Weight and jumping

[rs929]

Does your weight help with CTB success when jumping? I am over weight so I thought I shouldn't worry that much about height (I am thinking of jumping from a 12th floor)

 

[needaplan]

I read a story about a woman who jumped with her baby, the woman died, the baby survived.
Whatever you do, research everything so u can make proper decisions

 

[rs929]

Bump

 

[Barteljaap]

One of physics' famous discoveries was Newton finding that all objects fall at the same rate under gravity. So weight doesn't have an effect.

The only thing that has an effect is air resistance which can slow you down, and you will probably have more of that if you're body is bigger, sorry about that

 

[wait.what]

It isn't that heavier objects (including human bodies) fall faster, it's that their momentum is greater. If you're talking hanging, that means the heavier you are, the more force will be exerted on your head and neck when the rope pulls you up short. It's an important calculation, since the length of a drop that will instantly (and theoretically painlessly) separate one person's brain from their spinal cord, thus bringing a speedy end to both consciousness and life, might cause a lighter person to slowly strangle, and a heavier one to be decapitated entirely.