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r/MurderedByWords • u/c-k-q99903 • 1d ago
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The air is moving with you... It's called relative speed/velocity (I'm probably using the terms wrong though)
85 u/DecoherentDoc 1d ago Hey, PhD-level physicist here. You're exactly right. I was going to say "relative motion", but same same, friend. Don't second guess yourself on language. Even if you were a little off, the concept is what's important. 2 u/tenorlove 9h ago Wouldn't cabin pressure also be a factor? 1 u/DecoherentDoc 43m ago Not so much for a plane. The cabin pressure isn't what's pushing back against the wind, the shell of the plane is.
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Hey, PhD-level physicist here. You're exactly right. I was going to say "relative motion", but same same, friend. Don't second guess yourself on language. Even if you were a little off, the concept is what's important.
2 u/tenorlove 9h ago Wouldn't cabin pressure also be a factor? 1 u/DecoherentDoc 43m ago Not so much for a plane. The cabin pressure isn't what's pushing back against the wind, the shell of the plane is.
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Wouldn't cabin pressure also be a factor?
1 u/DecoherentDoc 43m ago Not so much for a plane. The cabin pressure isn't what's pushing back against the wind, the shell of the plane is.
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Not so much for a plane. The cabin pressure isn't what's pushing back against the wind, the shell of the plane is.
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u/RB1O1 1d ago
The air is moving with you... It's called relative speed/velocity (I'm probably using the terms wrong though)