Tony Manero
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ohhh finally also lotp agree with me! lol
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You thought you had enough of it at school (Physics...)
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my theory is this... ud fall off.... while on the tamp ud be moving the same speed as the car when you jump ul\'l move slightly slower when you bounce even slower simply due to drag and air resistance. thats my guesse if it was enclosed in somthing youd prolly be able to.. then again i never took physics so dont care lol
Heh..
This reminds me of a story I was told some years ago..
You are in a lift and the cable breaks. You start to descend rapidly.....
If, while the lift is plummetting, you jump up and down as rapidly as you can, you have a good chance of saving yourself as when the lift finally impacts...there is a good chance that you might still be in the air during one of your jumps:flip:
Physicists: Let the punters have their fun before enlightening them..
This reminds me of a story I was told some years ago..
You are in a lift and the cable breaks. You start to descend rapidly.....
If, while the lift is plummetting, you jump up and down as rapidly as you can, you have a good chance of saving yourself as when the lift finally impacts...there is a good chance that you might still be in the air during one of your jumps:flip:
Physicists: Let the punters have their fun before enlightening them..
Formulas are pretty solid there. Aerodynamics will change depending on the clothing you wear. Loose clothing will create more drag, and pull you back further.
My advice is \'don\'t try it\'. Even stunt men don\'t stand on top of cars going that fast.
Fizl: That\'s a myth. All jumping in an elevator does is give you an extra few inches to fall. You have a much better chance of coming out of it if you stand on your toes and relax, to let your legs do as much shock absorption as possible.
My advice is \'don\'t try it\'. Even stunt men don\'t stand on top of cars going that fast.
Fizl: That\'s a myth. All jumping in an elevator does is give you an extra few inches to fall. You have a much better chance of coming out of it if you stand on your toes and relax, to let your legs do as much shock absorption as possible.
No Such Agency
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Good luck finding an elevator that will \"plummet\", however. All modern elevators include a very \"dumb\" mechanical safeguard against it. Basically if you lose cable tension you do not fall, as mechanical brakes kick in. Even the Evil Computer can\'t override that (see \"Resident Evil\" and lots of other sci-fi horror movies lol).
Hieronymus
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They would find a crumpled elevator at the bottom of the shaft with your head thrust through the ceiling.
I don\'t know if a trampoline would get you high enough for wind resistance to be a big factor. The human factor (how you leave the trampoline, how you land, if the driver swerves to avoid a cute little bunny, ect) is the big variable.
Like agency said, you wont find a elevator that will plummet. For arguments sake however, if you did find one, you would be freefalling and would be unable to \"jump\". \"Ah\" you say \"the friction of the elevator shaft is slowing us to only 30 ft per second, so we arent at freefall.\" Ok well you could jump, and when the elevator impacts, the floor will be coming up to meet you on your way down or will continue pushing you up into the ceiling. And then there deceleration trauma. The type of G force generated would cause your brain to smash into your skull, your aorta to tear free, hollow organs to rupture ect. So my advice, don\'t play on a trampoline in the freeway and take the stairs.
Like agency said, you wont find a elevator that will plummet. For arguments sake however, if you did find one, you would be freefalling and would be unable to \"jump\". \"Ah\" you say \"the friction of the elevator shaft is slowing us to only 30 ft per second, so we arent at freefall.\" Ok well you could jump, and when the elevator impacts, the floor will be coming up to meet you on your way down or will continue pushing you up into the ceiling. And then there deceleration trauma. The type of G force generated would cause your brain to smash into your skull, your aorta to tear free, hollow organs to rupture ect. So my advice, don\'t play on a trampoline in the freeway and take the stairs.
Ok i thought i was going to avoid using physics in any world situation other than telling you that a beam would break (damn engr. classes!!) but another factor somewhat mentioned above would be that a human would be doing the jumping... so most likely your going to jump a little off the perfect 90 degree straight up that you wanted... so you might just jump right off or land about where you started from (in the case of wind resistance) there is a TON of drag at 50 mph. Ever try sticking your hand outside a car window traveling that fast... so now imagine you ( a lot more surface area ) jumping into that same air. Yes my friends your ass is out the back of the truck and into the hospital.
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it\'s a myth, lets just say the lift falls down at 80km/h, so that means that you also fall at 80km/h. so unless you can jump upwards with a speed of 80km/h it\'s not gonna help youOriginally posted by finn17
This reminds me of a story I was told some years ago..
You are in a lift and the cable breaks. You start to descend rapidly.....
If, while the lift is plummetting, you jump up and down as rapidly as you can, you have a good chance of saving yourself as when the lift finally impacts...there is a good chance that you might still be in the air during one of your jumps:flip:
Physicists: Let the punters have their fun before enlightening them..
Infidel Castro
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My grandfather was in a lift in a mineshaft and it plummeted a distance after something went wrong. He simply relaxed his legs slightly in a half squat and absorbed the impact. Others ended up with bones sticking out of their thighs and stuff. Not good.
