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| Jsk2003:
--- Quote from: pocketrocket300 on August 20, 2009, 12:51:42 AM ---....durr, rate of acceleration due to gravity=9.8 m/s/s therefore, every second you are falling, you are traveling 9.8 meters per second faster meaning then.... 20.0 x9.8 196 m/s now thats damn fast. --- End quote --- But he said that you reach terminal velocity in about 6 seconds. |
| pocketrocket300:
terminal velocity meaning? |
| Zenthos:
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| nas:
--- Quote from: pocketrocket300 on August 20, 2009, 12:51:42 AM ---....durr, rate of acceleration due to gravity=9.8 m/s/s therefore, every second you are falling, you are traveling 9.8 meters per second faster meaning then.... 20.0 x9.8 196 m/s now thats damn fast. --- End quote --- "Based on wind resistance, for example, the terminal velocity of a skydiver in a free-fall position with a semi-closed parachute is about 195 km/h (120 mph or 55 m/s)" thanks wikipedia But yes, good luck bones. |
| pocketrocket300:
terminal velocity can mean a lot of different things... nvm, thank god wikipedia notice i did not take wind resistance into account |
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