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- Question: If one was forced to exit an airplane without a parachute, what would be the best plan with any hope of survival assuming certain givens?
- Question: What would happen to a hang glider/plane/bird if one of the wings was slice open?
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| Posted: 14 Apr 2015 12:20 AM PDT First of all, to those that assume instant death from hypoxia at 20,000ft - WRONG! In a light plane you are not even required to supply extra oxygen to passengers until you reach 15,000. In a free fall from 20,000 ft you would each breathable air before hypoxia had any effect. The altitude does not make any difference as far as the impact goes - you would reach terminal velocity in a few thousand feet, where drag would prevent you from falling any faster. You would want to try to stay spread eagle and horizontal to maximize drag. In WWII there was at least one or wo documented cases where a crewmember of a bomber survived a fall from 20,000+ feet and survived. If I recall correctly one landed in deep snow on a slope, and one landing in a green house, where smashing through the roof lessened the inpact with the plants below.  |
| Question: What would happen to a hang glider/plane/bird if one of the wings was slice open? Posted: 13 Apr 2015 09:03 PM PDT A major rip in a hang glider will cause one wing to loose too much lift and the glider will enter a kind of flat spin that will be impossible to recover from. Think of how a Sycamore seed with one "wing" spins to the ground? |
| Question: How much does a private jet seating up to 8, with crew cost? Ballpark figure.? Posted: 13 Apr 2015 07:41 PM PDT Report AbuseAdditional Details |