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Demonstration of Newton's third law using a balloon helicopter

Yee-kong NgSe-yuen MakChoi-man Chung

Year: 2002 Journal:   The Physics Teacher Vol: 40 (3)Pages: 181-182   Publisher: American Association of Physics Teachers

Abstract

In this note, we introduce a toy balloon helicopter for demonstrating Newton’s third law of motion. In contrast to the traditional balloon rocket, this toy can move up steadily to a much higher level and stay in air for a much longer time.

Keywords:
Balloon Third law Rocket (weapon) Aerospace engineering Newton's laws of motion Aeronautics Newton's law of universal gravitation Physics Rotational dynamics Motion (physics) Classical mechanics Law Engineering Gravitation Theoretical physics Medicine Political science Surgery

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Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies
Physical Sciences →  Physics and Astronomy →  Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Aerospace Engineering and Energy Systems
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Aerospace Engineering

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