Re: skydiving?

[Norman Lohstreter <petel@TENET.EDU>]

That experiment was done at Project PHYSLab in 1995.
Lowell, are you still on the list?
Dave Vernier helped enormously and should be able to give you some
details.

pete

kyle forinash wrote:
> Hi;
>
> A few years ago I saw a talk where the speakers had gone bungi
> jumping off a bridge with a CBL and 3 accelerometers strapped to
> their backs. Made for an interesting talk and some great graphs. I
> think I saw it published somewhere but can't find it in TPT or AJP.
> Does anyone happen to have a reference to this article or know who
> did it?
>
> I've got a student who is an avid skydiver and wants to basically
> make the same measurements while skydiving. I was hoping to get some
> good advice from the bungi article.
>
> (Respond off line please.)
>
> kyle
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