Homework Statement
There is a cube of ice the top of inclined plane (for 20 degress) with height 4 meters. The inclined plane can move without friction along the surface. The mass of the ice is 1/4 of the mass of inclined plane. Calculate the acceleration of the inclined plane, when the ice...
What refers orientation of the rocket to, dx?
I thought of this problem again and maybe this is a solution.
Let us say, that the rocket would push the gasses with a given Vr=3 km/s in front of itself. Then its final Vx would be 19,2 km/s.
On the other hand, if the rocket would push the...
Thank you, dx.
But the problem I see is, that the direction of gasses also changes with moving rocket. Therefore also Vx changes. The whole momentum does not go into Vy.
Homework Statement
A rocket is traveling with a speed 20 km/s in a non-gravity space. To fix the direction of motion, it turns on an engine, which pushes the gasses with constant speed 3 km/s w.r.t. the rocket perpendicularly to the direction of its motion. The engine is on till the mass of...