2007-12-10 03:53:35 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Matt s,you the man! Cheers.
2007-12-10 04:16:00 · update #1
On the order of 100 mph, depending on orientation.
2007-12-10 03:56:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It depends on how aerodynamic (fat) they are. The guy with the world record broke the sound barrier. He was either in the stratosphere or the mesosphere -- wherever he was, he was in the blackness of space when he jumped from a hot air balloon.
UPDATE: Quoting the first source -- "The Altitude record was set again in 1960 when Captain Joe Kittinger parachute jumped from a balloon that was at a height of 102,000 feet. The balloon broke the altitude record and Captain Kittinger, the high altitude parachute jump record. He broke the sound barrier with his body!"
Here's the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ7N6V-YKJ8
2007-12-10 03:56:49 · answer #2 · answered by Mickey Mouse Spears 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well if you jump out of a plane, and are falling (freefall) you reach terminal velosity and thats apporx 240kms/hr.( i only do metric im an aussie)
Base jumping does not allow time to reach terminal velosity.
Just open a chute..!land.
Have trouble believing the hot air baloon stories....cant go faster than terminal velosity, i think I would have found out......any other skydivers out there to answer??? or agree with me! lol feel free to disagree.
2007-12-10 04:03:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well lets say you are being dropped from a building. You will reach a speed of about 120 miles before the effects of drag equal to that of the gravity.
2007-12-10 03:57:11 · answer #4 · answered by Matt S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
About 125 mph. Its not the fall. its the sudden stop at the bottom that gets you. About 90-100 G's, squish, splat, crunch!
2007-12-10 03:59:00 · answer #5 · answered by John S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About 120mph in normal air (<10,000ft). The guy who jumped from the stratospheric balloon allegedly got up to nearly 200mph at one point.
2007-12-10 03:58:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you've been drinking about four feet to the pavement (gisha drink lol)
2007-12-10 03:56:42 · answer #7 · answered by Puppet Dictator 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Think it depends on their age!
2007-12-10 03:57:26 · answer #8 · answered by THE Cupid HATER 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as fast as a bullet flies
2007-12-10 03:56:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Death
2007-12-10 03:56:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋