House vs. Jumper
Stan Reg
A question arised today about a skydiver in free fall landing on a
house.
We all agreed that the sky diver would lose, but we were curious as to
how many floors the skydiver would go through.
This is based on a generic type house with a pitched roof, an
unfinished attic, a 2nd floor, 1st floor and a basement.
Some say the diver would hit the basement. Some say the 1st floor. Some
say just through the room.
I dont want anyone to try this personally, but if anyone has any kind
of knowledge as to how many floors, it would ease some of the tension
around here.
Thanks...
tda...@dasher.com
I don't know about a skydiver, but I've heard stories about a pumpkin toss
gone bad, probably about this time of year. :) The story is that the pumpkin
went through the roof and ceiling and was then somewhat evenly distributed
over the contents of the living room. Maybe this helps you?
Ted Dasher, Jr.
D-12731, S/L JM/I, Senior Rigger, Strong Tandem
Jim Milstead
Cliff Saunders <CSAU...@MtSACvm.MtSAC.edu> wrote:
>Geez guys, whats going on here? Skydiver vs. House?!?
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>tol...@ix.netcom.com (Stan Reg ) writes:
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>>Yeah, bad title.. I know, but this is all hypothetical..
>
>
>>A question arised today about a skydiver in free fall landing on a
>>house.
>>We all agreed that the sky diver would lose, but we were curious as to
>>how many floors the skydiver would go through.
>
>I hope this is a Halloween joke. I'm as tasteless as the next guy but
>some of you folks are really sick!
>
Actually, in the late 70's, a skydiver went thru the roof of a hanger
with a streamer and made it. I think it was a Knight.
As far as floors are concerned, it makes a difference on when the
house was built. The older houses usually had studs and flooring
made of yellow pine and were either 2X4s for the walls and roof
and 2X6s or 28s for the flooring. Newer houses use white pine and
much lighter studs and flooring.
Jim
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house, hit the kitchen table, collapsing the table and distributing the
pumpkin remains all over the kitchen. No penetration to the basement took
place.
The article in Parachutist said that:
1. No one was home when the pumpkin hit.
2. The house was the <only> house within 3/4 of a mile of the DZ, and was
about 1/4 mile from the preferred landing area.
3. The family that owned the house was not all that upset. Members of the
family signed the logbooks of the jumpers that were on the jump!!
4. The damage to the house was covered by the USPA membership liability
insurance policy, no problem.
5. The pumpkin had significant lateral velocity at impact, entering the
house at somewhat of an angle, not straight down.
6. Local law enforcement officers investigated the incident, with the
intention of charging the jumpers, but couldn't come up with anything to
charge the jumpers with.
All of the above information is from memory, I did not dig out the issue
and re-read the article. If there are any errors, I'm sorry.
Blue Skies and BLACK CROTCHLESS PANTIES!!!
Roy
Earl Needham
>>house.
>>We all agreed that the sky diver would lose, but we were curious as to
>>how many floors the skydiver would go through.
Well, I don't know about a house. But I DO know that you can do at
least $1800.00 damage to a pick up if you land on the hood!
Earl Needham, Clovis, NM