March 22, 20233 yr Combination of spreading themselves out to increase surface area, use of the tail to stay the right way around, and low body weight.
March 22, 20233 yr Yeah.... But in my head forever is a horrifying video of a cat falling, who didn't do nearly as well; poor thing. 😿 We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically. Devons rig Intel Core i5 13600K @ 5.1GHz / G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series Ram 64GB / GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC 12G Graphics Card / Sound Blaster Z / Meta Quest 2 VR Headset / Klipsch® Promedia 2.1 Computer Speakers / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q ‑ 27" IPS LED Monitor ‑ QHD / 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB / 2x Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB / 1x Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe / 1x Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB / 2 other regular hd's with up to 10 terabyte capacity / Windows 11 Pro 64-bit / Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard LGA 1700 DDR5
March 22, 20233 yr 2 hours ago, martin-w said: Combination of spreading themselves out to increase surface area, use of the tail to stay the right way around, and low body weight. That's nothing. See this: (although, the effortless way the cat landed, it looked as if it could have managed a few extra floors) Edited March 22, 20233 yr by dmwalker Dugald Walker
March 22, 20233 yr Moderator I don't blame the poor cat. If I were trapped in a burning building, I'd probably have risked the jump myself! Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
March 22, 20233 yr It's called terminal velocity. After falling a certain distance (dependent on the weight and drag coefficient), drag equals weight and a falling object stops accelerating. Beyond that point it doesn't matter how long the fall is as the speed remains the same. Cats know this.
March 22, 20233 yr 1 hour ago, lzamm said: Cats know this. We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically. Devons rig Intel Core i5 13600K @ 5.1GHz / G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series Ram 64GB / GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC 12G Graphics Card / Sound Blaster Z / Meta Quest 2 VR Headset / Klipsch® Promedia 2.1 Computer Speakers / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q ‑ 27" IPS LED Monitor ‑ QHD / 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB / 2x Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB / 1x Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe / 1x Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB / 2 other regular hd's with up to 10 terabyte capacity / Windows 11 Pro 64-bit / Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard LGA 1700 DDR5
March 23, 20233 yr 3 hours ago, HiFlyer said: Well, maybe Albert Einstein himself was reborn from a dog. MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Plus | Intel Core i9-10900K @ 5.3GHz | 64GB Corsair Vengeance | Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3090 | 500 GB M.2 NVMe for win | 2TB M.2 NVMe for FS2024 | TrackIr v5 | Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo | Thrustmaster Hotas Warthog Eric from EHAM, a flying Dutchman.
March 23, 20233 yr But in each one of those videos of a cat falling 7 or 8 or 9 stories and running away the cat gave up one of it's nine lives. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
March 23, 20233 yr Author 16 hours ago, HiFlyer said: Yeah.... But in my head forever is a horrifying video of a cat falling, who didn't do nearly as well; poor thing. 😿 Yeah, I suspect it must be related to bodyweight. Not sure my somewhat over weight young man would do so well from that height. 14 hours ago, lzamm said: Cats know this. Exactly! Cats being advanced beings are aware of the concept of terminal velocity and surface area. They mastered such primitive concepts eons ago and now roam the cosmos guiding primitive species like ours. Edited March 23, 20233 yr by martin-w
March 23, 20233 yr Author These guy's are insane. Too busy beating each other up to worry about falling off a mere roof. Extreme feline marital arts. Edited March 23, 20233 yr by martin-w
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