A fun fact about terminal velocity
Originally posted: 11/30/2020
#random #skydiving #fact #foryou
Transcription:
Do you know that the feeling of falling is actually the feeling of acceleration? When a skydiver reaches terminal velocity after 10 or 12 seconds, the stomach-lurching feeling that we all feel when a ladder slips out from underneath us, say, goes away. And as their body starts to maintain that speed of 120 miles per hour, it all just levels out and it just feels like floating, kind of windy, but more or less serene.
You might think I know this from jumping out of a plane. Nope. I just read the internet. People braver than me can hop in the comments and confirm or deny.