Does Earth's Rotation affect the Airplanes Speed & Flight Time

Does Earth's Rotation Affect the Airplanes' Speed & Flight Time?

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NHN New Horizon

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#airplane #science #earth

[FiftymonkeysonAtree]

I wonder if it’s possible to just stay up in the air and wait for it the spin to your destination 😂

[Supaspikemaster]

Short Answer:
No, the movement of airplanes is not affected by the earth’s rotation, due to the fact that earth’s atmosphere rotates with the planet. Meaning that any object within the atmosphere of Earth would not move in any other way that is dependent on the earth’s rotation. This is why objects in space move in different ways in relationship to earth, whereas objects within the atmosphere of the earth move with the earth, and are unaffected by our planets rotation, or revolution around the sun.

[schautamatic]

As a former Army artillery fire direction specialist, one of the factors that ALWAYS had to be factored in for calculating where the round was SUPPOSED to land was...rotation of the earth. Fire for effect! 💥💥💥😄

[HxTurtle]

the video got me when finally someone knew how long it takes the Earth to rotate around its own axis.

[codyviera]

So pretty much the atmosphere is moving the same speed as the ground so you don't feel any difference

[passerby]

Please explain how can returning space ships catch up with the earth again while it is rotating around itself and the fast running sun which is rotating around the milkyway?? Simple the earth is stationary.

[SiEmon_E]

If I'm understanding this correctly the Earth's rotation affects the behaviour and speed of the plane at takeoff so surely if you're taking of in the opposite direction to that of the rotation then that should have a negative affect should it not?

[billydavis]

Thanks, I have pondered bout that particular thing. Thanks!

[joksal]

Moving air, water is deflected to the right in the Northern Hemisphere by the Coriolis effect, left in SH. These effects are large over big distances. But the effect would be the same whether you’re flying east or west. Except-if you’re headed East, you’re deflected in the direction of a faster spinning planet-in the NH.

[joshuaborem]

I think we all need to remember:
The earth is rotating at 1600 kilometers per hour,
1-And the air nearest the ground is also traveling that speed.
2- also you and I and the parked airplane are also traveling at the same speed while we are “standing still” on the earth.

But yes this video has my mind doing a lot of thinking.

[Trinitrotoluene_]

The simple answer to the question is aircrafts are much much smaller in comparison to the earth itself, therefore the gravitational field of earth is responsible for this effect. In other words everything present in this world is glued to the surface due to its gravitational pull and we rotate along with the earth without noticing any angular acceleration caused by the rotation of the earth.

[amcconnell]

The Eötvös effect reduces apparent weight for an aircraft ravelling East, reducing fuel consumption.

[Mojenietwojeamoje]

Yeah, but what if the plane is moving north or south. It is going 1600km/h at the equator, but what happens to that speed when it's over the pole?

[heroknaderi]

This is very informative and educational.😎👍

[magicvide]

A fun experiment would be to put a drone on a merry-go-around. Start the the rotation with the drone being stationary. Get it to the speed of the go-around to x speed and then launch the drone vertically

[dizzzzy]

Hypothetically speaking, say I go to outer space and i am outside the earths gravity field and I stay still would I see the earth rotating at 1000 mph ? If so would it be faster to travel than a normal airplane.

[bayestraat]

Theres more to this topic. Flying westward 1600kph at the equator eliminates the centripetal momentum, therefore objects will weigh marginally heavier. But if eastward, it will be marginally lighter, and so the same propelling force allows objects of the same mass travelling east, to fly marginally quicker and higher. And higher further reduces the gravitational pull by another tiny margin. At altitude where air mass is so thin, aircrafts can and must travel quicker to generate enough lift against its weight (not mass).

[zhongmingyuan]

The fact that jet steams are eastward rather than westward, are indeed due to earth rotation.

[MrThomasAnderson]

It is a very interesting and informative video. Thank you. 👍

[jwijn]

I think it does matters.When the plane goes with the direction of the earth, the plane receives more centrifugal forces what makes the plane a little bit lighter .And a reduced weight makes the plane faster.