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  2. Terminal velocity - Wikipedia

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    Terminal velocity is the maximum speed attainable by an object as it falls through a fluid (air is the most common example). It is reached when the sum of the drag ...

  3. Speed skydiving - Wikipedia

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    So, for a human in belly-to-earth position (A = 0.7 m 2, m = 90 kg, C d = 1) this gives 50.6 m/s, about the terminal velocity of the typical skydiver of 55 m/s. The skydiver cannot increase their mass easily enough to significantly increase terminal velocity, and the skydiver's area cross-section is limited by their helmet and shoulders in a ...

  4. Free fall - Wikipedia

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    The terminal velocity depends on many factors including mass, drag coefficient, and relative surface area and will only be achieved if the fall is from sufficient altitude. A typical skydiver in a spread-eagle position will reach terminal velocity after about 12 seconds, during which time they will have fallen around 450 m (1,500 ft).

  5. Vertical wind tunnel - Wikipedia

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    A recreational wind tunnel enables human beings to experience the sensation of flight without planes or parachutes, through the force of wind being generated vertically. Air moves upwards at approximately 195 km/h (120 mph or 55 m/s), the terminal velocity of a falling human body belly-downwards. A vertical wind tunnel is frequently called ...

  6. Terminal Velocity (video game) - Wikipedia

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    Terminal Reality also developed a similar game, Fury3, published that same year by Microsoft. It uses the same game engine and basic game mechanics, but was designed to run natively on the new Windows 95 operating system, leading it to be described as essentially the Windows version of Terminal Velocity. [1] [2]

  7. Terminal velocity (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Terminal velocity is the speed at which an object falling through an atmosphere ceases to accelerate. Terminal velocity may also refer to: Terminal Velocity, a 1994 film starring Charlie Sheen; Terminal Velocity, a flight action shooter game; Terminal Velocity, a novel by Blanche McCrary Boyd

  8. Hail - Wikipedia

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    Terminal velocity of hail, or the speed at which hail is falling when it strikes the ground, varies. It is estimated that a hailstone of 1 cm (0.39 in) in diameter falls at a rate of 9 m/s (20 mph), while stones the size of 8 cm (3.1 in) in diameter fall at a rate of 48 m/s (110 mph).

  9. Equations for a falling body - Wikipedia

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    In this case, the terminal velocity increases to about 320 km/h (200 mph or 90 m/s), [citation needed] which is almost the terminal velocity of the peregrine falcon diving down on its prey. [4] The same terminal velocity is reached for a typical .30-06 bullet dropping downwards—when it is returning to earth having been fired upwards, or ...