4 ms·
That's ~ 35 meters per second!
by baby_souffle 2y ago
That's ~ 35 meters per second!
- PaulWaldman 2y agoAnyone want to take a guess of the terminal velocity of a 737 Max?
- its_ethan 2y agoWay higher than 35 m/s... Using V = sqrt(2ma/pAC) you'd get: V = sqrt(2(80000 kg)(9.81 m/s^2)/((1.225 kg/m^3)(210 m^2)(0.03))) V = 451 m/s
- itishappy 2y agoAccording to this random Quora response: ~250m/s (mach 0.75). Note this assumes an aerodynamically favorable configuration (e.g. nose pointed down) which is not how planes are typically flown. https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-terminal-velocity-of-an-aircraft https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-terminal-velocity-of-an-ai...
- wk_end 2y agoApparently human terminal velocity is just a bit over 50m/s - I doubt there’s much of a perceptible difference between this and full-on free fall. Yikes.
- itishappy 2y agoThe physics doesn't work out quite that way. Humans perceive acceleration. You will experience the same acceleration at terminal velocity that you do on the ground: none. The main thing you would perceive at terminal velocity is wind. There will not be wind in the cabin, even in these flight conditions.
- baby_souffle 2y ago> You will experience the same acceleration at terminal velocity that you do on the ground: none. That's correct and all but the lizard part of my brain would be _far_ more concerned with the sudden change in direction/speed and not super concerned with "at least we're not continuing to fall faster!" (assuming I wasn't standing by the bathrooms and thus thrown into the ceiling; then who knows what i'd be thinking)
- ofcourseyoudo 2y agoat terminal velocity would you feel that things have "stabilized" and then not notice anything until it stops, when I imagine you would feel crushed into your chair?
- itishappy 2y agoYup. A plane should feel "normal" even at terminal velocity, as the acceleration the majority of the time would be zero, with three exceptions: 1. The start of the drop. This will feel briefly like freefall. 2. The end of the drop. You recognized the gravity (pun intended) of this. 3. Turbulence. The plane will be experiencing terminal velocity wind. I assume this will shake stuff up a bit more than usual inside the cabin.