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Topic	Canadian rapper plummets to his death while recording from the wing of a plane
OctilIery 10/25/18 8:31:28 PM #29:	Buzz Killjoy posted... I'm curious how he was too low to pull his chute and yet high enough that the plane could recover and land. Seems weird but I know nothing about either thing. IIRC, you have to be moving fast enough for it to expand properly, but it doesn't slow you down instantly so there's a terminal velocity. And with planes if you can recover from any height, you can land safely, it's all on the pilots skill. <cite>OctilIery posted [p:911169463] in Canadian r... [t:77131422]...</cite> <quote><cite>Buzz Killjoy posted...</cite> <quote>I'm curious how he was too low to pull his chute and yet high enough that the plane could recover and land. Seems weird but I know nothing about either thing. </quote> IIRC, you have to be moving fast enough for it to expand properly, but it doesn't slow you down instantly so there's a terminal velocity. And with planes if you can recover from any height, you can land safely, it's all on the pilots skill.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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