Animal_Soul_ t1_je8qcge wrote on March 30, 2023 at 6:03 AM

Reply to comment by bureau44 in eli5 What would happen if I had a big enough airplane to throw a ball around then the airplane turns while the ball is in mid air? by the_lost_cheeto

Check out Mythbusters. They did a show with pigeons and a model helicopter in a truck to test whether the truck became lighter when things inside the truck were in flight.

They tested the pigeons and the helicopter separately otherwise things might have got a bit messy.

bureau44 t1_je99ozz wrote on March 30, 2023 at 10:36 AM

I know the answer. I just thought it is a bit more fun question.

But apparently some people here struggle even with the OP's original question from middle school. Newton's first law. Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it.