move away from the plane's top surface, leaving it relatively positive. When the plane flies away from the cloud, the electrons will re-distribute themselves so that the entire plane is relatively neutral and there will be no more induced charge.
2007-10-06 17:30:01 · answer #1 · answered by pegminer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
think of it as if you stir hot water through cold, it will take some of the charge with it in a swirl.
The aircraft is not earthed but will still pull some of the charge with it.
You get this with helicopter rescues- the aircraft has to drop a rope into the sea to make sure that it releases all charge before rescuing people.
2007-10-06 10:48:30 · answer #2 · answered by Icarus 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It would spread out over the surface of the plane.
2007-10-06 21:02:58 · answer #3 · answered by Renaissance Man 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they will wait till another comes along,you know like buses one every few minutes.
2007-10-06 11:43:05 · answer #4 · answered by MICHAEL K 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think you may have clicked the wrong section.
but the weather has been nice latley, hasnt it?
2007-10-06 22:54:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it would increase tenfold for a short burst
2007-10-06 10:43:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋