MkIXHawk Captain Offline We need to defend ourselves... Posts: 175 Location: Kent Re: HALO drops. Sep 14th, 2010 at 3:34pm Print Post according to this calculator: http://www.ivanpeters.com It works out at 168 seconds. This makes no assumptions about any horizontal component of the motion owing to the forward motion of the aircraft from which he's jumping. For maximum velocity, he should adopt a head down position « Last Edit: Sep 16th, 2011 at 11:05pm by SHADO Librarian » WWW IP Logged
Lightcudder Colonel Offline Trust no one. Posts: 1311 Location: Here. When you least expect it Re: HALO drops. Reply #1 - Sep 14th, 2010 at 3:46pm Print Post Thanks! Knew there would be someone(s) out there who could help!! Even the ICT tteacher and the Science teacher couldn' t find any info! I can get on now and let the plane take off!! I need some air. WWW IP Logged