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minus-square@doingthestuff@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-22 months agoNo, terminal velocity is somewhere around 110mph I think. Unless you’re talking about sending it into space. Edit: yes I have read more about this since making the comment. Big thanks to a mediocre education decades ago for what I thought I knew.
minus-squareTheRealKunilinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoTo be fair, I did say “high enough.” Get it beyond the atmosphere and it’ll easily hit 420mph. Just know there won’t really be anything left for your insurance company to appraise.
minus-square@doingthestuff@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoI caught that and I tried to acknowledge it. But I think the implied part was that vehicles won’t go that fast under their own power.
minus-squareTheRealKunilinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months ago I think the implied part was that vehicles won’t go that fast under their own power. Sure, that’s why what I said was funny. 😉
minus-square@Klear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoPretty sure that’s terminal velocity of a falling human. It will likely be much higher for a car.
minus-square@areyouevenreal@lemm.eelinkfedilink2•2 months agoTerminal velocity depends on the drag profile and weight of an object. So it actually depends what shape the vehicle is and it’s mass.
No, terminal velocity is somewhere around 110mph I think. Unless you’re talking about sending it into space.
Edit: yes I have read more about this since making the comment. Big thanks to a mediocre education decades ago for what I thought I knew.
To be fair, I did say “high enough.” Get it beyond the atmosphere and it’ll easily hit 420mph. Just know there won’t really be anything left for your insurance company to appraise.
I caught that and I tried to acknowledge it. But I think the implied part was that vehicles won’t go that fast under their own power.
Sure, that’s why what I said was funny. 😉
Pretty sure that’s terminal velocity of a falling human. It will likely be much higher for a car.
Terminal velocity depends on the drag profile and weight of an object. So it actually depends what shape the vehicle is and it’s mass.