Posted on 07/28/2016 7:02:59 PM PDT by BenLurkin
“I have 18,000 jumps jumping out with a parachute on my back and here I’m gonna do it without anything.”
His safety net will actually be a net: 100 feet by 100 feet. It will be about 200 feet above the ground.
Aikins will be traveling at around 120 miles per hour when his body hits it.
“It’s actually like a big hammock. It kind of cradles you and cups you and it’s really soft in the beginning and it hits a little bit hard at the end,” he said.
Aikins will use his own body to position his free fall directly into the net.
“I lean forward to go forward. I lean sideways to move sideways and backwards to move backwards,” he said. “I just guide my body until I find myself right over this target.”
The net is surrounded by special lights that shine red from up above if he’s outside the safety zone and white if he’s above the net.
Aikins doesn’t have any doubt he’ll make it.
During rehearsals at Big Sky Ranch in Simi Valley, he has landed in the same spot 73 times in a row.
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If he misses the target, it will be in-ground burial by default.
Cleanup on Aisle 4.
It’s not falling 25,000 feet through the air that will kill him.
SPLAT!
LOL
How far does the net throw him back up into the bottom of the plane?
Sounds like a DNC team building retreat activity.
With uniform deceleration and utilizing all 200 feet to stop (neither possible) he would pull 2.42 g and stop in 2.27 seconds. A rough ride on body appendages/ neckbones.
“Cleanup in Parking Lot A”
Yes. It’s that sudden stop that ruins your day.
Well, one thing’s for sure. If there ever was a case which illustrates “you brought it on yourself,” this is it.
25,000 feet/5,280 feet = 4.73485 miles. Speed: 118 mph = 1.96667 miles/minute. Thus, 4.73485/1.96667 = 2.4075 minutes = 2 minutes and 24.45 seconds. Add a couple of seconds for acceleration and speed control and say two and a half minutes.
There’s the how. Where’s the why?
I will just assume your math is flawless because; I am just too lazy to do the calculations myself. But you are assuming he hits the center of the net. If he is off-center by much at all, the braking forces will exponentially increase. And at 25,000 ft, this net is a very small target.
For a parent with a 4 year old child; this is perhaps the single most selfish and irresponsible act a parent is capable of performing.
“Gus and the net. Gus and the net....”
OK, Cankles, your turn.
This will work out well, I’m next Hold ma Beer
I saw that Chainsaw ride at John Kerry’s Amusement Park, if you mentioned AlGore you got another ticket!
**** “For a parent with a 4 year old child; this is perhaps the single most selfish and irresponsible act a parent is capable of performing” ****
Actually a Coin Flip if ya ever met my EX
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