<div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks so much! That was really helpful.<br><br></div>There's also the question of the effect of letting the Axis win WWII in the Star Trek universe (where he killed that paratrooper and stole his parachute), but we'll leave that for another day.<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Styopa <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:styopa1@gmail.com" target="_blank">styopa1@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
T-7s had a weight limit of ~360-400 lbs, claiming they could reliably land 2 individuals, but those are WW2-size guys, ie ~150-180lbs each.<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Of course, parachutes depend on gravity. As a Ringworld ostensibly generates gravity through centrifugal (centripetal) force the question becomes - if the troll can generate enough force on departure to counteract this rotation (ok that's a lot - <a href="http://www.alcyone.com/max/reference/scifi/ringworld.html" target="_blank">http://www.alcyone.com/max/reference/scifi/ringworld.html</a> ) he'd just HANG there, not falling at all.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Whatever velocity he can generate on takeoff is going to reduce his falling speed.</div><div><br></div><div>But no, siz 37 = about 650kg. The iron plate for that individual would be what, at least another 200kg, call it a total of 800kg. Assuming no substantial start velocity as above, a 2000-lb weight on a WW2 paratrooper's chute means it would be shredded almost instantly and the troll would end up a troll-colored smear in a troll-shaped crater.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Assuming that his density is about 1.1, surface area with everything is (generously) 3sqm, his terminal velocity would be about 70 m/s in air. He's going to hit at nearly 160 mph.</div><div><br></div>
<div>He'd reach this in about 8 seconds - call it 10, with the time for the chute to shred - after which he'd only have fallen only about 325m. From that point on he's not accelerating any more, then it's just falling and screaming.</div>
<div><br></div><div>He has 800,000m to fall.</div><div><br></div><div>He'd fall for about 3 minutes to a spectacular splat.</div><div><br></div><div>At least, that's my guess.<div class="im"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Leon Kirshtein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:leonbk@yahoo.com" target="_blank">leonbk@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><p dir="ltr">I have a question which may seem a *trifle* unusual. But I think that I'm more likely to get an answer from this list than anywhere else.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Could an eleven-foot-tall SIZ 37 great troll in iron platemail, carrying a troll maul, a greatsword, and a backpack, using a standard WWII paratrooper parachute, successfully parachute to a landing if he started from from 500 miles up the Spill Mountains (i. e. the rim) of the Ringworld?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Also, what would be the effects and strain of a 500-mile parachute jump, both on the troll and the parachute? I've never parachuted at all, so I don't know. It seems to me that the seams and straps might break?</p>
<p dir="ltr">And did they use silk or nylon for parachutes back then?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Thanks!</p>
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