Helicopter problem (Higher)
June 19th, 2009
This is a worked solution to a problem involving the firing of a missile from a moving helicopter. It analyses motion vectors into orthogonal component vectors, then uses these results to answer the question “where will the missile land?”. The problem as posed was: A helicopter travelling at an angle of 10
up from the horizontal at a speed of 70 
fires a missile at 150 . Calculate the horizontal and vertical components of the velocity of the helicopter and the missile. If the helicopter launches the missile at a height of 200 m, how far away does the missile land?
Categories: Higher Physics | Tags: Helicopter, Higher Physics, Motion, Vectors | Comments Off
