UDSkyJunkie 0 #26 December 12, 2007 Quote It's funny, even with me having almost 900 jumps and 2 instructional ratings, my dad still doesn't seem to believe me when I say I can jump out after someone else and catch up to them in freefall. This reminds me of a conversation my father (also a skydiver) had with a particularly thick-headed co-worker. Said "gentleman" absolutely refused to believe it was possible to maneuver oneself in the air, since it is a "frictionless environment". He said to my dad's face that RW is simply impossible, that my father was lying, and that the video was doctored. (no shit, I'm not even making this up). Anyway, after awhile my dad got pretty irritated and asked this guy "ok, how do planes maneuver around then?". "Because planes have ENGINES!""Some people follow their dreams, others hunt them down and beat them mercilessly into submission." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UDSkyJunkie 0 #27 December 12, 2007 Quote Who knew? It's the speed of the spinning wheels that provides the lift, not the silly wings... Ya know, I remember from my aerodynamics course that a spinning cylinder does in fact create lift, so long as the fluid is viscous, because the air on top is moving faster relative to the cylinder than the air on bottom.Of course, that still requires the cylinder to be moving relative to the air.But I have to agree... that's a myth?!? WTF?"Some people follow their dreams, others hunt them down and beat them mercilessly into submission." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #28 December 12, 2007 > What about them pesky gliders (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bolas 5 #29 December 12, 2007 Quote > What about them pesky gliders Special effects, same as tandems. Of course they never do a good job editing. You can always see the line that holds them up. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJL 232 #30 December 12, 2007 QuoteI'm confused, however, over the wording above. Is that talking about a situation where the plane is basically stationary relative to the ground but has a conveyor belt whipping past underneath at take-off speed? If so, what's the myth? That the plane will take off or won't take off? It think they're just trying to pose the question in a confusing enough way that Joe Average can't grasp it. Sure, you could speed up the conveyor so that the force of thurst equals the friction in the wheels. I have to believe that they have enough engineers on staff that they'll do it right. I'm sure they'll have Grant actually understand it and Kari play the part of the airhead who doesn't get it."I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grannyinthesky 0 #31 December 12, 2007 QuoteIt think they're just trying to pose the question in a confusing enough way that Joe Average can't grasp it. My experiences as a college math instructor says Joe Average doesn't get math or physics in general."safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 26 #32 December 12, 2007 Quote Quote It think they're just trying to pose the question in a confusing enough way that Joe Average can't grasp it. My experiences as a college math instructor says Joe Average doesn't get math or physics in general. Phht! Math is hard. Lets go to the mall instead! Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monkycndo 0 #33 December 12, 2007 Quote Quote Quote It think they're just trying to pose the question in a confusing enough way that Joe Average can't grasp it. My experiences as a college math instructor says Joe Average doesn't get math or physics in general. Phht! Math is hard. Lets go to the mall instead! Dude, you have the wrong hair color.50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grannyinthesky 0 #34 December 12, 2007 Quote Phht! Math is hard. Lets go to the mall instead! Nah. Math is the fun stuff!! Of course my students think I have a strange idea of what fun is"safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iluvtofly 0 #35 December 13, 2007 Thought I'd give this a little bump since it'll be on in 1/2 hour. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowwhite 0 #36 December 13, 2007 I love your acronym from your sig line. Has anyone else mentioned it?skydiveTaylorville.org [email protected] Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shmali 0 #37 December 13, 2007 just started and it's looking interesting already Pineappe Death Juice, If you have to ask you'd rather not know! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BirdWoman 0 #38 December 13, 2007 I wonder how long it will take before a wingsuit flyer emails them to let them know that it IS possible to have a conversation in freefall...if you're both wearing a WS! "I don't know where it is that I'm going, but wherever it is there I'll be!" --quoted by me Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mattjw916 2 #39 December 13, 2007 I'm waiting for the safety nazis to freak out after the last jump...NSCR-2376, SCR-15080 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #40 December 13, 2007 How fitting that i was packing a reserve in my living room when it came on. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gavi_omen 0 #41 December 13, 2007 Probably about 30 seconds after the episode ends... I really do dislike the Whuffo perspective though. Calling an arched, belly-to-earth position a "spread eagle" or calling head-down a "bullet position" is just...misinformed. If they were at Sky Dance they could have at least asked someone. Plus, I do think that their idea of the last sky diving scene in Point Break taking 90 seconds was pretty absurd. On film it took that long, but that's because of how it was cut. You could have easily said that that scene wound up being more like 45 seconds or so. Meh, it wasn't great, but I suppose it didn't suck. I wish one of them would have done a static line or an AFF though. That would have been a bit more interesting.There's no such thing as free will; everything is dictated by the Uncertainty Principle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cocheese 0 #42 December 13, 2007 Kari didn't jump. She sucks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
craichead 0 #43 December 13, 2007 It was entertaining...for the most part. The only thing that I really did not like was seeing Buster bounce. I know he's not real and it's just a Simulaid, but the image of seeing a human form hit the ground from freefall is very disturbing. They played that scene (and the scattered appendages) several times over. _Pm __ "Scared of love, love and aeroplanes...falling out, I said takes no brains." -- Andy Partridge (XTC) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sdub2221 0 #44 December 13, 2007 Yeah, nobody informed them that they owe a case of beer by saying "That was my first skydive!", not on the air anyways Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #45 December 13, 2007 Quote Kari didn't jump. She sucks So did the episode. Although it was kind of cool seeing that crash dummy burning in. Too bad they didn't cover other such important whuffo topics like "what happens when you're 'chute' doesn't work" and "what if the backup 'chute' doesn't work?" They usually interview some sort of semi-expert in the field of study, but they went ahead and did none of that and blew off 3/4s of an episode on crap when there are other skydiving myths that would have been great for TV.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TrophyHusband 0 #46 December 13, 2007 Quote Kari didn't jump. She sucks. yeah, but i'd still do dirty things to her if my wife wanted me to. "Your scrotum is quite nice" - Skymama www.kjandmegan.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #47 December 13, 2007 Glad I didn't watch it if it sucked that bad. I figured watching "The Polar Express" with my little girl was more fun. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #48 December 13, 2007 Quote Glad I didn't watch it if it sucked that bad. I figured watching "The Polar Express" with my little girl was more fun. How do you lip read animated cartoonsYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #49 December 13, 2007 Quote Quote Glad I didn't watch it if it sucked that bad. I figured watching "The Polar Express" with my little girl was more fun. How do you lip read animated cartoons Closed Captioning.... DUH Oh and by the way, it DID have a nicely done skydiving/base jump RW scene by the elves... "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stuntbabex 0 #50 December 13, 2007 Was it just me or was anyone else kinda when that skydiver passed the tandem as they were deploying? He looked to be about 30 linear feet away. And in a 250mph head down track that just sounds a teensy bit dangerous to me. Had I been the tandem, I wouldve shat myself. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
