It sounds like you are asking if a helicopter can remain in a single place in the earth's orbit and have the earth return to it a year later. I'm not sure if this question is serious, but clearly the answer is no. The helicopter flies in the earth's atmosphere. If it remained in a single place in the earth orbit for a year, it would be in empty space until the earth returned. Doing this would involve, from the perspective of someone on earth, the helicopter flying up into space and then remaining in a single spot there despite the force of the sun's gravity. Helicopters only fly up to a mile or two, and they certainly cannot hover in a vacuum (although not too much is needed to counteract the sun).

Generally, the flat earth arguments are along the lines of the helicopter being expected to remain at one place relative to the earth center with the earth rotating underneath it. The long thread above is me trying to convince one of them that this is not in fact an argument that the globe is invalid, no matter what Eric Dubey and Dave Weiss say. A hovering helicopter hovers above the ground, and since the ground is moving as a part of earth rotation, so is the hovering helicopter (at the same speed), as is the air (up to the difference caused by wind).

From a broader perspective, even remaining in one place in the earth orbit is still "moving" since the whole solar system orbits the galactic center. So saying "I want to stay still relative to the earth orbit and see it return next year" is still arbitrary, as you are following the solar orbit around the galaxy. And the galactic center of mass moves relative to others as well.

Incidentally, this "motion upon motion" is always cited by flat earthers as completely preposterous and not explainable by conventional science. This is all false, the principles are all very simple.

It sounds like you are asking if a helicopter can remain in a single place in the earth's orbit and have the earth return to it a year later. I'm not sure if this question is serious, but clearly the answer is no. The helicopter flies in the earth's atmosphere. If it remained in a single place in the earth orbit for a year, it would be in empty space until the earth returned. Doing this would involve, from the perspective of someone on earth, the helicopter flying up into space and then remaining in a single spot there despite the force of the sun's gravity. Helicopters only fly up to a mile or two, and they certainly cannot hover in a vacuum (although not too much is needed to counteract the sun).

Generally, the flat earth arguments are along the lines of the helicopter being expected to remain at one place relative to the earth center with the earth rotating underneath it. The long thread above is me trying to convince one of them that this is not in fact an argument that the globe is invalid, no matter what Eric Dubey and Dave Weiss say. A hovering helicopter hovers above the ground, and since the ground is moving as a part of earth rotation, so is the hovering helicopter (at the same speed), as is the air (up to the difference caused by wind).

From a broader perspective, even remaining in one place in the earth orbit is still "moving" since the whole solar system orbits the galactic center. So saying "I want to stay still relative to the earth orbit and see it return next year" is still arbitrary, as you are following the solar orbit around the galaxy. And the galactic center of mass moves relative to others as well.

Incidentally, this "motion upon motion" is always cited by flat earthers as completely preposterous and not explainable by conventional science. This is all false, the principles are all very simple.

It sounds like you are asking if a helicopter can remain in a single place in the earth's orbit and have the earth return to it a year later. I'm not sure if this question is serious, but clearly the answer is no. The helicopter flies in the earth's atmosphere. If it remained in a single place in the earth orbit for a year, it would be in empty space until the earth returned. Doing this would involve, from the perspective of someone on earth, the helicopter flying up into space and then remaining in a single spot there despite the force of the sun's gravity. Helicopters only fly up to a mile or two, and they certainly cannot hover in a vacuum (although not too much is needed to counteract the sun).

Generally, the flat earth arguments are along the lines of the helicopter remaining at one place relative to the earth center and the earth rotating underneath it. The long thread above is me trying to convince one of them that this is not in fact an argument that the globe is invalid, no matter what Eric Dubey and Dave Weiss say. A hovering helicopter hovers above the ground, and since the ground is moving as a part of earth rotation, so is the hovering helicopter (at the same speed), as is the air (up to the difference caused by wind).

From a broader perspective, even remaining in one place in the earth orbit is still "moving" since the whole solar system orbits the galactic center. So saying "I want to stay still relative to the earth orbit and see it return next year" is still arbitrary, as you are following the solar orbit around the galaxy. And the galactic center of mass moves relative to others as well.

Incidentally, this "motion upon motion" is always cited by flat earthers as completely preposterous and not explainable by conventional science. This is all false, the principles are all very simple.

It sounds like you are asking if a helicopter can remain in a single place in the earth's orbit and have the earth return to it a year later. I'm not sure if this question is serious, but clearly the answer is no. The helicopter flies in the earth's atmosphere. If it remained in a single place in the earth orbit for a year, it would be in empty space until the earth returned. Doing this would involve, from the perspective of someone on earth, the helicopter flying up into space and then remaining in a single spot there despite the force of the sun's gravity.

Generally, the flat earth arguments are along the lines of the helicopter remaining at one place relative to the earth center and the earth rotating underneath it. The long thread above is me trying to convince one of them that this is not in fact an argument that the globe is invalid, no matter what Eric Dubey and Dave Weiss say. A hovering helicopter hovers above the ground, and since the ground is moving as a part of earth rotation, so is the hovering helicopter (at the same speed), as is the air (up to the difference caused by wind).

From a broader perspective, even remaining in one place in the earth orbit is still "moving" since the whole solar system orbits the galactic center. So saying "I want to stay still relative to the earth orbit and see it return next year" is still arbitrary, as you are following the solar orbit around the galaxy. And the galactic center of mass moves relative to others as well.

Incidentally, this "motion upon motion" is always cited by flat earthers as completely preposterous and not explainable by conventional science. This is all false, the principles are all very simple.