You can take into account place of landing (pavement, dirt, etc..). Also from what height can a human survive falling into a body of water? Can you jump from a plane into the ocean and survive? Again factor in all variables: Speed, entry into water, falling techniques (spread eagle, or the bullet formation). I'm just curious.
2006-10-04 03:37:46 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
I'm not sure but I have heard that during WWII, a fighter pilot was shot down and bailed out at 2000 ft. His chute supposedly didn't open so he fell the whole way down, bounced off the ground and limped away with nothing more than a scraped knee.
2006-10-04 03:48:42 · answer #1 · answered by Islander 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Highest Fall Without Parachute
2016-11-01 09:12:17 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A few people have safely (!) falled from planes in action during the second world war. Either without parachute, or with a disabled parachute. One (or two ?) in the Pacific Ocean falling from three or four thousand meters. One over Holland who landed in a haystack. It seems incredible, but let us not forget that the speed of a human body in free fall through the athmosphere cannot exceed 300 km/h. because it is slowed down by the air resistance which increeses with the speed of the fall until a limit is reached.
2006-10-04 03:59:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Start Jumping 9 -15 Inches Higher Today!
2016-07-13 06:15:20 · answer #4 · answered by margareta 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's no one particular height - you have to factor in a lot of different things
a generally healthy younger person with good bone structure can handle more of a fall than an elderly person with osteoporosis or other bone/joint diseases - you also have to take account how they are landing - are they landing on their feet? back? head? - did they land on anything - like a bike laying on a paved driveway? too many factors can come into play here when trying to predict injury/mortality from falls
2006-10-04 03:48:07 · answer #5 · answered by Angelina 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a million. An estimate could be 23 ft, reckoning on their physique's stability. 2. An estimate could be 27 ft, even nonetheless it relies upon on the way they fall. it rather is without injury. even nonetheless it would be painful to fall off some thing like this.
2016-10-15 12:27:38 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I truly hate to use this term in a physics forum, but here goes - it depends entirely on whether "Lady Luck" in smiling on you when you fall.
Some examples include serious injuries in a simple fall in the shower - to minor or no injuries in a fall from a much greater height - and various or no injuries from everything in between.
2006-10-04 04:28:07 · answer #7 · answered by LeAnne 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
0 feet, 0 inches. Without injury? I've known people who have stepped off a curb, planted their foot wrong, and broken their ankle. I've know people who have thrown out their back by standing in an Elevator that jolted a little too rough when it stopped.
SO without injury is a severely limiting factor for ALL humans.
2006-10-04 03:46:58 · answer #8 · answered by cirestan 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The fall isn't really the issue.
It's the landing.
I guess it depends all on what the person lands on!
2006-10-04 03:46:06 · answer #9 · answered by P. K. 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no clear cut height. WHatever you can get away with.
With parachute you can jump from any height.
2006-10-04 03:44:55 · answer #10 · answered by Dr M 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋