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Keon:
Vertical Acceleration: 9.8 m/s²


Aka, a squid going down as fast as possible should create a feeling of 0g.

Helmic:
I never noticed this before, but shouldn't ALL the ships drop at the same speed?  The only thing keeping them up is the balloon, if it's deflated then they'll drop like a rock.  There's no up or down engines, it's just a matter of balloon capacity to bring the ship up.  It shouldn't be physically possible for the squid to drop faster than any other falling object (at least without leaving its crew behind who aren't going to go towards the earth any faster without being strapped down) because there's nothing there to speed up gravity.

I can't help but imagine people using chute vents are just being slammed against their own balloons and rolling off the sides as their ship defies physics to crash into the ground.

ATeddyBear:
Gravity's effects on objects is constant in a vacuum. So for example, If your drop a bowling ball and a piece of paper they would hit the ground at the same time assuming all other variables were the same.

Aerodyamic resistance/drag is what makes objects fall faster or slower. For a Squid I would assume it would have the most aerodynamic profile of all the ships in the game. It is built for speed after all. This would give it the least amount of air resistance resulting in it falling the fastest. 

In regards to feeling weightless I would assume you would get a similar feeling as if you were riding a roller coaster.

Keon:

--- Quote from: ATeddyBear on April 05, 2013, 10:24:14 am ---Gravity's effects on objects is constant in a vacuum. So for example, If your drop a bowling ball and a piece of paper they would hit the ground at the same time assuming all other variables were the same.

Aerodyamic resistance/drag is what makes objects fall faster or slower. For a Squid I would assume it would have this most aerodynamic profile of all the ships in the game. It is built for speed after all. This would give it the least amount of air resistance resulting in it falling the fastest. 

In regards to feeling weightless I would assume you would get a similar feeling as if you were riding a roller coaster.



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I don't know a Squid's terminal velocity, but I think it would be higher than a human, so a squid going down for too long would mean you would be flung off.

ATeddyBear:
But your on the Squid. You have no drag, in theory, so you will always be falling at the same speed as the Squid.

Here is a example to try out at home. Take a piece of paper and a book that is larger then the piece of paper then drop them both. The book hits the floor first. Then set the piece of paper on top of the book so none of the paper is hanging off the edge of the book. Drop them. Both the paper and the book will hit the ground at the same time.

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