PHIL HERNON
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how bout the turd who was shot 21 times after he killed someone else and is still alive.
There have been numerous documented instances
of people surviving falls from great heights . . . like
from a airplane, landing on concrete and walking away.
It's rare, but it does occur.
During WWII, a soldier had to jump out of a burning
airplane, without a parachute, over Germany, and
survived the fall, walks away. He is later arrested for
being a spy because he could not produce a parachute,
they found his story impossible to believe.
Below is a book I have on the subject, published by the
FAA, which speaks to this very subject.
how bout the turd who was shot 21 times after he killed someone else and is still alive.
after a certain height in free fall your body does not go any faster. Its known as terminal velocity.
Its different depending on body position but i believe 125mph is average and is achieved in about 10 stories
So in theory if you can survive a 10 story fall you could survive 40
On top of that the story says that he crashed through the windshield and fell into the backseat, both of which would somewhat slow his descent and cushion his fall. 4 feet over onto concrete would have been a different story. However, even then there are horrible decceleration injuries that most likely occured...most of them internal.
It seems like survivability is due to what you land on. I've witnessed 2 falls one from 5 stories and one from 9 stories both onto concrete and both were called deceased with injuries incompatible with life within minutes of arriving.
Am i wrong here, but yes speed maybe max. but the higher the fall, the longer the fall, the more distance covered, the greater the impact? or am i reasoning this totally incorrectly?
The impact with be more like this.
Velocity x mass = force
so if he is moving at 125 mph and weights 150 lbs, then his maximum force will remain constant as long as velocity is kept constant.
Does momentum factor into this? Does that become a constant as well after a certain point?