How long would it take to fall 400 ft?

[Ambivalent1]

Would it feel slower than normal?

 

[Suicidebydeath]

It depends on a few factors, but it could be anywhere between 5-10s, closer to 10 when you factor in air resistance. It could feel either faster or slower than normal.

 

[Ambivalent1]

It depends on a few factors, but it could be anywhere between 5-10s, closer to 10 when you factor in air resistance. It could feel either faster or slower than normal.

@sserafim

 

[Mäximum]

If we assume that the falling object weights 65kg, then the time to fall 400ft would be about 5 (4.9... something) seconds, without considering air resistance.

 

[UKscotty]

Google the splat calculator.

Someone made a calculator for jumping suicide and its actually really good despite how morbid it sounds.

It sounds so bad how they named it but they don't judge and they give solid advice. It's more aimed to make sure people die and don't end up surviving. I just wish they'd pick a nicer name.

 

[Linda]

If there was no air resistance it would take about 5 seconds. (I just did the calculation.) On impact you would be travelling at about 110 mph, which is less than terminal velocity but not a lot less. So air resistance would not be negligible during the later stages of the fall, and you would need to increase that figure of 5 seconds by a couple of seconds or so. An exact calculation is not possible, because air resistance depends in a complicated way on the shape of the falling body and on the effects of clothing too. (That's why textbooks like to consider things like falling spheres. It makes the mathematics tractable. But few of us are spherical.)

 

[steppingoff]

There is something called a splat meter that calculates things like that. But it may vary based on atmospheric conditions.

If you are 400 feet high and about 150 lbs, you will hit the ground at 107 miles per hour five seconds later. A skydiver takes about five to ten seconds to reach maximum velocity, which is about 120 miles per hour.

As they say, it's not the fall that kills you but the sudden stop at the end.

 

[Ambivalent1]

There is something called a splat meter that calculates things like that. But it may vary based on atmospheric conditions.

If you are 400 feet high and about 150 lbs, you will hit the ground at 107 miles per hour five seconds later. A skydiver takes about five to ten seconds to reach maximum velocity, which is about 120 miles per hour.

As they say, it's not the fall that kills you but the sudden stop at the end.

I've been that fast in a car. It's fast

 

[strangelife]

t = √ (2h/g)
4,9 seconds

 

[Linda]

t = √ (2h/g)
4,9 seconds

Yes, but only if you neglect air resistance, which in this case you can't because of the high velocity in the later part of the fall.

 

[Darkover]

Free Fall with Air Resistance Calculator

Free fall with air resistance calculator finds the time of fall, as well as the maximum and terminal velocity of an object falling to the ground under the influence of both gravity and air resistance.

www.omnicalculator.com

 

[steppingoff]

t = √ (2h/g)
4,9 seconds

yep you are right - I rounded it up. I felt that most people wouldn't notice the 0.1 second

 

[sserafim]

I've been that fast in a car. It's fast

Was it fun?

 

[Ambivalent1]

Was it fun?

Yeah. Everything blurs out the window. You can lose control though

 

[sserafim]

Yeah. Everything blurs out the window. You can lose control though

I've always wanted to cruise down the coast goin' 'bout 99

 

[Ambivalent1]

I've always wanted to cruise down the coast going 'bout 99

Lol and get pulled over. Wee woo wee woo

 

[sserafim]

Lol and get pulled over. Wee woo wee woo

Lmao what if they pull you over and then you drive off of the bridge