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From: joep@Stardent.COM (Joe Peterson)
Newsgroups: rec.skydiving
Subject: Re: Graph of osc'n due to high windforce
Message-ID: <1991Jun21.145113.6028@Stardent.COM>
Date: 21 Jun 91 14:51:13 GMT
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In-reply-to: yzarn@lhdsy1.chevron.com's message of 19 Jun 91 20:36:44 GMT

> Notice. not 1.02265 but 0.02265 g. (I would not pay too much attention

Well, this all depends on how you look at it.  I did not check your math,
so assuming your numbers are correct, the skydiver would feel 1.02265 g.
This is because if terminal were constant the whole way down, he would
feel exactly 1.0 g (assuming "g" is not changing with altitude).  While
we are on the ground we feel 1.0 g because we have a constant (zero)
change in velocity.  True, he would feel an added acceleration of
0.02265 g upward (more than normal), but the total "g's" he would feel
would be more than 1.0.

							Joe Peterson
							C-20351
							joep@stardent.com