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My understanding is after you reach a certain height you might as well land on the ground. There’s a reason why even the biggest dives aren’t that high and see
by deanclatworthy 6y ago
My understanding is after you reach a certain height you might as well land on the ground. There’s a reason why even the biggest dives aren’t that high and see hugely dangerous
- harpiaharpyja 6y agoI only have an undergraduate level understanding of the physics but, an object falling into water should be comparable to water flowing over an object. There's a certain flow rate at which the flow around the object becomes turbulent instead of laminar, an actual transition point at which point you might as well be hitting concrete.
- iaw 6y agoNope. Water has a surface that basically applies force relative to how fast you're going. If you go slow the water displaces and nothing happens, if yo slap the water it stings your hand, if you hit the water at terminal velocity you may as well hit concrete because it can't displace fast enough for you to sink so your body decelerates rapidly from terminal velocity to a much slower sink leading to massive amounts of internal damage.
- skykooler 6y agoIf you're high enough up, you could use a parachute. The water helps when you're at too low of an altitude for a parachute to open.