Introduction
Skydivers NEED to understand the laws of Physics!!
Task
You will be taking a crash course in skydiving!!
Process
Click on this link.
http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/211_fall2002.web.dir/DaneLenakerSkydiving/t…;
After reading the page, answer the following questions:
1. What is TERMINAL VELOCITY?
2. What is is AIR RESISTANCE?
3. Explain what is happening in the animation.
4. How can a sky diver change their terminal velocity?
5. what is the prone position and why would it effect the diver's rate of falling?
Watch this video about WINGSUITING.
6. Why do you think a skydiver would want to wear a wingsuit?
7. What forces effect the fall of the diver with this suit vs. a regular suit?
Read the article below:
https://www.livescience.com/23710-physics-supersonic-skydive.html
8. What is this skydiver attempting to do?
9. Why is his fall faster than a normal skydiver? your answer should specifically include information about the atmosphere.
10. What is DRAG FORCE?
11.Why does his terminal velocity drop as his altitude drops?
12. What was his speed at the beginning of the jump (in MPH) and why did his speed slow down as he got closer to the ground?
13. What will his gravitational potential energy be converted to as he falls?
Continue reading what happened to Felix here:
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/oct/14/felix-baumgartner-lands-safely-record
14. How long did it take Felix to reach the ground? How high was he from the ground? What was his average speed during the jump? (show all of your work)
15. What type of suit did he wear and why?
16. What was his average speed during the balloon ride up?
Lets wrap this up!
17. Look up 3 styles of skydiving that were created to work with PHYSICS. Tell how the diver can use what he knows about physics to his advantage. Ex. the prone position, knees tucked, base jumping, swooping