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(Solved): shortly after take off, the ship flies straight up in dynamic equilibrium. What is the velocity of O ...
shortly after take off, the ship flies straight up in dynamic equilibrium. What is the velocity of Old Bessie?
The Planet Express ship Old Bessie (yes, from Futurama) has a cartoons ability to take off in strange ways. When leaving Earth to take a (large) package to Mars, the total mass of the ship and crate is of m1?=5.5×106kg. When angled so the engines point at the ground, the engines of Old Bessie are able to give a constant thrust of 100 mega-Newtons, she has a diameter of 8 meters. Despite its weird shape, treat the ship like it has a a circular cross section (A=?R2) and conical shape, giving it a drag coefficient of C=0.5.