Tuesday, February 10, 2009 4:51:01 AM
TheSharpest Well, this is interesting. What just happened here? Back on topic: aero is right. Basically there are 2 things that determine your velocity (not in a vacuum): surface which is fronting the wind and mass. Since a heavy person can weight twice as much a a thin person without doubling their surface, weight is more determinant than surface. Therefore, heavy people fall faster. Unless, as the author stated, a thin person employs one of those crazy suicidal positions (such as head down) to further reduce their wind-fronting surface.
OMFG you are so wrong. If they are different weights but the same surface area (i.e. same drag), then they will fall at the same rate. Weight has absolutely nothing to do with the speed other then a heavier person might be fatter (i.e. more drag)
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