In order to simulate weightlessness for astronauts in training, they are flwon in a vertical circle.  If the passengers are to experience weightlessness, how fast should an airplane be moving at the top of a vertical circle with a radius of 3.0 km?

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Q: certain string just breaks when it is under 25N of tension. A boy uses this string to whirl a 2kg…

A: certain string just breaks when it is under 25N of tension. A boy uses this string to whirl a 2kg…

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A: Centripetal force Fc=mv2rr=mv2Fc

Q: To withstand "g-forces" of up to 10 g's, caused by suddenly pulling out of a steep dive, fighter jet…

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A: Acceleration, a = 4g  speed, v = 950 m/s

Centripetal Force

A particle, body, object or certain mass while travelling in a rotational path or semicircular path, experiences an inertia force. If that inertia force pulls the towards the inward of the imaginary circle in the rotation, it is termed as centripetal force.