At 11:12 AM 5/2/01 -0300, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>Steve Sloan wrote:
> >
> > It depends on how he catches her. He can do the egg-catching
> > trick, by flying straight down to match her velocity/
> > acceleration, grabbing her, then slowing down before hitting
> > the ground.
> >
>If the terminal speed of a human being is 50 m/s [is it?],
>and if a human body can survive 6 g [can it?]
Fighter pilots typically black out after a few seconds at about 9 g. The
highest sustained acceleration anyone has been known to undergo was about
40 g in one of the rocket sled tests. Some people have survived a brief
acceleration of IIRC about 210 g (calculated) as a result of the sudden
stop after a fall or running a vehicle head-on into a stationary object.
-- Ronn! :)
