What If All the Passengers on a Plane Jumped at Once?
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Date: 2023-11-26
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Fremont
Hah! The experience of actually suddenly losing several thousand pounds of weight is exactly what happens in bomber aircraft. In WW II flight crews of American B-17s, B-24s and B-29s experienced the aircraft actually bounding up as their bombs fell away. The release of the bomb load was controlled by an intervelometer, which regulated the actual release of the bombs.
In the 1960-s when I was in the 82d Airborne Division, we did a lot of mass parachute drops from C-130 Hercules turboprop and C-141 Starlifter jet transports. I can-t remember the number of troops each would hold but they were a LOT. On the run in to the drop zones, after the jumpmasters stood all the jumpers up and they-d gone through all the safety checks, in the last minute or so as the first men were standing in the door and the jumpmasters were watching for the lights to go from red to green beside the jump doors, all the men on the plane would begin stamping their right boots on the metal decking in rhythm, shouting -GO! GO! GO! -
My understanding is that vibration carried right through the aircraft and was felt significant, y in the flight deck (where I wouldn-t doubt there was a certain amount of eye-rolling, since the Air Force considered jumping out of a perfectly good aircraft more than a bit unnatural-. I don-t think it did anything to the trim of the aircraft and of course the men leaving were in a stream, not all at once, so the trim of the aircraft was easily adjusted for.
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Hah! The experience of actually suddenly losing several thousand pounds of weight is exactly what happens in bomber aircraft. In WW II flight crews of American B-17s, B-24s and B-29s experienced the aircraft actually bounding up as their bombs fell away. The release of the bomb load was controlled by an intervelometer, which regulated the actual release of the bombs.
In the 1960-s when I was in the 82d Airborne Division, we did a lot of mass parachute drops from C-130 Hercules turboprop and C-141 Starlifter jet transports. I can-t remember the number of troops each would hold but they were a LOT. On the run in to the drop zones, after the jumpmasters stood all the jumpers up and they-d gone through all the safety checks, in the last minute or so as the first men were standing in the door and the jumpmasters were watching for the lights to go from red to green beside the jump doors, all the men on the plane would begin stamping their right boots on the metal decking in rhythm, shouting -GO! GO! GO! -
My understanding is that vibration carried right through the aircraft and was felt significant, y in the flight deck (where I wouldn-t doubt there was a certain amount of eye-rolling, since the Air Force considered jumping out of a perfectly good aircraft more than a bit unnatural-. I don-t think it did anything to the trim of the aircraft and of course the men leaving were in a stream, not all at once, so the trim of the aircraft was easily adjusted for.
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Got
If everyone stays in their assigned spots, the initial jump should impart an even downward momentum on the fuselage, which translates into sudden increase in wing-loading/flexing that compensates for the downward force of the fuselage at speed, so the momentary -loss of 37, 500kg- is actually preceded by a gain of of 37, 500kg, and just as the extra wing-loading rebounds the fuselage with all the passengers and cargo in it, the passengers all return the floor in the cabin, cancelling-out that rebound; and change in flight trajectory especially at cruising speed is minimal and while the 777 might shudder a bit as if hitting turbulence, neither pilot not auto-pilot would have to do much of anything as the high-speed 200, 000kg+ 777 has great forward inertia, and the trajectory is hardly impacted.
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If everyone stays in their assigned spots, the initial jump should impart an even downward momentum on the fuselage, which translates into sudden increase in wing-loading/flexing that compensates for the downward force of the fuselage at speed, so the momentary -loss of 37, 500kg- is actually preceded by a gain of of 37, 500kg, and just as the extra wing-loading rebounds the fuselage with all the passengers and cargo in it, the passengers all return the floor in the cabin, cancelling-out that rebound; and change in flight trajectory especially at cruising speed is minimal and while the 777 might shudder a bit as if hitting turbulence, neither pilot not auto-pilot would have to do much of anything as the high-speed 200, 000kg+ 777 has great forward inertia, and the trajectory is hardly impacted.
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l2etranger
What did the faa and the ntsb say? The aeronautics and the physics involved are the reason most jets are built with winglets to stabilize the airfoil around critical parts of the aircraft. It happens regularly that at cruising speeds a plane would suddenly drop significantly in altitude due to atmospheric anomalies up there, experienced pilots have recovered most of the time from these potential catastrophic events.
There is no need to wonder about 500 people voluntarily putting themselves at risk to test what's already been proven countless times by investigators and engineers. But under the influence, who knows what's possible?
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What did the faa and the ntsb say? The aeronautics and the physics involved are the reason most jets are built with winglets to stabilize the airfoil around critical parts of the aircraft. It happens regularly that at cruising speeds a plane would suddenly drop significantly in altitude due to atmospheric anomalies up there, experienced pilots have recovered most of the time from these potential catastrophic events.
There is no need to wonder about 500 people voluntarily putting themselves at risk to test what's already been proven countless times by investigators and engineers. But under the influence, who knows what's possible?
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Flightbudy2channel
That makes no sense, at that Weight assuming 200 pounds even though the typical calculated weight for passengers 180 they would have to be 413 passengers on board and not many aircraft have that kind of configuration, Plus The carry-ons would still be in the overhead which isn-t weighted and the baggage and cargo would be underneath appointments the weight to it. Let-s not forget that even if it did jump at the same time the loss of weight for that amount of time would not affect the flight. A more accurate weight wand be 40, 000 to 50, 000 pounds.
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That makes no sense, at that Weight assuming 200 pounds even though the typical calculated weight for passengers 180 they would have to be 413 passengers on board and not many aircraft have that kind of configuration, Plus The carry-ons would still be in the overhead which isn-t weighted and the baggage and cargo would be underneath appointments the weight to it. Let-s not forget that even if it did jump at the same time the loss of weight for that amount of time would not affect the flight. A more accurate weight wand be 40, 000 to 50, 000 pounds.
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Queefy
We use Newton-s 3rd law to jump by exerting a force downward equal to our weight. (People weight = jump force) Keeping in mind the plane is not moving up or down before the jump:
Lift - Total Weight = 0 net force
Now subtract the weight and subtract the jump force:
Lift - (Total weight - people weight) - Jump Force = 0 net force
So the plane would literally do nothing. The course would stay the same.
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We use Newton-s 3rd law to jump by exerting a force downward equal to our weight. (People weight = jump force) Keeping in mind the plane is not moving up or down before the jump:
Lift - Total Weight = 0 net force
Now subtract the weight and subtract the jump force:
Lift - (Total weight - people weight) - Jump Force = 0 net force
So the plane would literally do nothing. The course would stay the same.
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Ravenous
Fun Fact. What if says. Aeroplane is more safer then Bus and Cars. -----
Car crashed, bus involved in accident, still there is a chances of survival.
Plain crashes zero chances of survival. unless it crashes within reach by any nearest seashore. If It crashes in the middle of the sea still its risky by being attacked by predators fish like Shark -
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Fun Fact. What if says. Aeroplane is more safer then Bus and Cars. -----
Car crashed, bus involved in accident, still there is a chances of survival.
Plain crashes zero chances of survival. unless it crashes within reach by any nearest seashore. If It crashes in the middle of the sea still its risky by being attacked by predators fish like Shark -
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Excalibur
so you-re just gonna completely ignore one of the most fundamental laws of physics, Newton-s third law? -All forces have an equal and opposite reaction-. if they jumped, the weight lost on the flight would exactly equal the force that pushed down onto the plane by the jumping passengers. no effort put into this video at all
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so you-re just gonna completely ignore one of the most fundamental laws of physics, Newton-s third law? -All forces have an equal and opposite reaction-. if they jumped, the weight lost on the flight would exactly equal the force that pushed down onto the plane by the jumping passengers. no effort put into this video at all
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npitlor
It talks as if the first effect will be when everyone is in the air, and the plane is lighter. The fact is, everyone jumping at once will push down on the plane before they are all in the air. I'm not even going to talk about the fact that they never actually show the inside of a 777, or any widebody (ok. I guess I just did)
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It talks as if the first effect will be when everyone is in the air, and the plane is lighter. The fact is, everyone jumping at once will push down on the plane before they are all in the air. I'm not even going to talk about the fact that they never actually show the inside of a 777, or any widebody (ok. I guess I just did)
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Adam
One minor detail: just before you jump and take away the weight, there is actually an INCREASE in downward force as all passengers push-off at the same time. So, the plane would drop down before it will rise up.
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One minor detail: just before you jump and take away the weight, there is actually an INCREASE in downward force as all passengers push-off at the same time. So, the plane would drop down before it will rise up.
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JP
What about the force they had to apply on the floor of the plane in order to jump? This will cause even more harm.
Plus, how long are they gonna be in air, 1 second or 2 seconds max?
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What about the force they had to apply on the floor of the plane in order to jump? This will cause even more harm.
Plus, how long are they gonna be in air, 1 second or 2 seconds max?
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X-26
Bruh, they would jump and they would still go down, only not in terms of the airplane. So when the airplane crashes the people also crash like the airplane, no difference there.
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Bruh, they would jump and they would still go down, only not in terms of the airplane. So when the airplane crashes the people also crash like the airplane, no difference there.
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Zeku-Chan
What happens when all passengers on a plane jump at the same time?
The pilot: -If yall don-t sit yo butts down, I will do a U turn and go back to the airport-
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What happens when all passengers on a plane jump at the same time?
The pilot: -If yall don-t sit yo butts down, I will do a U turn and go back to the airport-
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James
What about the stability of the floor? Might it collapse into the cargo compartment with the weight of everyone theoretically landing on it at the same time?
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What about the stability of the floor? Might it collapse into the cargo compartment with the weight of everyone theoretically landing on it at the same time?
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K-
Everyone should start voting to have a parashoot in plane 4 each passenger if it crashes, cost it is high to fly when u can die -? Just saying --
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Everyone should start voting to have a parashoot in plane 4 each passenger if it crashes, cost it is high to fly when u can die -? Just saying --
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The
Fun fact: if every single person from India, Nepal and China jumps from a chair at the same time the earth is guaranteed to go out of its orbit.
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Fun fact: if every single person from India, Nepal and China jumps from a chair at the same time the earth is guaranteed to go out of its orbit.
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CySa
Please what if, can you translate the kilograms into pounds. I get that the majority of the world uses the metric system, but I don-t understand.
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Please what if, can you translate the kilograms into pounds. I get that the majority of the world uses the metric system, but I don-t understand.
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rohan
Me who is thinking plane would fly normally by Pilate controlling the plane then realizes there is only one door for all to jump at once.
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Me who is thinking plane would fly normally by Pilate controlling the plane then realizes there is only one door for all to jump at once.
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Maggie
Meanwhile, those of us obsessed with Mayday Air Disaster are probably imagining all the other ways this could go wrong by pilot error
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Meanwhile, those of us obsessed with Mayday Air Disaster are probably imagining all the other ways this could go wrong by pilot error
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Anurag
All passengers jumping off at once in a flight is hypothetical scenario. The plane's trajectory can be altered to such an extent.
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All passengers jumping off at once in a flight is hypothetical scenario. The plane's trajectory can be altered to such an extent.
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Jaiden
I know this video is old but please if anyone knows the music around 3: 17 or how I can find it I'd be a very happy man
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I know this video is old but please if anyone knows the music around 3: 17 or how I can find it I'd be a very happy man
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Giorgos
I love so much the tone on his voice when he says -This is what if and here is what would happen-! ---
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I love so much the tone on his voice when he says -This is what if and here is what would happen-! ---
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Victor
2; 25 LMAO that Physics reasoning is so bad that you'll fail even the most basic mechanics test with it.
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2; 25 LMAO that Physics reasoning is so bad that you'll fail even the most basic mechanics test with it.
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