Terminal velocity...a fallow up thread

mitchk

mitchk

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ok so i remember when fred syversen(if thats how its spelled) broke the drop record a while back and i remember somebody saying that what if somebody just finally reached terminal velocity and then they could just keep going bigger or w/e.

so anyway i heard this the other day and just thought id put it up

so in the superman position(spread eagled facing down),terminal velocity is 200km/h and you would reach that in about 620m.
 
still thats risky because 650 or whatever is like instant death so anywhere between 300-649 would be like "ANKLES ARE BROKE ANKLES ARE BROKEN" right
 
Any physics students out there who can calculate how fast he was falling when he hit the ground?
 
is the "fallow part of the title sposed to be a play on words or did you spell it wrong by accident
 
It takes about 6 seconds to get to terminal velocity when I skydive, so you would need:

-A cliff that is at least 800-1000 feet high

-Skis made of steel

-A DIN of 50

-The ability to sit-fly with steel skis on your feet since the air can toss you around like a rag doll at 124 mph

-About 30 feet of the lightest powder known to man.

-A death wish

 
Something tells me this ISN'T going to be like the 'how to get to Chad's' thread where the original poster proves everyone wrong and does it.
 
ok, without wind resistance,

Vf^2 = Vi^2 + 2ad

so

x = 0^2 + 2(9.8m/s)(110m)

x = 46.4 meters per second = 167 kilometers per hour = 104 miles per hour

but this is without wind resistance and i cant remember how to calculate that so the speed is a bit higher than it should be, my guess is that he was somewhere around 100 to 120 kph.
 
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