have an accurate drop
While conducting an airdrop, it is extremely important to hit your target. The target is essential to an airdrop because the pilot needs to know where to drop the package so that others can retrieve it. The target should not be moving because it is being used as a reference point by the pilot and the people waiting for their shipment. Even if the container misses the mark, the people on the ground can find it using the displacement vector. In order to find the displacement vector, the pilot must inform the people how far and which direction the package has been dropped. For example, 1.5 miles North West. Then the people will then find the shipment in order to get the supplies needed.
All about speed
There are many things to consider when constructing an airdrop. Speed is extremely important because in order to create an efficient airdrop your speed must be at a specific rate. If your speed is too fast or too slow the package might land very far away from the target. To calculate the average speed of the airdrop, divide the distance it travels by the amount of time it takes to travel the distance. The speed isn’t constant as it drops because gravity is weighing it down, creating an acceleration. To go about calculating acceleration of an airdrop, you must subtract the initial velocity from the final velocity. After that divide by the overall time. To control the speed you have to be conscious of the height. When a package is dropped from a high height it will have a different velocity from a package that is dropped from a low height. Keep in mind that weight is also a deciding factor for the speed from which the package will be dropped. When a package is heavier, it’ll fall faster because gravity is pushing it down. Don’t make a package too heavy or the supplies that it includes might become damaged. Also a good idea to control the speed of an airdrop would be some sort of a parachute. A parachute could be an active force to regulate the speed of the supplies that are being encased within a box.
The Forces
Calculating Force is a main factor in an airdrop. Gravity is a force that pulls two objects together. Gravity will cause the object to accelerate toward the earth. The force opposing gravity is called air resistance. Air resistance will occur upward on an airdrop when it is falling For instance when a parachute is being opened, it will increase air resistance by creating more surface area on the object to act upward. Another force acting on airdrops is compression. Compression is an elastic force that squeezes or pushes matter together. Finally, tension is an elastic force that stretches or pulls matter together and may also act on the airdrop.