Skydiving Speed Test: Recreating Action Film Stunts

Julian Dagen, a world parachuting champion, oversees a skydiving stunt with Vassal and Benoit. They aim to measure the speed of free fall from 4000 meters, adopting different positions to see how it affects speed. Julian curls into a ball, Benoit dives headfirst like a rocket, and Vassal stabilizes horizontally. They achieve speeds of 183, 288, and 325 km/h respectively. The experiment shows that body position, not mass, influences fall speed. Vassal successfully completes his first skydive, proving the hypothesis.

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