Freefall with constant velocity

[Femme_physics]

(not a homework question, just something I thought about)

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/1130/hellhell.jpg


So, if I'm told that the helicopter here let's go of an object and he wants the object to hit the truck. (all objects are "point mass"). Can I say right from the get go that, as long as there is constant velocity, the moment where the object hits the truck is exactly where the horizontal distance between the helicopter and the truck is zero. Correct?

 

[tiny-tim]

Hi Femme_physics!

Yes, the falling object (if we ignore air resistance) is immediately below the helicopter at all times.

 

[Femme_physics]

Yay!

Tiny-tim! :D So glad to see you replying to me again! *hugs!* and thanks!

And glad that I'm right :)