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Originally Posted by flipper35 View Post
1700' gives you a whole lot more time to think about your family on the way down. 100' you haev about enough time to say "Aaaaaww sh".
You get about 2.5 seconds.

With 1700 feet, you will get more than 10 seconds. How much more, not sure, since you'll reach a variable terminal velocity, depending on orientation. If you tucked in and went head down, I bet you'd be close to 300 feet per second (200-225 mph). (Say 100 meters per second or around 350 kph)
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