Why is it hard to turn over while skydiving?
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
Ishatawk asked:
Oftentimes skydiving coaches warn inexperienced divers to keep the front of their bodies facing the ground. They say that turning over is hard to do. If that’s even true, then why is it so? Wouldn’t it be easy to turn over, as the turn would lessen air resistance as opposed to increasing it?
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Oftentimes skydiving coaches warn inexperienced divers to keep the front of their bodies facing the ground. They say that turning over is hard to do. If that’s even true, then why is it so? Wouldn’t it be easy to turn over, as the turn would lessen air resistance as opposed to increasing it?
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