

| Subject: | Re: Terminal velocity, was: Re: Friday - hazards to our van (LVC) |
| From: | Bob Bolton |
| Date: | Tue, 21 Jan 2003 22:19:41 +1030 |
Quoting Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>:
This is something like the reported appearance of my 84 1.9 litre Wasserboxer
hitting the bottom of a long hill near here, in fifth gear with the
airconditioner turned off...
Bob
>
> Whatever mass, it will still be moving at tremendous speed when it
> hits the ground. I can attest to this, having seen one impact in a
> field at night as I rode past on my motorcycle. It would have been
> tiny by the yime it reached the ground, but it was an instantaneous
> flash from the sky into the ground.
> --
> Andrew Grebneff
> 165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
> <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut
>
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