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Right so 300kmph = 83.3 m/s which means every 83.3 metres (call it 100) buys you an additional second of thinking time and back of the envelope calculation (2km
by yomly 7y ago
Right so 300kmph = 83.3 m/s which means every 83.3 metres (call it 100) buys you an additional second of thinking time and back of the envelope calculation (2km/minute) [0] suggests you can move up to 33 metres per second horizontally (feel like this is optimistic - I openly welcome corrections here...)
In any case a fun thought experiment
[0]https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-average-horizontal-distance-that-skydivers-travel-from-the-planes-door-to-their-landing-site/answer/Dave-Sparazynski https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-average-horizontal-distanc...
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