For a girl who’s not much for math, I always gravitated toward physics in high school. Maybe, subconsciously I knew that one day I’d be involved in a sport where a solid background in physics would come in so handy.
At first, it sounds a little funny, but when you think about it, every aspect of a successful skydive can be calculated. After all, physics is the study of matter and its motion through spacetime and all that derives from these, such as energy and force.
In the instance of skydiving, the human is the matter and the fall through the air – both free fall and under canopy – is the motion. The energy and force are elements such as human muscle and wind.
Of course, this is just a very basic overview, but I’ll spare you the details. I’m just learning myself, and what I find out every day is that there is way more to this sport than I ever imagined – even the pros never top learning.
I’m excited for the endless challenge of skydiving and hope you are too!
Blue Skies!
Ashley
Hi, I saw your post on physics. I have been trying for a while to replicate the skydiving physics as a computer simulation but ended up only with the acceleration and drag for a single point in the 3d space.
I wanted to create some kind of skydiving simulator where you could control the members of a rag doll body (e.g. a bunch of boxes with joints) and was wondering if you could give me some pointers on rigid body physics and the application of forces along the surfaces of those
Thanks in advance, and good luck on the rest of your AFF. Skydiving rocks!!
Pedro
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yes.. informative thoughts! h