What happens if a working helicopter is thrown from 39.000 km?

[Vivaldi]

What happens if a working helicopter is thrown from 39.000 km?

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I meant metres. Not km.

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39 km

Not 39.000 km.

[Mantinziza]

a lot of variables in there, what kind of helicopter, how big is its fuel tank?

Is it a turboprop?
How much xp does the pilot have?
and whats ur definition of thrown?

like did somone fucking huck it as hard as possible straight down or up?

I'm gonna assume you talkin about a "standard" helicopter and thats a very lose term cause mass plays a role as well.

But if it was thrown straight down at 39 meters as with as much force as what you deem to be as "thrown" and im assuming its a lot.

Its just gonna hit the ground and fucking explode.

[Vivaldi]

It is unlikely to slow itself down when it gets closer to earth?

[Vivaldi]

Normal helicopter.

[Mantinziza]

go to youtube and watch vidoes of choppers lifting and and gaining air speed, there accelerlation is pretty dismal. The air has density, but not like water or solids. 39 meters, really ain't that high of the ground, id say you need at least over 300+ meters to have a chance of those blades putin out enough energy to actually slow down and stop such a violent throw, thing is though it gonna go into a spin with the rotation of the blades due to gyroscopic forces and the tail rotor bein to weak to handle such harsh movements at once, possibly even sheering it straight off. so if the chopper is spinning in the air with the rotation of the blades, well its gonna lose even more lift due to slower spin. SO ya Not a good scenario at all.

[Vivaldi]

At 39 km, the air is like 225 times less.

[Mantinziza]

exactly, so you'll never get time to build up the pressure needed to slow the fall. even if the air is denser at the ground by the time you get there, you been passing through less dense air the whole way that doesn't allow you to build up any form of reversal. Momentum is a bitch if there's nothing to grab onto.

[Vivaldi]

However, Nasa flied drones on the surface of Mars.

Air density on the surface of Mars equals to 36 km above the Surface of Earth :D

[Mantinziza]

yup, and those drones are 10+ times less massive than the smallest helicopter on earth. less energy required to sustain flight not to mention momentum. newtons 3rd law of motion and object in motion requires = or greater force to to change direction. a 2 ton helicopter ain't gonna stop as easy as a 10-30 pound drone ( I dont know the exact weight, but id assume that to even put a drone on mars it would have to be light as it is), especially when "thrown" straight down in the direction of gravity. I dont know maybe there is a type of human carrying chopper out there that could somehow manage to pull out of a death dive, but as a pilot myself I've yet to see one.

[Vivaldi]

So it couldnt even slow itself while falling. It would be normal fall?

[Mantinziza]

it would depend on how much force and acceleration was applied to when when it got "thrown" straight down. that Number makes or breaks how the scenario plays out.

[spiralshape]

It's spelled heckicopter you fuckin retard don't offend the Christians

[SaoirseS]

Helicopter (noun). Thousands of parts flying in close formation around an oil leak waiting for metal fatigue to set in.

[Vivaldi]

Who said it is not a noun?

[SaoirseS]

Nobody. I only put it in because it's customary when writing a definition lol.

[Vivaldi]

Working helicopter is helicopter which is working.

[SaoirseS]

As opposed to crashing helicopter which is crashing?

[Vivaldi]

By working I dont mean flying. I meant it is open and working.

[SaoirseS]

They are much safer on the ground, working or not.

[Vivaldi]

It was a question. What is wrong?

[SaoirseS]

You mean I didn't answer it?

[Vivaldi]

You asked an another question.

[SaoirseS]

I'm lost. Can we go back to the original definition I offered? (Yet another question lol)

[douride2]

It will most likely hit the ground.