OT: How fast can people run, how high can they jump, how hard can they think?

se5a · #1 April 27th, 2004, 08:22 AM

howabout checking out minimum fitness levels for the military?

for example, NZ army you have to be able to run 2.4k in 10:30

Yef · #2 April 29th, 2004, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by David E. Gervais:

and Lastly, if you run down an almost vertical surface, you could potentially reach terminal velocity.

You owe me a cup of coffe!

* Turns his keyboard upside down to try to get all the coffe out *

And a keyboard!

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[ April 29, 2004, 14:43: Message edited by: Yef ]

narf poit chez BOOM · #3 April 30th, 2004, 04:55 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Yef:

quote:
Originally posted by David E. Gervais:

and Lastly, if you run down an almost vertical surface, you could potentially reach terminal velocity.

You owe me a cup of coffe!

* Turns his keyboard upside down to try to get all the coffe out *

And a keyboard!

.

Nof.

Taz-in-Space · #4 May 2nd, 2004, 04:51 AM

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As for jumping off a building or running down an almost-vertical surface, I don't like how the word 'terminal' velocity sounds.

Actually the 'terminal velocity' is not a problem - at least until you reach bottom!

BTW does anyone know if there IS a terminal velocity in AIRLESS conditions?

Cyrien · #5 May 2nd, 2004, 05:09 AM

Terminal velocity only operates in atmospheres. Or so is my understanding of it.

http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/termv.html

Cyrien · #6 May 2nd, 2004, 05:17 AM

As for maximum running speed. You might find this interesting.

http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/...tSolvesMy.html

narf poit chez BOOM · #7 May 4th, 2004, 09:15 AM

thanks.