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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Sessadore" data-source="post: 4314009" data-attributes="member: 57255">Oh, to heck with it.&nbsp; I'm bored, so I did the calculus.&nbsp; Now hopefully I did it right <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />&nbsp; If anyone's interested I can provide my calculations, especially if you think I've made an error.&nbsp; It's entirely possible, as I haven't really done anything with calculus in a couple years.&nbsp; So, I ended up with the position function:P(t) = (-4.9/3) t^3 + C, where C is your starting height.&nbsp; Basically, (4.9/3)t^3 is how far you've fallen in t seconds (measured in meters).&nbsp; Plugging in 6 for t, you get P(6) = 352.8 m = 1147.5 ft.&nbsp; So, I guess my first post was wrong - you fall a lot farther than 500 feet in 6 seconds.&nbsp; Again, assuming your fall isn't slowed by air resistance, and that you don't hit terminal velocity in less than 6 seconds.&nbsp; Gravity's powerful, man!Note:&nbsp; this is also assuming your world has normal earth gravity <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />&nbsp; I believe hong would classify that as thinking too hard about fantasy though <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />EDIT:I messed up on these calculations, started with acceleration = 9.8t instead of just 9.8.&nbsp; Surgoshan has the correct calculations a few posts down.&nbsp; Sorry folks.&nbsp; The good news is, the correct calculations show you fall farther than 500 feet in 6 seconds <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lord Sessadore, post: 4314009, member: 57255"] Oh, to heck with it. I'm bored, so I did the calculus. Now hopefully I did it right :p If anyone's interested I can provide my calculations, especially if you think I've made an error. It's entirely possible, as I haven't really done anything with calculus in a couple years. So, I ended up with the position function: P(t) = (-4.9/3) t^3 + C, where C is your starting height. Basically, (4.9/3)t^3 is how far you've fallen in t seconds (measured in meters). Plugging in 6 for t, you get P(6) = 352.8 m = 1147.5 ft. So, I guess my first post was wrong - you fall a [i]lot[/i] farther than 500 feet in 6 seconds. Again, assuming your fall isn't slowed by air resistance, and that you don't hit terminal velocity in less than 6 seconds. Gravity's powerful, man! Note: this is also assuming your world has normal earth gravity :p I believe hong would classify that as thinking too hard about fantasy though ;) [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]EDIT:[/B]I messed up on these calculations, started with acceleration = 9.8t instead of just 9.8. Surgoshan has the correct calculations a few posts down. Sorry folks. The good news is, the correct calculations show you fall farther than 500 feet in 6 seconds ;)[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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