A helicopter, starting from rest, accelerates straight up from the roof of a hospital. The lifting force does work in raising the helicopter. An 780-kg helicopter rises from rest to a speed of 8.5 m/s in a time of 5.0 s. During this time it climbs to a height of 9.7 m. What is the average power generated by the lifting force?
Average power is the work done per unit time, where work done is the sum of change in kinetic energy and change in potential energy.
That is,
where
Mass of the helicopter is
The final speed is
Height reached is
And acceleration due to gravity is
therefore,
then, average power is
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