If you fell out of an airplane, how long would it take you to hit the ground?

Question

if you were at cruising altitude and speed on a commercial airliner.

Answer 1

Umm... it depends on how high you were and if you were flapping in the wind.

If the plane was on the ground... then not much time at all.

Answer 2

For a very quick, rudimentary answer... When skydiving from 16K feet, you'll have a free fall, if your chute is deployed at 3500 feet, for about 35-40 seconds. You'd hit ground roughly 10 seconds later, if your chute did not open.

Clearly, there are many variables to your question.. Like everyone said previously, altitude, speed at deployment, any drag coefficient, ext...

Name some more specifics and I'm sure we can all help.

Answer 3

1. Your weight would not make a difference (Galileo)
2. Your altitude would.
3. Speed of the aircraft at the moment you jumped.

Calculate it for yourself!

Answer 4

You've gotta be more specific.

For,-you'd have a VERY long way to go IF the plane was "airborne".

But not AS far if the plane were "parked" on the runway,per say.

Answer 5

Terminal velocity is 9.8 meters per second. So you can get a good estimate by determining the height in meters and dividing it by terminal velocity and you will have a good aproximation.

Answer 6

It would depend how high you were when you fell out.

Answer 7

too long!