How do motor cross riders know how fast to hit a ramp/jump to land safely on the downramp?

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Like, how do they figure out how to not overshoot or case it? Was just watching a guy hit a heap of jumps in an arena and he got every single landing perfect.

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The trajectory of freely falling body is well known. It follows a parabola of which parameters like maximum height, range, and angle of landing can be calculated. Air drag has to be taken into account I guess. I’m sure there’s lots of “practical wisdom” related to these and some rules of thumb for estimation.

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