Guest Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 Someone wants to travel to New Delhi from Bangkok with a helicopter. Which way is faster? 1) Take the helicopter and fly to New Delhi 2) Take the helicopter, go up into the air and wait for the earth to turn until it reaches New Delhi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 as the earth turns at approximately 1000mph at India then i suppose it would be quicker waiting for the earth to turn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 grey cells Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 (edited) Someone wants to travel to New Delhi from Bangkok with a helicopter. Which way is faster? 1) Take the helicopter and fly to New Delhi 2) Take the helicopter, go up into the air and wait for the earth to turn until it reaches New Delhi. Definitely, The first method is the easier one. As far as I know , if you go up in the air , and wait for the earth to rotate along it's axis until it reaches New Delhi you can wait till you die (or) until there is no fuel left in the helicopter.You will also rotate with the earth so you will be reaching nowhere. I checked just now and found that the average rotation speed of earth around it's own axis is some 4 minutes less than it's rotation with respect to sun. Hey ! I am already not sure. Edited March 29, 2008 by grey cells Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 sorry forgot to add before unless you helicopter can fly at 1000mph (which the first option would be quicker) then the second one is impossible so even if the second one is possible then the first one is stil quicker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 (edited) 1. would be the fastest way. you have the whole gravity, momentum thing going against you on number 2 Edited March 29, 2008 by finance_it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 Off to "Others". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 Couple factors: 1) speed of helicopter makes a bit of a difference 2) New Dehli to Bangkok you're flying INTO the direction of axial rotation, so you get the benefit of earth's rotation and time zone change. 3) Bangkok is SE of New Dehli - if you hover you'll end up in Chicago before you end up in Bangkok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 ofcourse the first option.... the earth's rotational speed is much slower than that of the helicopter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 Tell me one thing. If it is raining in NEW YORK, then after 12 hours it should be raining in INDIA as after earth rotates, the clouds should have reached India. First option is correct. In second option the helicopter will be at the same position from where it started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 Just fly there plus i dont think you can fly to space with a helicopterdepends where you are where im from ,Tennessee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 O lol didnt see you where fom ban sorry and didnt know the answers were already on heregkok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 akaslickster Posted June 12, 2008 Report Share Posted June 12, 2008 Coming from AZ, I have no idea except that hovering will get you nowhere fast. I do remember that if you're going to Bangkok, stay out of the turnstyle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 The atmosphere rotates along with Earth, so case 2 is not possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 (edited) It would be faster flying there. if you flew up in the air, the earth's gravitational pull would keep pulling you along with it...you might move a few yards or so but not much. so flying there would be faster. EDIT: typo Edited June 16, 2008 by Thuhchris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Someone wants to travel to New Delhi from Bangkok with a helicopter.
Which way is faster?
1) Take the helicopter and fly to New Delhi
2) Take the helicopter, go up into the air and wait for the earth to turn until it reaches New Delhi.
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