If you jump when you're in a plane, would you move back a bit?

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No, because your body is travling at the same speed as the plane.
Bit if you were to jump forward towards the back of the plane you would get farther than if you jumped towards the front of the plane.

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No. You and the plane are moving at the same speed, aren't you? If you could suspend yourself above the floor you wouldn't smash into the back of the plane after all.

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Think about it. You're on the earth, which is rotating so fast if makes a full turn every 24 hours. If you jump up, do you not land in the same spot? Same thing.

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because your body is moving at the same rate of speed that the plane is going, you would land in the same place. Unless the plane suddenly changed course or slowed down enough to effect your rate of speed with the plane, then you wouldnt move

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Yes, if the plane is accelerating. No, if the plane is maintaining the same speed. Forward, if the plane is slowing down.

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Please don't try this. Not only is it dangerous because you could easily fall and hurt yourself on the hard metal seats, but the flight attendants won't take kindly to someone jumping up and down and acting suspiciously.

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you would appear to move back a bit, but in fact it would be the plane moving forward. when you jump from the plane, you would still be travelling forward for a split second until the force of gravity pulled you down, whereat you would move straight down
the moment you jumped from the plane you would begin to deccelerate on the forward momentum and accelerate on the downward, the plane on the other hand would continue at the rate of speed as when you jumped, so you would seem to be moving back from the plane . if you jumped toward the back of the plane, you would seem to be moving even further/more quickly back
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during takeoff! I thought of that also... even when driving... now if you had a convertable you would leave the protection of the windshield. THEN YOU WOULD!!

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No, you are in the plane so you are moving at the same speed that it is

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No, because your body is traveling at the same speed as the plane. If you jump OUT of the plane, you can get hit by the tail... I have seen that happen with parachutists.

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yes and no. when a body is an accelerated flight that body will continue to stay travelling at that same direction and speed until some other force acts up on it. SO in other words you are moving at the same speed as the aircraft unless the aircraft is picking up speed, and then you will be forced to the back of the airplane. basically the airplane wants to leave you behind.

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"No, because your body is travling at the same speed as the plane. Bit if you were to jump forward towards the back of the plane you would get farther than if you jumped towards the front of the plane"

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This is incorrect and the ideas are conflicting. If you wouldn't move back just by jumping into the air on an airplane in steady motion then why would you move back further jumping towards the back of the plane compared to jumping towards the front? You wouldn't. If the plane is not accelerating then all forces acting on the plane are equal. Your speed relative to the ground is the same as the airplanes speed relative to the ground. If you jumped some direction in an airplane the distance to your landing spot would be the same regardless of whether you jumped forwards, backwards, or to the side. This is also true when you're traveling in your car on the freeway. If you're not accelerating, then you don't feel any pressure of the seat against your back. You're free to lean forward, situp, or whatever.

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If the aircraft is at a constant speed, no because you are moving at the same speed at the airplane and there is little air movement inside the cabin.

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Only if the plane is accelerating

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