2 Water Bombers Are Airplanes That Have Been Converted To Scoop Water From Lakes Or Large Rivers While Flying And Dump 1 (32.31 KiB) Viewed 36 times
2. Water bombers are airplanes that have been converted to scoop water from lakes or large rivers while flying and dump in on wild fires like those currently ravaging the west coast. If the plane is traveling at 36 m/s and it takes 25 s to fill up the 28m³ water tank, assuming the density of water is 1000kg/m³, find the following: (a) What is the cross-sectional area of the scoop they use to scoop up water from the lake? (b) What is the change in thrust necessary to maintain air speed?
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