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Circular and Satellite Motion 6: Weightlessness

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Combine the concept of weightlessness with a free-body diagram and Newton's second law of motion to solve the following problems.

 1. CG5Q5
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A 72.0-kg pilot at an air show performs a loop de loop with his plane. At the bottom of the 88.8-m radius loop, the plane is moving at 56.0 m/s. Determine the normal force acting upon the pilot.

  1. Normal Force

    N

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 2. CG8Q1
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Irada Inavator is standing in an elevator when it begins to accelerate upward. With a 56.1-kg mass, Irada begins to accelerate upward at 1.66 m/s/s. If Irada were standing upon a Newton force scale as the elevator accelerates upward, then what force would the scale read?

  1. Scale Reading

    N

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Darrel Deval is pleasing the Air Show crowd by performing a collection of loop-de-loops in his stunt plane. At the top of one loop, the plane is upside down while flying at 37.3 m/s. Darrel is completely weightless and experiencing no normal force. Calculate the radius of curvature of the loop.

  1. Radius

    m

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