Answer to Question #311182 in Electricity and Magnetism for Lin

Question

Aircraft sometimes acquire small static charges. Suppose a supersonic jet has a 0.60 µC charge and flies 30ᵒ north of west at a speed of 660 m s-1 over the Earth’s south magnetic pole, where the 8.00 X 10-5 T magnetic field points straight up. Determine the magnetic force on the supersonic jet.

Answer 1

$F=qvB\sin \alpha=16~nN.$