The Physics of Skydiving (Science Out Loud S2 Ep1)

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  • When you fall thousands of feet from the sky, it seems like something strange is happening with the laws of physics. Turns out, everything relies on a simple force - DRAG!
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  • @Gixer750pilot
    @Gixer750pilot 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    In the end it’s just falling with style

  • @okiepita50t-town28
    @okiepita50t-town28 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Wow a group of MIT skydivers. Now that’s an exclusive club.

  • @Bella-qw4dw
    @Bella-qw4dw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    2021 and it's still a great educational video. well done

  • @DunoyerFilms
    @DunoyerFilms 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    very nice work, you answered some questions I had with some gorgeous visuals

  • @cesca5581
    @cesca5581 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thank you for uploading this!!!

  • @maryswift5441
    @maryswift5441 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thanks guys

  • @MrReasonabubble
    @MrReasonabubble 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I liked this, and for the most part I thought you did a really good job of explaining the physics involved.
    It was only at the end, where you implied that parachutes work simply because of the drag generated by the large surface area, that you lost it a bit. That might be largely true of old-style round canopies, but it's really the aerofoil shape of a square canopy that arrests your descent - because it generates lift as it flies forward, like a wing.

  • @jimday666
    @jimday666 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    MOREEE skydive physics please MIT.

  • @parkerhiggins6136
    @parkerhiggins6136 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    this is beautiful

  • @jaywilliams2920
    @jaywilliams2920 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great video. Tells it like it is. Thanks MIT.

  • @geeebus23
    @geeebus23 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you- from Columbia

  • @oscarhansen7957
    @oscarhansen7957 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    WhO ElSe iS HeRe FoR sChOoL

  • @julianfernandez7254
    @julianfernandez7254 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very well done video thank you ! but to explain the physics properly you need to explain the Drag force at t=0 / which is in the direction of the movement - this is very different that free falling from a Hot balloon. That's why the sensation is totally different - without considering Fd0 in the direction of the plane you are not really analyzing the scenario described in the video.

  • @nimssayson1045
    @nimssayson1045 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hello! Can I use some footage here for my new channel? Thanks

  • @jamesleem.d.7442
    @jamesleem.d.7442 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good video !! What is the brand of shoes worn by person at very start of the video: Blue laces on these shoes.

  • @DJInclined
    @DJInclined 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My home drop zone 😎😎😎😎 JumpTown

  • @DragonHunter926
    @DragonHunter926 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Awesome video!!!

  • @flyingAMT
    @flyingAMT 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    @2:23. Correct my wrong thinking, but I thought Newt's 2nd Law showed that objects all fall at the same speed, regardless of weight...

    • @wrthalheimer8394
      @wrthalheimer8394 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      you're right, but when you factor in air resistance, that means that the object with less mass and more surface area is going to fall slower than an object with more mass and less surface area.

    • @flyingAMT
      @flyingAMT 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +That oneguy , but that is not what he says. he says she has less surface area and is so much lighter, she tends to fall slower, neither makes sense in light of newtons 2nd law.

    • @alistairhammond1564
      @alistairhammond1564 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +flyingAMT They will both accelerate towards the earth at a constant rate, but after a few seconds of falling drag has increased enough to equate the pull of gravity. This is 'terminal velocity' - and a heavier object will have a higher terminal velocity for a given surface area.
      [DANGER - GEEK WARNING]
      Remember F=MA? (Force = Mass x Acceleration). If we rearrange to get A = F/M, we see that for a constant gravitational acceleration (~9.81m/s), increasing the mass of the object means it experiences a greater force due to gravity. Greater gravitational force needs more drag to balance it out. Where do we get extra drag?
      MORE SPEED! :)

    • @himself187
      @himself187 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      well try this, drop a feather and any other object from the same height.....

    • @danielwilliams7685
      @danielwilliams7685 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Once you factor in drag weight and surface area matter. She can make herself fall faster by getting small. He can make himself fall slower by getting bigger. There are lots of different positions you can put your body in to go faster or slower.

  • @jimsmith1856
    @jimsmith1856 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Massachusetts Institute of wooahh duuude!!

  • @anabozin240
    @anabozin240 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i got here for school but this video was so much fun and now i wanna sky dive lol

  • @ericah6546
    @ericah6546 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do you feel weightless?
    That was a delight to watch! Thank you MIT skydiving club 👍😀

  • @dr.n.8390
    @dr.n.8390 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great

  • @ProfessorPonko
    @ProfessorPonko 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love this!

  • @ConnorHill_cooljivehigh
    @ConnorHill_cooljivehigh 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    NIIIIICEEE!!!!

  • @Allourquestions
    @Allourquestions 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Excellent video and fantastic explanation!

  • @makth5173
    @makth5173 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    yes

  • @lukeofthemotherlandrussia1912
    @lukeofthemotherlandrussia1912 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    How did I get here

  • @ChikondiSimwaka
    @ChikondiSimwaka หลายเดือนก่อน

    Impressive

  • @aeroprince
    @aeroprince 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Awesome stuff to show my whuffo friends :D

    • @bws205
      @bws205 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      you mean your sane friends

    • @tuttt99
      @tuttt99 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bws205 LMAO

    • @davidwang5770
      @davidwang5770 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      BWS205 😂😂😂

  • @IDADDYIproductions
    @IDADDYIproductions 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Song?? Please reply. Such a sick remix

  • @mrmojorisin8527
    @mrmojorisin8527 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Song?

  • @ramka5861
    @ramka5861 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Drag or Upthrust or Buoyancy or Air Resistance depends on the area of contact and the shape of the body. This is the key for skydiving.

    • @M4TT4TT4CK
      @M4TT4TT4CK 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      buoyancy doesn't depend on surface area. It is directly proportional to the weight of the displaced fluid

  • @НикитаМинажетдинов-н5ъ
    @НикитаМинажетдинов-н5ъ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't get one thing. If Swati is lighter then why on earth would she accelerate faster? It all gets equalised because acceleration is force/mass. More mass = more gravitational force. So getting more force requires more mass and these quantities are opposite so it stays the same. Or is there something I don't understand? It seems to me, the only thing that makes a difference is the surface area of a falling body

  • @tuttt99
    @tuttt99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I *wish* that I had had the money to skydive when I was at MIT. Those were the brokest years of my life LMAO. But now I can afford all the gear and jumps I want. Woo hoo!

  • @jamesblakeman8172
    @jamesblakeman8172 ปีที่แล้ว

    General relativity would have it that the skydiver is in an inertial frame and that the earth is accelerating towards them and there's no force of gravity pulling them down.
    Thus, it's the air being pushed upwards by the planet accelerating towards the skydiver which causes the drag effect in relation to the skydivers area!

  •  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wonderfull!

  • @Zxxyn22
    @Zxxyn22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i have to watch this for homework
    lol

  • @drfazailzia8830
    @drfazailzia8830 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Spacex Starahip Bellyflop brought me here 😂

  • @highonboard
    @highonboard 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    02:34 look he's not in the freefall. These dudes've just jumped of a cliff in the middle of the air.

  • @iqbalthootha
    @iqbalthootha 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you! this helped me so much my science teacher just looked at me and said "How do you know all this""

  • @GamerVijayy
    @GamerVijayy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Imagine The Big show and Mark Henry of WWE doing sky diving 🤣

  • @ashwathnarayan2033
    @ashwathnarayan2033 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice👍

  • @RYTISJAS
    @RYTISJAS 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    hi,
    dope movie!
    Have a great evening :o)

  • @nishiter
    @nishiter ปีที่แล้ว

    Up their high is there a breathing issue due to less oxygen and thin air?

    • @jimsagubigula7337
      @jimsagubigula7337 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      More for a while, but nothing too serious. There is a reason the maximum altitude is limited to 4500 meters.

  • @sakumar2287
    @sakumar2287 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    what happens if parachute doesn't open after jump

    • @alexxxmmm1
      @alexxxmmm1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      you have a reserve parachute which is packed by a professional, not a skydiver.

  • @shanaelee1057
    @shanaelee1057 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hi 303 lmfao

  • @sts3121
    @sts3121 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    how is it possible to breathe? Will it be harder if you have wider nostrils? I once went to a wind tunnel for indoor skydiving and the air was suffocating for some reason and I don't know why. The same thing happens when I have down my window in a car while driving. When the wind is blowing, it gets hard to breathe. Do you know why this happens?

    • @alexisbeaudoin9967
      @alexisbeaudoin9967 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You get used to it after a few jumps

    • @maddiegreenwood6928
      @maddiegreenwood6928 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is a super late response- but I have Cystic Fibrosis and I just got back from a jump today! the best advice I can give is to remember to breathe out, it's really easy to forget that when the wind is coming at you over 100mph.

    • @xBoddahhh
      @xBoddahhh 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      alot of people forget to breath out. So it is actually quite helpful to scream because it makes you breath

  • @Phlegethon
    @Phlegethon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Can’t tell what school they’re from

  • @BLUE-dq6uc
    @BLUE-dq6uc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Swati's father is really rich❤️

  • @raideepu4
    @raideepu4 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wanna learn sky diving. How can I join a school?

    • @xBoddahhh
      @xBoddahhh 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Deeps Emo look up the parachuting organisation for your specific country (ie USPA, APF, FAI) & usually they list training organasations

    • @seoceancrosser
      @seoceancrosser 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Show up with money.

    • @jonathanguerra1976
      @jonathanguerra1976 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      seoceancrosser lot hehehe but its also lot of fun ,😉💙

  • @MamisaMambu
    @MamisaMambu 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Comment cette appareil c,est envole

  • @SamB-oz3jz
    @SamB-oz3jz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    ok

  • @rossfisher3846
    @rossfisher3846 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What's the song at the start

  • @sabre2x135
    @sabre2x135 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gravity sucks

  • @misc.2331
    @misc.2331 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    music?

    • @sammyhoopster7225
      @sammyhoopster7225 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Battle Without Honor or Humanity By Tomayasu Hotei

  • @shanaelee1057
    @shanaelee1057 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Chicken poop

  • @yomama8333
    @yomama8333 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    bruhhhh

  • @williamcarrington3474
    @williamcarrington3474 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Double knot your laces or use velcro fasteners, please .

  • @Suave.aint_ez
    @Suave.aint_ez 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i wanna fly like goku and i can pretend to fight in the air and make it like dragon ball where you just get blasted >:3 and then land in the white house like a boss

  • @yousufhamdani9859
    @yousufhamdani9859 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Starting Music in this video ??

    • @sammyhoopster7225
      @sammyhoopster7225 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Battle Without Honor or Humanity By Tomayasu Hotei

  • @kakudmi
    @kakudmi 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    As this was so rudimentary, why don't you remove MIT ligos and promote a high school instead.

  • @ohyeahyeah7731
    @ohyeahyeah7731 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't need to learn thisI just fall

  • @astro.editz.mp495
    @astro.editz.mp495 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Swati Indian?

  • @zaidhaobsh9989
    @zaidhaobsh9989 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    1:23 that was so cringey...

    • @cultleaderkenji
      @cultleaderkenji 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      good point

    • @Klivdx
      @Klivdx 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      nope, u're cringey !

  • @malcolmkeith816
    @malcolmkeith816 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    the most uncool skydiving video ever... E for effort tho

  • @johnli5538
    @johnli5538 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is copied from Khan Academy!!!

  • @theapacherider21
    @theapacherider21 ปีที่แล้ว

    Indian girl

  • @vidomon1844
    @vidomon1844 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Swati don't do overacting lol