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The
Physics of Skydiving What Is Skydiving? Skydiving
is an adrenaline-based sport with a fairly simple concept -- jump
from a high place (usually out of a plane) from several thousand
feet above sea level and hope and pray for a safe landing. This
safe landing is often times achieved through the use of a device
called a parachute, which enables the skydiver to reduce his speed
to such a point that colliding with the earth will not be fatal.
 (http://e-bility.com/articles/images/skydiving.jpg) This website will explain a few of the key concepts behind the physics of skydiving. First we will explore why a skydiver accelerates after he leaps out of the plane before his jump, second we will try and explain the drag forces effecting the skydiver, and lastly we will attempt to explain how terminal velocity works.
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