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Keon:

--- Quote from: ATeddyBear on April 05, 2013, 11:10:39 am ---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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That's true, if you were in the middle of the squid. (It would also create a slight vacuum, right?) But if you went to the side of the squid you would get flung off.

luchelibre:

--- Quote ---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.

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No, the Squid has a much greater surface area for air resistance, so its terminal velocity will be much lower. A human will slice through the air like a knife (relatively). This is also why a falcon falls at 200mph while a human falls at about 125-150mph.

Connor Mc.:
we must also take into account the theory that this is indeed a game, where people with absolutely no resources have managed to make 150,000 pound hunks of scrap metal fly and shoot guns at each other

Helmic:

--- Quote from: Connor Mc. on April 06, 2013, 01:26:01 am ---we must also take into account the theory that this is indeed a game, where people with absolutely no resources have managed to make 150,000 pound hunks of scrap metal fly and shoot guns at each other

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It's one thing to accept that airships aren't a real thing because of a multitude of engineering problems.  The balloons are way too small relative to the hulls they're carrying.  The rigging is suspiciously unguarded despite the fact that any of the cables snapping could dump the whole crew overboard.  The ships don't look like they can actually land, so a constant supply of hot air is needed just to dock and get repaired.  The crew would be in constant fear of running into birds, who would slap into their faces at lethal speeds and seriously damage the ship.  IRL we gave up on the idea of airships for a reason, but we hand wave it so we can have useless exposed gears turning and powering nothing.

It's another to defy the common man's understanding of gravity and momentum.  We can accept that Batman has some fairly impossible technology, but just silly when he's in space without at least a helmet.


--- Quote from: luchelibre on April 05, 2013, 08:06:13 pm ---
--- Quote ---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.

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No, the Squid has a much greater surface area for air resistance, so its terminal velocity will be much lower. A human will slice through the air like a knife (relatively). This is also why a falcon falls at 200mph while a human falls at about 125-150mph.

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Right, but this squid is falling faster than what's possible with just the force of gravity, it looks like a lifeboat which is designed to not be aerodynamic so as to float easier.  It behaves like there's an invisible engine on top that's pushing it down so damn fast beyond its terminal velocity, that should be flinging people off like fleas in a flea bath.

Keon:
Also, with chute vent, it falls faster than gravity. Rockets pushing it down?

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