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Would this work?
Ok so I've been thinking of ways to survive falls from high places
I was wondering if I crafted a long pole made from titanimum about 13 feet long. and about 1.3 inches in diameter. Sharpened one end of it to a point
Got to the top of a 2.5 story building with it and jumped off. I would use the pole by stabbing it into the ground allowing it to bend as to absorb some of the force and at the moment it could no longer bend I would let go followed by a saftey roll.
This is also assuming that the pole will stab firmly into the ground.
My hands would be positioned near the top of the pole
Don't only say no. Please explain why it wouldn't work.
Could I make adjustments for a new pole to make it work?
How about a pole that doesn't bend, but when the pole hits you begin a temporary controlled slide down the pole to absorb the shock and significantly slow your descent?
You could field test it from increasingly high positions, and learn the feel. You would be able to tell how much force you could deal with. I used to drop off some pretty high places on my bike and the key is to find places of graduated height to practice
I've done plenty of dumb shit in my time and I say,if you like pain go ahead,I live with a sore back most of the time,and I've dragged 4 mattresses out under the back tree and had some fun.All experiments don't always work,like piling up a mound of bark and jumping a couple of stories,it doesn't end well when you are the third to jump,two sprained ankles,off school for a couple of weeks.
I would do it gradually as well,one story at a time,with some mattresses
That force would send the pole rocketing into you, no chance of hoping it bends. In fact if it's too high, or you're too heavy, the bending will happen only after it's jettisoned into your body.
You can do a safety roll from a 3 story building if you do it right, and onto grass.
I tested it with a broom stick off my one story house. I just angled it right, let it absorb the impact while i just leaned with it. When I made contact my legs were in the air as if i was sitting.
Well, not meaning to sound like bad advice, and I take no responsibility for it: "Practice makes perfect" The Wright brothers didn't make the first plane in a night.
There reason I say no is because your point of contact will be so tiny and if it misses that precise point that would allow it to penetrate the ground then you just fall. Also if the jump is not close to vertical your fall will hurt.
Like say if i was holding the pole to the side of me. Would it absorb any of the impact if i managed to hold on to it? I'm really just wanting it to absorb the impact
OK, I'm an engineer and I'm telling you do NOT try this. As the pole begins to impale itself into the ground, the downward force generated on your body will prevent you from hanging on until the pole begins to bend. I suggest you talk to a physics professor and ask him to explain the math involved.
There. I saved a life today. My work here is done ;)
As the pole begins to impale itself into the ground, the downward force generated on your body will prevent you from hanging on until the pole begins to bend
Does it completely depend on the angle of how i stab the pole into the ground and also the way my body is positioned upon impact?
Anything less than 90 degrees to the ground will reduce the bend ability of the pole.
Your body position will impact the direction of the force used to impale the pole (kinda like a hammer making contact with the nail at an angle; the force will not drive the nail into the wood).
Look..., if you're trying to win the Darwin award in 2013, you have 5 months left ;)
"Your body position will impact the direction of the force used to impale the pole (kinda like a hammer making contact with the nail at an angle; the force will not drive the nail into the wood)."
I understand that so. what I'm trying to do is just stab it into the ground to transfer some of the force into the ground. As it being to lean forward of course it would unearth, but I am just trying to direction some of the force into the ground. And this of course would happen within half a second(or less) so i would have to react fast to insure a proper landing. Everything would have to be perfect
No matter what you do, it will not work. It takes about 3 seconds to reach 50% of terminal velocity (3 seconds to reach 60MPH). A 2 story house with a flat roof is about 23 feet high. If the roof is pitched, about 35 feet. I'm not sure how many seconds it'll take to hit the ground from 35 feet but when you do, it's gonna hurt. ;)
Look..., I don't want to be at home with the missus watching the news when all of a sudden they flash your picture on the screen with the subtitle, "Earth on Afro-American violence." If it's you VS planet Earth..., planet Earth is going to chew your sorry black ass, spit it back out and hand it to you. I'm not trying to be mean; I'm on your side. I don't want to turn to my wife and say, "Oh..., I knew that guy. He was on CD. I guess he won't make the Spotlight Series. Maybe I can nominate him for a Snappy Award. Most creatively entertaining way to quit CD." ;)
But I tried logic!!! I've tried reasoning with you!!! Any stunt man, that is worth his salt, is alive because he had a physics professor double check his calculations ;)
