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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-25 months agoNo, terminal velocity is somewhere around 110mph I think. Unless you’re talking about sending it into space. Edit: yes I have read more about this since making the comment. Big thanks to a mediocre education decades ago for what I thought I knew.
minus-squareTheRealKunilinkfedilinkEnglish2•5 months agoTo be fair, I did say “high enough.” Get it beyond the atmosphere and it’ll easily hit 420mph. Just know there won’t really be anything left for your insurance company to appraise.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•5 months agoI caught that and I tried to acknowledge it. But I think the implied part was that vehicles won’t go that fast under their own power.
minus-squareTheRealKunilinkfedilinkEnglish2•5 months ago I think the implied part was that vehicles won’t go that fast under their own power. Sure, that’s why what I said was funny. 😉
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•5 months agoTerminal velocity depends on the drag profile and weight of an object. So it actually depends what shape the vehicle is and it’s mass.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•5 months agoPretty sure that’s terminal velocity of a falling human. It will likely be much higher for a car.
No, terminal velocity is somewhere around 110mph I think. Unless you’re talking about sending it into space.
Edit: yes I have read more about this since making the comment. Big thanks to a mediocre education decades ago for what I thought I knew.
To be fair, I did say “high enough.” Get it beyond the atmosphere and it’ll easily hit 420mph. Just know there won’t really be anything left for your insurance company to appraise.
I caught that and I tried to acknowledge it. But I think the implied part was that vehicles won’t go that fast under their own power.
Sure, that’s why what I said was funny. 😉
Terminal velocity depends on the drag profile and weight of an object. So it actually depends what shape the vehicle is and it’s mass.
Pretty sure that’s terminal velocity of a falling human. It will likely be much higher for a car.