I’m planning on skydiving next week and I’m real excited, and got even more excited when I read that skydiving doesn’t trigger that unpleasant “stomach drop” sensation because the plane is moving close to the same speed as the speed you fall as you approach terminal velocity. I like riding roller coasters but the stomach drop is always the worst part of it for me. Strangely enough I was just playing through Sekiro and was dismayed to experience the stomach dropping effect as I had to leap from a huge cliff into the abyss in a sequence in the game. I guess I’m confused. Obviously I wasn’t really falling, so it was purely psychological in nature. Will I feel the stomach drop after all as I plummet to Earth when I jump out of the plane?
So Is the stomach drop sensation subjective and actually has nothing to do with the physics of actually falling? I’m still going to do the dive! Feel the fear and do it anyways!
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You don’t get the stomach drop jumping out of a plane because you’re not falling straight down. The plane is flying slow and level , your acceleration is gradual for about 15 seconds
I’m scared of heights but skydiving didn’t really bother me in that way because it was SO high.
I’ve done over a hundred jumps and never got rid of the butterflies when getting out the plane (or letting go ….. depending on the type of plane)
It’s nothing like video games , it’s way more real.
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