I Fell 15,000 Feet and Lived

Post by hellbanner » Sat, Oct 28, 2017, 5:19 PM UTC

dbdr wrote: post #200

hellbanner wrote: post #189

Why did "He was unable to tune to their radio frequency for communications. But this ingenious pilot lowered a wire from his aircraft and dragged it across the bow of the minesweeper, the USS Embattle. The minesweeper captain understood the plea, and veered off at top speed in my direction.)" work? Did they just figure out something was wrong or is dragging a wire a common naval code?

Supposing it's not a common naval code, it's strange enough behavior that the captain would think it must mean something, and "follow me" is the best intuitive interpretation I can see, though by no means obvious.

That makes sense. I guess you have to have some wits about you on the high seas.

Post by jsjohnst » Mon, Oct 30, 2017, 8:43 PM UTC

rconti wrote: post #222

nawgszy wrote: post #214

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think about this sometimes. Ground, I have no answer, you seem like you will die. Perhaps landing legs first allows you to use those as a crumple zone. Water, though, isn't the pencil dive the clear winner? Everything else would decelerate you so much faster that it would be bound to cause injuries. The only downside (relative to all other methods of impact) I can imagine is how far underwater you might end up. I w…

yeah, I've heard people say "at high speed, hitting the water is like hitting concrete", but that's clearly not true; otherwise you wouldn't go underwater at all.

Late reply, but that isn't true. If you a heavy object hits concrete it will go through the concrete, just like it would go through water. In the case of a human, it will potentially crush every bone in the process, but you will still go through it if the kinetic energy vs binding energy is in the right balance.

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