Supersonic Skydiver

832 Views 27 Replies 10 Participants Last post by Soopahmahn, Jun 3, 2010

Soopahmahn

Discussion Starter · May 26, 2010 (Edited)

Skydiver preparing for 120,000-foot supersonic fall - CNN.com

Anyone want to speculate on the physical effects of breaking the sound barrier on a human? I'm not entirely sure I understand what happens - the sound waves of your passing are in essence building up behind your axis of flight right? So isn't it dangerous to come back from supersonic? Depending on the altitude at which crossing that threshold occurs, there would be more or less pressure built up behind you, so I could see that wreaking havoc with his parachute or maybe tossing him around a bit extra?

Kudos to Red Bull too :yesway:

Save

Reactions: 2

1 - 1 of 28 Posts

343

· #2 · Jun 2, 2010

This gives HALO Jumping a whole new meaning (High Altitude Low Opening)

I watched a documentary on the US Army Precision Paratroop unit. They basically do Demos at Airshows and such. Well one trick they do is 2 guys basically shoot past each other at like 350 MPH. One time the 2 guys actually hit each other. It severed one guys legs completely !

Save

1 - 1 of 28 Posts

This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.

Top Contributors this Month