A quad-copter drone encounters a steady wind of speed blowing north of east while it…
PHYSICS · Multi-part · CBSE · Physics · Motion in a Plane · Motion in a Plane
Problem
A quad-copter drone encounters a steady wind of speed 8.0ms−1 blowing 30∘ north of east while it hovers at a fixed altitude. Treat east as the +x direction and north as the +y direction.
(a) Determine the numerical values of the wind’s x and y velocity components (in ms−1).
(b) If the wind remains constant for 5.0s, calculate the drone’s displacement vector due solely to the wind during that interval, expressed in unit-vector notation.
(c) Find the magnitude and compass bearing of this displacement.