Sunday, December 14, 2008

I Remembered To Do It This Time!




So now that I finally remember to do my physics journal, I shall do it even though I am really tired right now. After waking up from my nap because I was tired after I got off the airplane, I finally decided to do my homework. I was thinking of what to write for my physics journal and I remembered my most recent activity I did today. I do not have any pictures of myself on the plane so but I'm pretty sure this is what the airplane looked like. The physics involved here is simple. In order for the plane to even get off the ground, it has to start accelerating on the ground. Once it has enough speed, it will lift off, high into the air, above the clouds. The force needed to propel the plane to such a high height has to also overcome the force that gravity pulls down on the plane. The plane must also maintain a certain speed in order to stay in the air. Actually the physics  involved here is not that simple, for I do not know what else to say. I'm pretty sure there is some kind of complex physics on how the plane is able to stay in the air but I do not think we covered it. But what I do know, is that sitting inside the plane, there is a chair under my butt that supports my center of mass so I do not fall over. Because of the recent weather, on the way to Maui, the pilot said that because there was so much turbulence, they will not serve drinks for it is unsafe for stewardess. Their center of masses could move beyond their feet if the plane because the bumpy ride due to the bad weather. Once their center of masses moves beyond their feet, they will fall over, potentially injuring themselves or a fellow traveler such as myself. Overall airplanes have a lot to do with physics, more than what I probably know.