09-25-2009, 02:59 AM
terminal velocity is terminal ... velocity ... sky divers (yup in a younger day) or bullets 120 is about as fast as things get. Now if we lived in a vacuum ..... Id wear a helmet - grin
Its another one of those basic laws of physics. (drag (resistance) increasing the square of velocity) We used to pass pumpkins in free fall at the halloween meets. Watched them impact at 120 mph when we were finished passing them back and forth- great fun
two things that fall from the sky --- fools and birdsh...
My money still being on backfires. .... Follows the logic of my first supervisor at the phone company technical center....
His mantra - always start with the simplest solution for a problem
Its another one of those basic laws of physics. (drag (resistance) increasing the square of velocity) We used to pass pumpkins in free fall at the halloween meets. Watched them impact at 120 mph when we were finished passing them back and forth- great fun
two things that fall from the sky --- fools and birdsh...
My money still being on backfires. .... Follows the logic of my first supervisor at the phone company technical center....
His mantra - always start with the simplest solution for a problem