BF2S Forums Who Falls Faster? Bomb Or Man?

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hmm never tried this

Tetrino wrote:

Depends on the type of bomb, most bombs or explosives dropped from planes are designed to fall quickly and thus they have increased aerodynamics, human bodies on the other hand are anything BUT aerodynamic, so assuming that we are using a bomb dropped by BF2 aircraft, the bomb will fall faster, cause a stronger impact, detonate, and kill any animals/humans nearby. Humans will only kill any humans/animals they land on.

and themselves.

Skruples wrote:

In reality, and someone correct me if I'm wrong, all objects will fall at the same speed if wind resistance and external factors are equal. For example, a box full of bricks and a box full of down pillows will fall at the same speed, but the box full of bricks will hit with alot more force.

Then again the first time I saw a humvee push an apc over i lost all respect for Dice's concept of physics.

That with feathers and bricks only counts for space and no gravity(or any kind of air resistance) and it would go on forever with same speed.

If you would throw a box of feathers and a box of bricks(same boxes) out of a plane,tower etc,
the box of bricks would hit the ground much quicker, because even when the shapes of boxes are equal , the total Newton the box starts with is much more than the feather one. Offcourse if both boxes have the same weight and shape they hit the ground exactly the same time.

Last edited by |DL|Krokkieboy (2006-01-31 01:16:38)

i have vids of skydiving into my bombs, both su34 and j10.  not hard at all, but kinda cool.  i learned about it when trying to skydive next to jet and hop in and out etc.

|DL|Krokkieboy wrote:

That with feathers and bricks only counts for space and no gravity(or any kind of air resistance) and it would go on forever with same speed.

I think you are getting mixed up with Newton's laws here.

|DL|Krokkieboy wrote:

If you would throw a box of feathers and a box of bricks(same boxes) out of a plane,tower etc,
the box of bricks would hit the ground much quicker, because even when the shapes of boxes are equal , the total Newton the box starts with is much more than the feather one. Offcourse if both boxes have the same weight and shape they hit the ground exactly the same time.

This is false.

As Skruples  said:

All objects of any weight, neglecting air resistance, fall at the same velocity (meters per second). All objects falling to Earth accelerate at a constant acceleration of 9.81 meters per second per second. Which means that if starting from zero, they will match each other velocity at all times. A heavy object will accumulate more momentum (velocity*mass) than the lighter object but they will hit the ground at the same time.

That said. What ZDRuX makes sense. If you include air restance into the equation then you are able to slow objects down. i.e. a man with out a parachute will fall, so much faster than the luchy man with a parachute.

http://media.putfile.com/Another-BATTLE … lip--bombi
Watch the whole thing.. kinda funny. the bombs vs human falling thing starts at 1:39

Nuisance-Value wrote:

Kr39 wrote:

i have vids of skydiving into my bombs, both su34 and j10.  not hard at all, but kinda cool.  i learned about it when trying to skydive next to jet and hop in and out etc.

Teminal velocity is different for different shaped objects.

Terminal velocity is when the falling objects wind resistance equals the force of gravity acting upon that object. So the object is in equalibrium. And Newtons 1st law states:

Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that state of motion unless an external force is applied to it.

So the object stops accelerating, and remains at its terminal velocity.

i apologize for a double post here, but i gotta say something.

terminal velocity is not caused from Newton's 1st law alone.

Gravity will constantly pull objects to earth and (theoretically) cause objects to move faster and faster as they approach earth. This acceleration is commonly accepted as 9.8m/s^2. However, at one point (according to your surface area, shape and orientation) the air pressure and drag generated below you becomes as strong as the air above you and that's when you reach terminal velocity, when you fall at a speed that doesn't change.

Of course, as far as I know, there is no regard to drag in BF2, so everything falls at the same speed. Techincally speaking, air does not exist in BF2. As shown gravity does, and I believe (note: believe) that objects accelerate in a relatively proper rate. No air resistance is shown, thus no drag, nothing. A physicist's dreamland.

Coolbeano wrote:

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i apologize for a double post here, but i gotta say something.

terminal velocity is not caused from Newton's 1st law alone.

Gravity will constantly pull objects to earth and (theoretically) cause objects to move faster and faster as they approach earth. This acceleration is commonly accepted as 9.8m/s^2. However, at one point (according to your surface area, shape and orientation) the air pressure and drag generated below you becomes as strong as the air above you and that's when you reach terminal velocity, when you fall at a speed that doesn't change.

Of course, as far as I know, there is no regard to drag in BF2, so everything falls at the same speed. Techincally speaking, air does not exist in BF2. As shown gravity does, and I believe (note: believe) that objects accelerate in a relatively proper rate. No air resistance is shown, thus no drag, nothing. A physicist's dreamland.

Some what you say is true, but not all of it. Please read.

http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/termv.html