🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 5 days agoAnon escapes from worksh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1432arrow-down18
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minus-squarezergtoshi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 days agoI leaned on https://discover.hubpages.com/education/Drag-Force-and-the-Terminal-Velocity-of-a-Human and specifically: https://images.saymedia-content.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:eco%2Cw_700/MTg2OTk1MDI4MDg4ODU4NTA4/drag-force-and-the-terminal-velocity-of-a-human.webp I estimated the area of a body in vertical position as 1/4 of a body in horizontal position. With C going from 1 to 0.7 and A going from whatever to 1/4 of that, this results in a terminal velocity increase of over factor 2.
I leaned on https://discover.hubpages.com/education/Drag-Force-and-the-Terminal-Velocity-of-a-Human
and specifically:
https://images.saymedia-content.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:eco%2Cw_700/MTg2OTk1MDI4MDg4ODU4NTA4/drag-force-and-the-terminal-velocity-of-a-human.webp
I estimated the area of a body in vertical position as 1/4 of a body in horizontal position.
With C going from 1 to 0.7 and A going from whatever to 1/4 of that, this results in a terminal velocity increase of over factor 2.