• SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Terminal velocity is only as fast as it is because of air resistance. With no air resistance, the only limiting factor of speed is starting height.

    It’s like the experiment with the feather and the hammer they did on the Moon.

    • BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      I did tweak the drag coefficient while doing the math but I had no idea how to figure out what would be most accurate. The number I got there is with a drag coefficient of 1