[Rammin]

Do you know how many sponsers he would be able to get!

Think it would make great radio!

Thoughts and opinions welcome......

[Adam]

Chris would have to lose weight in order to take part in a jump.

[MC]

Are you suggesting Chris Moyles is fat Adam?

[Adam]

Are you suggesting Chris Moyles is fat Adam?

Haha - well lets just say he'd fall from the sky a hell of lot quicker.

[Sidders]

Not so. Everything falls at the same speed.

[Console]

Not so. Everything falls at the same speed, in a vacuum. In an atmosphere, like ours here on Earth, there exists such a thing as wind resistance, where the shape of an object has an effect on it's resulting acceleration.

[Sidders]

In that case, Chris would fall slower.

[MC]

Either way, there would be an earthquake.

[Chrz]

In that case, Chris would fall slower.

the weight would also have an effect, more weight = faster fall...

[Console]

The actual mass (not weight, which is a component of both mass and gravity, which is why you weigh less on the moon) of an object doesn't affect the acceleration. Gravity imposes a constant downward acceleration of approx 9.8m/s^2.

[parody number 9]

Exactly what I was thinking C.

[Adam]

Its like a f-cking science lessons I had about 6 years ago.

Zzzz

[Quincy]

console is great. shut up adam

[Adam]

console is great. shut up adam

[Betti911]

Awww don't cry

[Sidders]

more weight = faster fall

Afraid not. You obviously didn't listen in science.

[Chrz]

ok... ill try again...

mass is the bit that's in kg, then weight is the mass x acceleration due to gravity (9.8m/s^2), so if the weight is greater, there is more force acting downwards so then the body is going to fall faster and hit the ground at a higher velocity...

console could describe it sooo much better...

[Sidders]

No - weight/mass doesn't affect gravity.

[Console]

console could describe it sooo much better...

Maybe, but obviously I didn't because an objects mass (or weight) has no effect on how fast that object falls. The acceleration, due to gravity, is a constant of about 9.81m/s^2, mass doesn't enter into it.

[Chrz]

gravity is never affected, but if the mass is bigger, then the value of weight will be bigger which means more force pulling down = faster fall!!

either way, I don't think Chris should do a parachute jump...

[Chrz]

so if you drop something with a mass of 1kg at the same time as something with a mass of 100kg, they'll hit the ground at the same time??

[Console]

gravity is never affected, but if the mass is bigger, then the value of weight will be bigger which means more force pulling down = faster fall!!

Not quite, the force will be greater yes, but the force does not affect the overall speed of the object.

so if you drop something with a mass of 1kg at the same time as something with a mass of 100kg, they'll hit the ground at the same time??

Yes, infact an experiment similar to that was done on the moon with a feather and a hammer.

[Chrz]

wow... i did learn this at some time but it would appear that i managed to forget all of it...

i'm guessing that the v = u + at and v^2 = u^2 + 2as equations have something to do with the time it takes to fall then?

[Console]

v = u + at

That's the one.

Final Velocity (Speed) is equal to the starting speed + (acceleration * time). As you can see mass isn't a factor here.

[Chrz]

console... you're just brilliant... i know this is way off-topic, but did you do maths at A-Level? I've still got to decide if i want to do it next year