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<blockquote data-quote="tomBitonti" data-source="post: 3178106" data-attributes="member: 13107">10 mph equiv fall10 mph is about 15 fps, or about 1/2 sec of accelleration, for a fall distance of about 4 feet.20 mph is about 30 fps, or about 1 sec of accelleration, for a fall distance of about 15 feet.30 mph is about 45 fps, or about 1.5 sec of accelleration, for a fall distance of about 70 feet.In real life, how you land in a fall is hugely important. Landing on your head or neckwould seem to be fatal a lot of the time.&nbsp; I gather (but not sure from where) that lots offolks are paralyzed from falls from horses.&nbsp; Isn't that what happened to Christopher Reeve?I jumped down about 8 feet when I was about 15.&nbsp; Kindof almost sprained my ankle, whichwas sore for a couple of hours, but otherwise no problem.&nbsp; But I was young and spry, then.I wouldn't try it now.&nbsp; But -- Jackie Chan seems to handle pretty high falls.&nbsp; In one of hismovies, he jumps from a Car Garage across to a balcony on another building.&nbsp; He broke somebones on that, but it's still an amazing jump.If you fall a larger distance, if you manage to fall flat, and, I guess, protect your head,you are less hurt than otherwise.&nbsp; Saw a show once that had information about a guythat fell from a tall smokestack, but survived, although he was very badly injured.&nbsp; How helanded is what made the difference.I don't have time to do the googling, but there should be some online information about thesurvivability of falls.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tomBitonti, post: 3178106, member: 13107"] [b]10 mph equiv fall[/b] 10 mph is about 15 fps, or about 1/2 sec of accelleration, for a fall distance of about 4 feet. 20 mph is about 30 fps, or about 1 sec of accelleration, for a fall distance of about 15 feet. 30 mph is about 45 fps, or about 1.5 sec of accelleration, for a fall distance of about 70 feet. In real life, how you land in a fall is hugely important. Landing on your head or neck would seem to be fatal a lot of the time. I gather (but not sure from where) that lots of folks are paralyzed from falls from horses. Isn't that what happened to Christopher Reeve? I jumped down about 8 feet when I was about 15. Kindof almost sprained my ankle, which was sore for a couple of hours, but otherwise no problem. But I was young and spry, then. I wouldn't try it now. But -- Jackie Chan seems to handle pretty high falls. In one of his movies, he jumps from a Car Garage across to a balcony on another building. He broke some bones on that, but it's still an amazing jump. If you fall a larger distance, if you manage to fall flat, and, I guess, protect your head, you are less hurt than otherwise. Saw a show once that had information about a guy that fell from a tall smokestack, but survived, although he was very badly injured. How he landed is what made the difference. I don't have time to do the googling, but there should be some online information about the survivability of falls. [/QUOTE]

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