Banzai Skydiving - Secret Revealed

One of the most thrilling yet stupidest looking sports in the world of entertainment. Yes, the Banzai Skydiving.
I have seen many people on Facebook thinking and opining that this is an "Attempt to Suicide!" Well, at least, its not.

Every single person living in this world wants to be a popular no matter what it takes. People climb on Mt. Everest and jump from there, hold breath for more than 20 minutes underwater etc are the tactics of human beings and their self determination indeed.

Originating History:

It is a Japanese born sport and now it is played worldwide becaming a powerful thus most thrilling and entertaining sport for viewers.

How its done?

Oh yeah! Here comes the most interesting part, Banzai skydiving involves throwing a parachute from plane first and then jumping out after seconds or minutes!

Stupidity or Braveness!

If you view this photo, you will see that utmost 95% of Facebook commentators thinks its an act of stupidity. But I must tell you, this act is safe enough and so far if done correct, no major accidents have been reported! If you are an engineer, smart or maybe a nerd, you can guess what's happening. Must read below:

Whats the theory behind this if its safe?

Just Physics only Physics! Do you know about Terminal Velocity, if you don't know, read this article: Terminal Velocity.
If you know or read the article, your mind must now show a sign of understanding about what is going on and why this sport is legal.

Okay, i'll explain: We all know that parachute definitely has less weight than a human have, when a parachute is dropped the speed it gains is less than the human gains. Take an example of feather and a rock, which will drop first with a higher speed?

So if the parachute gains less speed every second that concludes the acceleration will be less and upward drag will act quickly on it to make it zero. But when it comes for a human, the speed and acceleration will be higher comparatively thus upward drag will take some time to make acceleration zero and to make speed constant.

It concludes that the parachute reaches terminal velocity faster than a human does. Now the second part, we all know that "when acceleration is zero, speed will be constant."

Now its clear, but what's the conclusion? The speed of the parachute becomes constant faster than human that means when parachute reaches its terminal velocity, the man is still gaining speed due to higher weight and speed. Acceleration of human is not becoming zero at the same rate as of parachute. So it shortens the distance every second between the parachute and human in free fall thus enabling the human to catch the parachute easily and safely at certain point.

But still at some point, Banzai Skydiving is not safe. There is a death rate of 35 deaths out of about 2 million jumps every year.

So pack your bags and go go go!

So why not pack your bags, but remember to throw the parachute first because parachute don't have hands!

Zain Ul Mustafa

Cakes, conspiracies, and computers are my daily pills.

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