/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.1832192]

>implying this wouldn't work

[Anonymous No.1832202]

you cant jump on something thats moving as fast as you in the same direction

[Anonymous No.1832207]

>>1832192
Enough of these threads, jesus

[Anonymous No.1832215]

>>1832202
If you jump right before it hits the ground, yes you easily can.

[Anonymous No.1832218]

tested, halves the impact, neck still 100% broken. GTFO

[Anonymous No.1832736]

>>1832218
Why would the neck break faggot?

[Anonymous No.1832740]

>>1832202
How about the Earth.

[Anonymous No.1832747]

How do you know when to jump? Assuming the elevator isn't made of glass.

[Anonymous No.1832751]

>implying you can jump at the speed of the falling elevator to nullify the speed.

[Anonymous No.1832762]

Wouldn't you hit your head on the ceiling of the elevator? I mean, it's got to be falling faster than you are...

[Anonymous No.1832764]

you'll still come down with the same force, breaking your fucking legs

[Anonymous No.1832766]

>>1832192
This isn't troll physics. This is goddamn Loony Toons physics, with Wily Coyote-y attempting to jump from a falling boulder or some such. Unless you can equate (or give slightly less than) the force of the goddamn falling elevator by jumping, you are guaranteed (well, almost, depending on the height of the fall) to be seriously injured or killed. Get the heck out.

[Anonymous No.1832768]

>>1832751
and even if you could, it would definitely break your legs

[Anonymous No.1832780]

>>1832768
Now that's just silly.

[Anonymous No.1832795]

>>1832766
Thou jelly?

[Anonymous No.1832799]

Why can't anyone clearly prove why it would or would not fail, without throwing in assumptions or leaving their audience to deduce what they're talking about?

Prove a point in a clear manner.
As it stands, I would still be jumping on an elevator right before impact.

[Anonymous No.1832814]

>>1832799
You don't know when that impact is

You are falling with the elevator. Your velocity is increasing all the way down. You jump and you REDUCE your velocity by a small amount, but you are still falling at a deadly speed even after jumping.

[Anonymous No.1832819]

They did this on Mythbusters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjkHRi_nGlY

[Anonymous No.1832824]

>>1832799
Alright. Imagine you're in a car and have a tennis ball. You toss it in the air. It is traveling forward at the same speed as the car (but so are you, so it looks like it's not moving forward at all).

Now imagine you're in an elevator that's going down. You jump. You're still moving downwards as fast as the elevator is. Elevator comes to a sudden stop and now you're still moving towards the ground as fast as the elevator was falling. Enjoy you broken legs.

[Anonymous No.1832850]

>>1832819

That was going to be my question.
Thanks.

[Anonymous No.1832854]

>>1832799
>Prove a point in a clear manner.
F=dI/dt. There's your proof.

[Anonymous No.1832893]

So, hypothetically speaking, if the elevator was 15+ feet tall and had a transparent floor, could one do this and be unharmed?

[Anonymous No.1832904]

This would work

[Anonymous No.1832910]

You would just smack on the floor at the speed of the falling elevator minus the speed you jumped, which isn't alot.

You'll die.

[Anonymous No.1832911]

>>1832762
Everything falls at the same rate, force of gravity is 9.8m/s^2 you would just delay hitting the ground depending on how high you jump

[Anonymous No.1832938]

>>1832911
If I fall at the same rate as the elevator, it would seem that I am floating inside it. So it would be very possible to hit one's head on the ceiling.

[Anonymous No.1833745]

even if you managed to survive... im pretty sure the celling would fall on you and crush you (in support of the previous comments)

[Anonymous No.1833755]

damn you beat me to it

[Anonymous No.1833852]

So is there any way to survive when you are in a falling elevator?

[Anonymous No.1834077]

Fixed for accuracy.