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I may have been imprecise: I'm talking about jumping inside the plane, not wingwalking. There's no drag inside the plane. If you've ever taken a pee standing u
by roywiggins 10y ago
I may have been imprecise: I'm talking about jumping inside the plane, not wingwalking. There's no drag inside the plane.
If you've ever taken a pee standing up on a plane, you'll notice that your pee doesn't veer rearward. You can juggle balls without losing them (you can try this in the back of a car). If you throw a ball forwards on a plane, it doesn't come back to you, and those carts that are rolled up and down the aisles aren't constantly trying to flee towards the back of the plane.
- computerex 10y agoWell yes, standing inside the plane is a very important distinction. If you are standing inside and decide to jump, there is no atmospheric drag inside the plane to slow down your horizontal speed because any atmosphere in the plane is moving at the same speed you are and so the relative speed is zero.