SteelBird
Colonel
I believe not. Because the wheel chair is heavier, after he jumps off the bridge, the wheel chair will fall away. What keeps me wondering is if he's a disable person, how is he going to land!
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I believe not. Because the wheel chair is heavier, after he jumps off the bridge, the wheel chair will fall away. What keeps me wondering is if he's a disable person, how is he going to land!
We've had 2" more of snow since 4 PM, and expecting at least 4" more tonight, maybe more. Current Radar?
6:40 PM, Emmett, ID Radar Map, February 7, 2014
The blue is snow. Most of the white is mountain ranges where the radar cannot cover. Lots of moisture coming in solidly back to the Sierra Nevada Range in California, about 500 miles away. Going to snow most of the night.
6:40 PM, Emmett, ID Radar Map, February 7, 2014
The blue is snow. Most of the white is mountain ranges where the radar cannot cover. Lots of moisture coming in solidly back to the Sierra Nevada Range in California, about 500 miles away. Going to snow most of the night.
@ jeff you think you have cognitive problems. Im a little younger than you and for a split second the quote above is how my brain translated your post.
What the Heck Because the guy was suffering from dyslexia he ignored any warning signs and went over the cliff??
Im not so sure whether its got anything to do with weight for why one object may fall faster than the other. I think it would be more of a case of orientation or resistance that determines the rate of fall.
When you look at skydivers doing a group /exhibition jump it doesn't matter whether they are bigger taller heavier, they snychronise with each other , sometimes breaking away , streaking away and let others catch up.
Actually I think the base jumper in the wheelchair may have a specially adapted wheel chair for base jumping and he stays with the chair all the times.
SteelBird
Colonel
Perhaps I didn't express my point in a very correct way. Maybe I should have said that human body is more resistant to air then a wheelchair thus a wheelchair should fall faster. I do some Youtube search, and look what I have found; the video of the BASE jump from Aizhai bridge. You're right, the wheelchair stick with the guy until he touch the ground.
[video=youtube;oZjnnAgUC98]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZjnnAgUC98[/video]
Vow, that's really exciting, a small mistake would buy you a coffin!
Excellent find. I think it also shows the first person who adopted the starfish position after he jumped fell slower when compared to those who kept their arms close to their sides and maintained a straight position.
Well, as many of you know, I am an avid modern naval war vessel model builder in 1/350 scale, and modern military aircraft in 1/72 scale.
I also work with my grandkids and we build models together. One of my grandsons, Riley, and myself, finished his 1/720 scale USS Ronald Reagan, CVN-76, yesterday He and his younger brother had come over specifically to finish it off. We've been working on it for a couple of months now. We had to complete the air wing, get all of the tiny decals on those aircraft (which he had already painted previously), then add the life boats, add the shafts, props, and rudders, and then glue the aircraft to the deck and do the touch up.
We finished about 3:00 PM and then all three of us went and saw the Logo-Movie together.
Great time.
I also work with my grandkids and we build models together. One of my grandsons, Riley, and myself, finished his 1/720 scale USS Ronald Reagan, CVN-76, yesterday He and his younger brother had come over specifically to finish it off. We've been working on it for a couple of months now. We had to complete the air wing, get all of the tiny decals on those aircraft (which he had already painted previously), then add the life boats, add the shafts, props, and rudders, and then glue the aircraft to the deck and do the touch up.
We finished about 3:00 PM and then all three of us went and saw the Logo-Movie together.
Great time.
Too bad its a 1/720 scale model and not a 1/350 scale model then you could have put the USS Ronald Reagan next to the Liaoning for comparison. It will be interesting to see that. I know you did that before with the USS Enterprise but that ship was a one off design and is now no longer in service, the USS Ronald Reagan (Nimitz class) on the other hand is the mainstay of the USN carrier fleet.
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We post a lot about the weather here in the Real Life thread from our respective areas. In winter we hear a lot about snow and cold.
Well, here are some pictures from Norlisk, Russia, in the Krasnoyarks region, near Siberia. This city of about 170,000 is used to snow. They get feet of it at a time, and it usually does not melt until the Spring...like April or May. (There are some similar cities in North America, in Europe, and elsewhere in Asia.
Buit, Norlisk got one really heavy snow storm last year that even they were not prepared to handle. I thought I would show some pictures of it.
Imagine if the airport was closed and the only way to get to the city was by roads...roads like this that had to be cleared, and could only really be cleared after the storm. And then once you got to Norlisk, there were very few places to drive anyway.
Now imagine living there. Snow covering your home, rising up to the 3rd story on apratment buildings. Imagine having to shovel it off roofs to keep them from caving in. Think of trying to get to the store or market...or even just taking a walk outside!
Think of your car. If it is parked on the street or in a lot. First...you have to find it! Then, imagine digging it out. Like these people had to do. Many just leave them parked until spring. You can see why.
Well, here are some pictures from Norlisk, Russia, in the Krasnoyarks region, near Siberia. This city of about 170,000 is used to snow. They get feet of it at a time, and it usually does not melt until the Spring...like April or May. (There are some similar cities in North America, in Europe, and elsewhere in Asia.
Buit, Norlisk got one really heavy snow storm last year that even they were not prepared to handle. I thought I would show some pictures of it.
Imagine if the airport was closed and the only way to get to the city was by roads...roads like this that had to be cleared, and could only really be cleared after the storm. And then once you got to Norlisk, there were very few places to drive anyway.
Now imagine living there. Snow covering your home, rising up to the 3rd story on apratment buildings. Imagine having to shovel it off roofs to keep them from caving in. Think of trying to get to the store or market...or even just taking a walk outside!
Think of your car. If it is parked on the street or in a lot. First...you have to find it! Then, imagine digging it out. Like these people had to do. Many just leave them parked until spring. You can see why.