Stupid Physics Question (2)

[radiovulture]

i saw jackie chan do it, so it must be real.

 

[tris-]

i was gonna post something earlier about all this lift bollox.

considering you AND the life is travelling at terminol velocity (at least, i assume u r, since u fell from space ALL THE WAY TO EARTH WITHOUT BURNING UP), who gives a shit?

terminol velocity = fucked.

 

[old.Tohtori]

As someone said, Mythbusters tried the elevator thing. Don't put your money on surviving

About jumping out of a plane instead of the crash; Choose a good location to jump(no...water hurts as much and you'll be hurting while trying not to drown).

It's not terminal velocity in the plane, but you will plummet at max speed soon enough. So jump only like, just before the crash.

You won't hit the ground running, but you'll hit it at the same speed that the plane went forwards. Ask the pilot to slow down to couple of miles/hour so you can survive better.

First check for parachutes so you could jump safely..ah f*ck...should've written this first.

 

[Trem]

Nooo! Whip out the ACME post-its of encouragement!!

Phew!
It was close but I didn't have one. This is so hard and apparently the cravings can last for years. Not sure if I'm strong enough for this

How you doing Lou?

 

[Tilda]

i was gonna post something earlier about all this lift bollox.

considering you AND the life is travelling at terminol velocity (at least, i assume u r, since u fell from space ALL THE WAY TO EARTH WITHOUT BURNING UP), who gives a shit?

terminol velocity = fucked.

When I said earth it was a figure of speach, not acctually plummeting from space

 

[tris-]

well then, why not just use a formula and work out how many newtons the person will take on impact?

 

[SAS]

If you jump out of a plane over water, be sure to break the surface of the water just before impact otherwise it will be like hitting a solid surface and you'll break apart on impact :/.

 

[Tilda]

If you jump out of a plane over water, be sure to break the surface of the water just before impact otherwise it will be like hitting a solid surface and you'll break apart on impact :/.

How exactly? like stick your legs out first? (but ofc don't lock them?) Or throw a suitcase or something out first?

 

[dysfunction]

How exactly? like stick your legs out first? (but ofc don't lock them?) Or throw a suitcase or something out first?

Strap a cone shaped hat on your head and dive in...

Oh and I saw somewhere in the news a while ago that a guy survived a parachute jump even when his parachute didnt open so its always possible to survive extremes....but highly unlikely. He did have a few broken bones mind you.

 

[lilmissnaughty]

missnaughty - did you arrive via osmosis btw? I didnt see you creep in!

yes i am indeed insidious n have crept in throughout the forum, not sure if im using osmosis or diffusion tho.
diffusion prolly more appropriate for an old gas bag like meself tho.


oh an 's for wij

 

[lilmissnaughty]

i saw jackie chan do it, so it must be real.

jackie chan is like the terminator cept hes been sent back to make us in awe/laugh everytime he nearly kills himself yet just gets back up to carry on filming.
jackie chan for the next net phenomina btw
chuck norris would prolly round house kick jackie who would either dodge it while makin funny faces or he would get hit an break his neck - this wouldnt bother jackie tho as thats happened twice already:worthy:

 

[Trem]

yes i am indeed insidious n have crept in throughout the forum, not sure if im using osmosis or diffusion tho.
diffusion prolly more appropriate for an old gas bag like meself tho.


oh an 's for wij

Bollocks to that.

What you wearing?

 

[Tilda]

Bollocks to that.

What you wearing?

A thong and my best friends bra*!

Oh, wait!
























* may be lies.

 

[lilmissnaughty]

i am wearing tildas bra hence he got to borrow one off a friend an i found some tighty whities down the back of the forum sofa
dont all have nightmares now

 

[nath]

If you jump out of a plane over water, be sure to break the surface of the water just before impact otherwise it will be like hitting a solid surface and you'll break apart on impact :/.

And don't forget to clench your arse shut.

 

[Chilly]

trust trem to turn anything into cyb0r.

~me tingles with anticipation~

 

[Trem]

trust trem to turn anything into cyb0r.

~me tingles with anticipation~

*touches g-spot*

 

[old.user4556]

My spot?

 

[Chilly]

~spunks all over the wall~

 

[Dukat]

Oh and I saw somewhere in the news a while ago that a guy survived a parachute jump even when his parachute didnt open so its always possible to survive extremes....but highly unlikely. He did have a few broken bones mind you.

When I did my skydive they had a canteen at the airfield I jumped from, it was really wierd, all laid back, mostly oldish people drinking tea and stuff, trading stories and chatting away not seeming to be in a rush to do anything. It kinda felt like stepping into one of those old WW2 RAF films.

Anyways, I was talking to one of the old blokes while I waited for my turn to go up and do the jump, he was saying that a few years back there was tandem jump going on, the chute failed, the reserve failed, and so they were kinda buggered, apparently the instructor turned himself over so that he was on the bottom when they landed, and *supposedly* the person strapped to him survived.

I've always wondered about this tbh, at the time I didnt think about it much - was obviously very busy trying to remember what the instructor said so I wouldnt mess up - but since then i've thought about it alot.

I do remember that someone said we'd be falling slower in tandem free fall than solo'ers would do, so I assume that would increase the chances of survival marginally?

Would it be possible? or was it just some old hand at the airfield telling stories to the newbie jumper?

 

[Sissyfoo]

I have thought about this long and hard for some years now and in the event of a plane crash, here is Sissyfoo's patented survival tip:

1) Find the fattest person on the plane
2) Push him/her out of the plane whilst grabbing hold
3) Make sure that you are on top so the fat person will hit the ground first
4) A few seconds before impact push yourself upwards and away from the fatty

The theory goes that fatty should impact on the ground and explode like a watermelon leaving you a nice soft pillow of blubbery goo to land in. This will also come in handy if you crash in a mountainous region and you can't find a KFC nearby. Fatty will provide lots of protein and nummy dripping to eat until a rescue party shows up.

...in theory. All the calculations indicate it will work and the test runs using homeless people had a 1/1000000000 success rate.

 

[Chilly]

Cap'n, are you trying to tell me you pushed 1,000,000,000 homeless people out of a plane?

 

[lilmissnaughty]

yep how u think all these governments keep their homeless figures down

 

[ECA]

I thought homeless people were the main ingredient in Mcdonalds Chicken Nuggets?

 

[lilmissnaughty]

nah thats what they do with teh orphans an kids that go into care
n the stray cats, dogs, rats go to all the takeaways
waste not want not

 

[Chilly]

so what did you do with the resulting mountain of jam sissy?

Sissy's Special Sauce ?