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Speed skydiving is a skydiving competition in which the goal is to achieve and maintain the highest possible terminal velocity. It was developed in the late 1990s and is the fastest non-motorized sport on Earth. The speed, achieved by the human body in free fall, is a function of several factors; including the body's mass, orientation, and skin area and texture.[1] In stable, belly-to-earth position, terminal velocity is about 200 km/h (120 mph). Stable freefall head down position has a terminal speed of 240–290 km/h (around 150–180 mph). Further minimization of drag by streamlining the body allows for speeds over 500 km/h (310 mph).
^While none of these matter in free fall in the absence of friction by Newton's Laws, they are significant when dealing with air resistance.
Speedskydiving is a skydiving competition in which the goal is to achieve and maintain the highest possible terminal velocity. It was developed in the...
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project. Doing so, he set world records for skydiving an estimated 39 km (24 mi), reaching an estimated top speed of 1,357.64 km/h (843.6 mph), or Mach 1...
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advancement of vertical flight Vertical formation skydiving, is a subcategory of formation skydiving using high-speed body positions normally associated with freeflying...
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