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What is the effect on the speed of a fighter plane chasing another when it opens fire?
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∙ 12y ago
Depending on the rounds fired there would be a slight drop in speed momentarily due to the blowback of the gun. If firing say a standard 5.5 machine gun then the effect would be minor,if it were larger missiles etc the effects would be greater but still neglidgeable due to the huge mass and kinetic energy of the aircraft.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 12y agoconservation of momentum. the momentum before the event will be equal to the momentum after the event.
the bullet gains momentum, so the plane has to lose an equal to compensates plane does this by slowing down (since momentum is equal to mass time velocity )
as for the plane being pursued,the bullet it force will gain"negative momentum"that is,they will gain momentum in the direction opposite the direction the plane is moving. this means to the plane will have to gain momentum to compensate, and it will do this by going faster.
this problem is even easier if you think of it in terms of newton 3rd law "for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction" the plane "pushes" on the bullet , so the bullet "pushes" on the plane, making it accelerate/deccelerate.
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