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TSBspartacus
Profile Joined October 2011
England1046 Posts
October 14 2012 22:35 GMT
#1441
On October 15 2012 06:05 Daray wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 15 2012 06:04 TSBspartacus wrote:
On October 15 2012 06:02 wunsun wrote:
On October 15 2012 05:56 Hryul wrote:
On October 15 2012 05:45 StarStruck wrote:
On October 15 2012 05:38 Proseat wrote:
Confirmation from FAI: Preliminary data confirm that Felix Baumgartner broke the speed of sound. Mach 1.24.



Sort of makes sense in a way considering he didn't break the record for time spent in the air.

Well I had the feeling he could have waited a bit longer to open the parachute He didn't seem that close to the ground


He opened at 5200 feet.

No he didn't, I remember them saying he was at 6600ft during his parachute descent.


He just said he opened at 5200 and apparently the protocol was that he opens at around 5000.

Ah sorry I just assumed they were right on the stream, but I guess they can't track him very accurately.
My bad
simmeh
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada2511 Posts
October 14 2012 22:36 GMT
#1442
its still unreal thinking about how high he jumped from
especially considering how high normal and advanced aircrafts go

damnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
byah!
Seldentar
Profile Joined May 2011
United States888 Posts
October 14 2012 22:41 GMT
#1443
On October 15 2012 06:28 Prugelhugel wrote:
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On October 15 2012 06:23 Blackfish wrote:
On October 15 2012 06:22 Hryul wrote:
On October 15 2012 06:07 th3_great wrote:
On October 15 2012 06:05 Daray wrote:
On October 15 2012 06:04 TSBspartacus wrote:
On October 15 2012 06:02 wunsun wrote:
On October 15 2012 05:56 Hryul wrote:
On October 15 2012 05:45 StarStruck wrote:
On October 15 2012 05:38 Proseat wrote:
Confirmation from FAI: Preliminary data confirm that Felix Baumgartner broke the speed of sound. Mach 1.24.



Sort of makes sense in a way considering he didn't break the record for time spent in the air.

Well I had the feeling he could have waited a bit longer to open the parachute He didn't seem that close to the ground


He opened at 5200 feet.

No he didn't, I remember them saying he was at 6600ft during his parachute descent.


He just said he opened at 5200 and apparently the protocol was that he opens at around 5000.


yeah, confirmed at press conference, 5200ft

I hate feet. it's about 1.6 km. I wonder if Kittinger opened his parachute later or if he had more air resistance.


Much more air resistance. he never got over 960 km/h... and Kittinger is a badass so yeah maybe he opened much later^^


Maybe Felix opened that early because he knew that Kittinger, if he had broken his record, would have gone up there again and jumped without a parachute to make his record unbreakable.^^


Only problem with that is the trick to breaking the record is landing ALIVE... lmao
obesemk
Profile Joined January 2010
Norway267 Posts
October 14 2012 23:17 GMT
#1444
Insane thing to do. I was really on the edge of my chair when he stepped out of the tin can.

I heard something about a nice lesbian kiss, anyone got photo? Or video?

StateofReverie
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United States633 Posts
October 14 2012 23:19 GMT
#1445
omg....

gl hf

I wonder what goes through someone's mind while they are hurtling down towards the earth at breakneck speeds...
jusTjoshin
Profile Joined April 2012
United States66 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-10-14 23:22:22
October 14 2012 23:20 GMT
#1446
On October 15 2012 08:17 obesemk wrote:
Insane thing to do. I was really on the edge of my chair when he stepped out of the tin can.

I heard something about a nice lesbian kiss, anyone got photo? Or video?


So was I haha, when he saluted and just stepped off he fell so fast you couldn't even see him in that view within 2-3 seconds. I bet it was such a surreal feeling to be up there in that suit and capsule.

That's pretty weird if someone had one bro :p

BUT I do say, the brunette was hot.. I'm hoping that one was his Wife.
Doraemon
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Australia14949 Posts
October 14 2012 23:23 GMT
#1447
now that was the real YOLO, none of the swag hipster crap

awesome and inspiring stuff. well done
Do yourself a favour and just STFU
obesemk
Profile Joined January 2010
Norway267 Posts
October 14 2012 23:27 GMT
#1448
On October 15 2012 08:20 jusTjoshin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 15 2012 08:17 obesemk wrote:
Insane thing to do. I was really on the edge of my chair when he stepped out of the tin can.

I heard something about a nice lesbian kiss, anyone got photo? Or video?


So was I haha, when he saluted and just stepped off he fell so fast you couldn't even see him in that view within 2-3 seconds. I bet it was such a surreal feeling to be up there in that suit and capsule.

That's pretty weird if someone had one bro :p

BUT I do say, the brunette was hot.. I'm hoping that one was his Wife.


well, it was streamed....someone might know of a link to the good stuff.
igotmyown
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States4291 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-10-15 03:07:55
October 15 2012 02:56 GMT
#1449
On October 15 2012 07:07 Excludos wrote:
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On October 15 2012 07:01 igotmyown wrote:
Doesn't he want more time in freefall for the record?

And miles are a more natural measurement. A mile is 1000 paces, see Roman soldiers. A kilometer is less intuitive to measure without instruments.


Also, using "burgers" as a measurement of weight is much more natural than "kilo". Personally I weight 97 burgers, or 204,7 hot dogs..

Natural doesn't mean intuitive.

Also, lets be honest, you need instruments to measure miles and paces too. I'd be impressed if you managed to walk a mile and know exactly when to stop, without any aid at all.

Counting paces is actually pretty useful if you're orienteering. You should be able to get within 10%, maybe 5% without any instruments. Not so useful when you're falling, but they had the scene in The Wire where they mapped out the headquarters by training the dancer to use paces consistently.

A little side discussion, but there's not much else to discuss that hasn't been mentioned in 80 pages, and everyone always disses miles though they are very functional. I can't vouch for pounds though.

Edit: oh they actually bumped the metric thread, no point sticking it here then.
JazVM
Profile Joined October 2012
Germany1196 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-10-15 17:00:32
October 15 2012 16:59 GMT
#1450
On October 15 2012 05:11 fiveop wrote:
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On October 15 2012 04:46 obesechicken13 wrote:
When you go supersonic you start building up a wave of sound behind you no? Sound waves get closer. I thought that stuff was known to tear planes apart. How does a human survive?


I'll venture a guess and say that he reaches super sonic speed in very low pressure regions.


What I was wondering about: I agree that he must have reached supersonic speed at a very low pressure region but, obviously, there is a point at where he starts to decelerate again and therefore reaches a speed <mach1. This should be (?) caused by the air getting "thicker" aka higher pressure, right? Is this still not enough pressure so see the supersonic wave or is there no wave when you drop out mach-speeds?
mind mind mind mind mind mind
Marimokkori
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States306 Posts
October 15 2012 17:05 GMT
#1451
On October 09 2012 20:27 [Agony]x90 wrote:
Unless I'm mistaken, he should eventually reach a point where his velocity no longer increases. Once that point hits, it'll just be a long trip of shit ton of friction, but no falling sensation (i think) lol. Would be a cool thing to try i think haha. Might have to stay up for this one.

Sorry if this has already been answered, but what you are referring to is called maximum velocity. The average speed for humans is 150mph (~240kph)
A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men
Chewits
Profile Joined September 2006
Northern Ireland1200 Posts
October 16 2012 08:34 GMT
#1452
Cool !

Whats the altitude?
S:klogW
Profile Joined April 2012
Austria657 Posts
October 16 2012 08:37 GMT
#1453
This makes me think really hard. Can there be a government of science? Sciencracy?
Science will set us free.
E = 1.89 eV = 3.03 x 10^(-19) J
Antithesis
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany1274 Posts
October 16 2012 08:39 GMT
#1454
On October 16 2012 17:37 S:klogW wrote:
This makes me think really hard. Can there be a government of science? Sciencracy?
Science will set us free.

Technocracy?
Mutation complete.
th3_great
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom429 Posts
November 05 2012 23:58 GMT
#1455
there was a great documentary about the preparations for the jump and the event by the BBC, with insight into what went through mission control and felix's head during the jump.

link

its on iplayer so itll only work in the UK unless you get proxies, and im not sure if other countries were broadcasted it also. but either way, its a great watch.
did you read the script?
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