Fly Colliding with Car/Plane at 100/800km/hr

[selseg]

Assuming a car is traveling at 100km/hr and there is a fly on the dashboard of the car, if the housefly attempts to fly , would it collide with the back glass of the car or it would move with the same velocity as the car thus being stationary.

Assuming the same situation in a plane traveling at 800km/hr ie 222m/s , would the fly collide with part of the plane .

 

[xxChrisxx]

Assuming a car is traveling at 100km/hr and there is a fly on the dashboard of the car, if the housefly attempts to fly , would it collide with the back glass of the car or it would move with the same velocity as the car thus being stationary.

Assuming the same situation in a plane traveling at 800km/hr ie 222m/s , would the fly collide with part of the plane .

Ask yourself this.

When you fly on a plane, and you jump do you splat against the rear of the plane? Why do you think this is?

 

[berkeman]

Assuming a car is traveling at 100km/hr and there is a fly on the dashboard of the car, if the housefly attempts to fly , would it collide with the back glass of the car or it would move with the same velocity as the car thus being stationary.

Assuming the same situation in a plane traveling at 800km/hr ie 222m/s , would the fly collide with part of the plane .

What do you think? This sounds a lot like schoolwork, and you are required to show some effort in solving schoolwork questions. What do you think will happen, and why?

 

[Fredrik]

When you fly on a plane, and you jump do you splat against the rear of the plane? Why do you think this is?

I actually tried that on a train when I was about five or six years old. I think I was a bit nervous before I jumped.

 

[Claws]

I actually tried that on a train when I was about five or six years old. I think I was a bit nervous before I jumped.

Yet you lived to tell the tale. Perhaps that indicates something to the OP

 

[Jones1987]

I used to ask myself this, then I read Newtons First Law :)

 

[Averagesupernova]

I've never asked myself this since I've been in a vehicle with a fly a number of times trying to get the pesky critters out the window.

 

[selseg]

This is not a homework question anyway its just one of those questions that keeps occurring to me but it seems I forgot Newtons first law of motion . Thanks