(a) What is the pilot\'s apparent weight at the lowest point of the circle if hi

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    (a) What is the pilot's apparent weight at the lowest point of the circle if his true weight is 595 N?
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    (b) What is his apparent weight at the highest point of the circle?

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The pilot of an airplane executes a constant-speed loop-the-loop maneuver in a vertical circle as in the figure below. The speed of the airplane is 2.00 ? 102 m/s, and the radius of the circle is 3.41 times 103 m. What is the pilot's apparent weight at the lowest point of the circle if his true weight is 595 N? N What is his apparent weight at the highest point of the circle? N

Explanation / Answer

a) m = W/9.8 =60.71 kg

Fc = mv^2 /r = 60.71 x 200^2 / 3410   = 712.19 N

at bottom N = mg + mv^2/r   = 595 + 712.19 = 1307.19 N

b) at top

N = 0

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