Re: [mickknutson] Assistance with BASE Historical timeline
mickknutson wrote:
I wonder if the depth of the crater can be held as a record ;-)
I once calculated that the kinetic energy of a human body at terminal velocity is enough to lift a 6-pack to 13,500ft.
It's kind of sad that in our energy-concious world this energy is wasted, dissipated in heat. Wouldn't it be neat if this energy could be harvested and used for good purpose? Light a bulb in some poor African village? Make a cup of coffee? Recharge batteries in a vibrator?
KE = m*v^2/2 = 80kg*(50m/s)^2/2 = 100,000 joules, or about 30 watt-hours. In other words, a 30-watt bulb can run for an hour on this energy. Not bad. Boiling 300g of water for coffee requires about 300g*4.2J/g/K*80K = 100KJ - just enough! One AA battery stores about 9,000J - so that's 11 AA batteries, fully charged and ready to satisfy 11 ladies for hours!!!
With so many fatalities, all this harvested energy can make some
real impact, not just a useless crater filled with meaty jello.
We just need to come up with some efficient way of collecting this energy. Perhaps, a solenoid with moveable magnetic core, like in those flashlights that you shake to produce light? Any other ideas?
Just brainstorming here.
I like how they measure his crater hole at the end. 
