4.4 - Terminal Velocity
Sky diving offers an interesting study of Free Body Diagrams and forces in action. A typical (successful!) sky diver steps out of a plane, falls towards the Earth gaining speed, reaches a Terminal Velocity, releases a parachute, slows, reaches terminal velocity again (although the second terminal velocity is much slower than the first), and then lands.
Take, for example, a pig that decides to skydive out of a hot air balloon. (Happens all the time in certain parts of the country). Refer to the graphics below.
Take, for example, a pig that decides to skydive out of a hot air balloon. (Happens all the time in certain parts of the country). Refer to the graphics below.