The Stratosphere Jump...

[K9CCH]

Have y'all seen this video? I have seen the commercials on TV, but never actually searched to watch the video of the actual jump. This is IN-SANE. Amazing, but pure insanity. I can't imagine what it would be like to free fall for nearly 5 minutes, and have that much time to contemplate what its going to feel like if that chute didn't open.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f-K-XnHi9I

[NQ6U]

We all watched it while it was happening. There's a thread here about it, somewhere.

[K9CCH]

That's me... late to the party.

[NQ6U]

Okay, here's the linky (https://forums.hamisland.net/showthread.php/23528-quot-Dare-devil-quot-jumping-from-120000ft-Live-this-morning-%28maybe%29!?highlight=felix+baumgartner).

[Bubba]

Just a side note, Chris. It doesn’t matter if you free fall for 10 minutes, 5 min, 2 min, or 30 seconds. Terminal velocity is reached at roughly 30 seconds and it’s approximately 125 mph. It can be more with a head down position, but its constant for the drag of the person in the same position. So the skydiver from the stratosphere will initially have very high speeds of free fall, but it is not possible to go over the terminal velocity speed as he gets closer to the ground and he will slow down as he falls, sort of counterintuitive. Basically the skydiver decelerates significantly from a jump that high.

[N8YX]

This would be a good spot for some v1.0 Van Halen...a track off the 1984 album.

Can anybody name that tune?

[suddenseer]

This would be a good spot for some v1.0 Van Halen...a track off the 1984 album.

Can anybody name that tune?AAAAUUUhhh. JUMP??:rock:

[n2ize]

Just a side note, Chris. It doesn’t matter if you free fall for 10 minutes, 5 min, 2 min, or 30 seconds. Terminal velocity is reached at roughly 30 seconds and it’s approximately 125 mph. It can be more with a head down position, but its constant for the drag of the person in the same position. So the skydiver from the stratosphere will initially have very high speeds of free fall, but it is not possible to go over the terminal velocity speed as he gets closer to the ground and he will slow down as he falls, sort of counterintuitive. Basically the skydiver decelerates significantly from a jump that high.

Those laws of Physics again... And the more rapid the rate of acceleration the more impact on the falling body. :lol:

[WX7P]

AAAAUUUhhh. JUMP??:rock:

Go ahead and jump.

[WØTKX]

http://youtu.be/hgQ6HtnpacI


http://youtu.be/hgQ6HtnpacI

[n2ize]

You might as well jump. Go ahead and jump !


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap2J9RbXaP4