A test pilot (with a mass of 75.0 kg) of a high performance jet airplane executes a loop-the- loop maneuver in a vertical circle, where the airplane is upside down at the top of the loop (or top of the circle). The speed of the airplane is 475 km/h at the top of the loop and 725 km/h at the bottom of the loop, and the radius of the circle is 350 m. Calculate the magnitude of the apparent weight of the pilot (a) at the bottom of the loop and (b) at the top of the loop. Include a force (or free body) diagram of the pilot at both the top and bottom of the loop.

A test pilot (with a mass of 75.0 kg) of a high performance jet airplane executes a loop-the- loop maneuver in a vertical circle, where the airplane is upside down at the top of the loop (or top of the circle). The speed of the airplane is 475 km/h at the top of the loop and 725 km/h at the bottom of the loop, and the radius of the circle is 350 m. Calculate the magnitude of the apparent weight of the pilot (a) at the bottom of the loop and (b) at the top of the loop. Include a force (or free body) diagram of the pilot at both the top and bottom of the loop.

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