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stuckie27
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A serious problem in our use of planes for transportation is the possibility that they might crash. What if we could stop this?
Here is the proposal, from a physics professor at my university.
If at the time that a plane lost its ability to stay in the air a rocket was sent from the plane and launched up at a certain velocity causing the plane to slowly fall to the ground and rescue the plane from certain disaster.
Here is the problem, how much energy would the rocket need to stop the plane from crashing.
Known,
Plane weighs 123,600 kg (Boeing 757)
Height 9146.34m (30,000 ft)
Ignore the fact that the cable would break, and the wind resistance/air friction of the plane. (consider it a ball of mass). Essentially using the information come up a simplified solution.
Also post if you see any problems with the original proposal
Here is the proposal, from a physics professor at my university.
If at the time that a plane lost its ability to stay in the air a rocket was sent from the plane and launched up at a certain velocity causing the plane to slowly fall to the ground and rescue the plane from certain disaster.
Here is the problem, how much energy would the rocket need to stop the plane from crashing.
Known,
Plane weighs 123,600 kg (Boeing 757)
Height 9146.34m (30,000 ft)
Ignore the fact that the cable would break, and the wind resistance/air friction of the plane. (consider it a ball of mass). Essentially using the information come up a simplified solution.
Also post if you see any problems with the original proposal