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Topic	Is it possible to survive jumping out of a plane into the ocean?
andri_g 08/07/20 5:08:34 PM #26:	Mythbusters: Pavement vs Water impact at terminal velocity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGJqqDaKscQ Note: It looks like the pavement cadaver impacted body-level, but head-first. . EffectAndCause posted... What if you hit the water at terminal velocity but PERFECT diving form? Diving pool water is oxygenated, and often temperature controlled, to lower its density and reduce surface-tension effects. Calm, cold, ocean water doesn't have this. What you are talking about is closer to what cliff divers, not sport divers, expose themselves to physically. https://ats-press.blogspot.com/2013/04/top-ten-facts-about-cliff-diving.html . Btw, trained emergency rescue divers do not dive head first or from excessive heights to minimize the chances of damage to gear and of bodily injury. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiXO0N3onU8 --- '~' <cite>andri_g posted [p:943115145] in Is it poss... [t:78898108]...</cite> <quote>Mythbusters: Pavement vs Water impact at terminal velocity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGJqqDaKscQ Note: It looks like the pavement cadaver impacted body-level, but head-first. . EffectAndCause posted... </cite> <quote>What if you hit the water at terminal velocity but PERFECT diving form?</quote>Diving pool water is oxygenated, and often temperature controlled, to lower its density and reduce surface-tension effects. Calm, cold, ocean water doesn't have this. What you are talking about is closer to what cliff divers, not sport divers, expose themselves to physically. https://ats-press.blogspot.com/2013/04/top-ten-facts-about-cliff-diving.html . Btw, trained emergency rescue divers do not dive head first or from excessive heights to minimize the chances of damage to gear and of bodily injury. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiXO0N3onU8 --- '~'</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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