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If fly gets into your car thru an open window while it is stationary and doesn't land, what will happen to it if the car moves if it has not landed anywhere on the inside? Will it bang against the rear somewhere as soon as the car reaches a certain speed if it just continues to hover?
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Mostly hover because the air it is flying in is being moved as well and the fly is hovering relative to the air it is in. However, because air is a very thin medium, the fly's hovering position would probably move toward the back of the car as the fluid air is shunted toward the back of the car, this would be more apparent in rapid acceleration. If the fly were hovering in a vacuum then it would indeed just hit the back window.
Mostly hover because the air it is flying in is being moved as well and the fly is hovering relative to the air it is in. However, because air is a very thin medium, the fly's hovering position would probably move toward the back of the car as the fluid air is shunted toward the back of the car, this would be more apparent in rapid acceleration. If the fly were hovering in a vacuum then it would indeed just hit the back window.