(Serious Answers Only) A jumps from a plan but the parachute does not open.?

Question

So, he's free falling. As he's free falling, he realizes that he can basically himself up, by just holding on the collar and lifting himself. What happens to him & why?

Answer 1

He will continue to fall. This boils down to the idea of a net external force - in this case only gravity and drag play big roles.

If if pulls on his collar, his collar exerts an equal and opposite force on his hands. His hands and arms transmit this force to the rest of his mass. So...the net force he applies to his body is zero.

Answer 2

I assume you to say that he can hold himself upright? If that be the case, then he jumped when his ride got to approx. 11,000 ft. He jumps and has no chute. There is more than one option. He must have a glimmer of experience as he is not in tandem. Remember, everyone gets an attorney these days so I am sure the bunch is insured to the hilt if they let him jump alone. Or he's wealthy and risky, as so many are. I refer to Black Sunday, unfortunately. It's always notable to remember that one should never put all of one's eggs in a single basket. Or we may have a suicide, but if he's found a way to hold himself up he's either been scared back to Earth or he doesn't want a closed casket. He'll OD later he says. We will operate upon the idea that he's a decent jumper. He goes out at 11 thou. He mentally tracks his progress while surmising the vistas and enjoying head rush. He goes for the release on his pack but no dice. He is skilled so his panic is minimal. He rights himself and uses the second chute to get to the ground. Or a buddy flies by and grabs him. One way or another, I'd like it to end on a happy note rather PLF roadkill stew.

Answer 3

Nothing will happen as his arms are falling at the same rate of his body. There is no rigid plane for him to create a force opposite his falling direction. To reduce his speed the only thing he can do is try to create as much air resistence as possible by spreading out horizontaly (parallel to the ground). He will still reach terminal velocity (200 Mph) after about 5.5 seconds and then he will die when he reaches the ground.

Answer 4

Short answer - deceleration trauma (or a bounce in skydiving parlance).

As the arm has nothing to transfer the weight to it will have no effect on counteracting gravity.

I would suggest he ties his shoelaces together - it wont help but it will take his mind off of the problem.

=8-)

Answer 5

The plan(did you mean plane) is how many pages thick.

Answer 6

a dies when a hits the ground

Answer 7

JUST WONDERING