When you skydive, you are at such great heights that you feel disconnected from the world below. The perception of things rushing past you combined with the noise, and physical sensations is the feeling of accelerating fast and traveling at high speed. The faster you go, the quicker the trees and fields pass by. When you are in a road vehicle, and you slam down the accelerated to rapidly gain speed, the world rushes by you. But freefall gives you that sense of weightlessness, and it also doesn’t feel like you are falling fast at all. So you’d think it would feel like you are falling extremely fast. That’s about the same 0-60 speed as a top Nascar. Within a second, you are traveling 10 MPH, and by about 3.1 seconds, you should hit about 60 MPH. When you leave the plane and enter freefall, you fall pretty fast. Does skydiving feel like you are falling fast? You accelerate at the same speed as a Nascar
So why do you feel it in your stomach? The reason you feel this sensation in your stomach is down to the fact your stomach and intestines are a bit more ‘floaty’ than other organs in your body, and they feel sudden movements more. The feeling of a skydiver is not only different, but it’s more exciting and more tranquil at the same time. While a roller coaster lifts you up and then suddenly pulls you down, in freefalling, you are at the mercy of gravity alone, gradually accelerating to your terminal velocity. Unlike a roller coaster passing the peak, there is a less sudden change in direction. When you drop from a skydiving plane, the actual drop is much smoother. While this is similar to the weightlessness of skydiving, it still feels very different. While there is that sense of weightlessness for a brief moment, it’s also combined with the rollercoaster car suddenly pulling you in a different direction. The moment you pass the peak and the roller coaster suddenly drops down, you feel that stomach-dropping sensation. At the same time, gravity is pushing you down against the seat. When you are in a rollercoaster car clicking to the peak of the first significant drop, the seat you are sitting on pushes you up while also carrying you to a greater altitude. But in reality, it doesn’t feel like that at all. If you’ve never skydived before, it’s normal to assume the freefall part of your skydive will feel like your stomach is dropping x100. It’s a fun way to get a quick natural buzz (as long as you don’t vomit). On a rollercoaster or certain carnival rides, you will often be pushed, pulled, and thrown around, trying to give you that stomach-dropping sensation. Does your stomach drop when skydiving? Does your stomach drop? It’s that feeling of no force acting on you that gives the sense of weightlessness. At that moment, you are neither grounded nor are there sensations of being pushed or pulled. But when you hit your terminal velocity (your falling top speed, around 120 MPH), you are no longer accelerating or decelerating. So are we actually weightless when we are in freefall? No, you still weigh what you weigh, and that weight, combined with your surface area and gravity, determines how fast you fall. Just like you are cushioned by the water when gliding on a pool, you feel cushioned by the air as it caresses your body in freefall. It’s a very laid-back and calming feeling. The closest comparison we can think of is floating on a lilo or inflatable bed on a pool. The moment you leave the plane and drop into freefall, you will instantly feel a sense of floating. Surely falling from a plane feels like… well, falling? But in reality, weightlessness is a relatively articulate way of describing it.
If someone tells you that when you jump out of a plane at 12,000 feet and start falling to the earth at 120 MPH, you will feel weightless, you may think they’re joking or a little confused. Do you feel weightless when skydiving? Do you feel weightless when skydiving? We can also look at whether your stomach drops or if you feel a sense of falling. Let’s talk about the feeling you get from freefall and why some describe it as feeling weightless. Weightless is one way some have described it, but what does that mean? How can falling so quickly translate to a weightless feeling? Will you feel weightless for the entire freefall? Comparing it to riding on a rollercoaster and passing its peak isn’t an ideal example, nor is the sensation of a bungee jump. Do skydivers feel weightless when they enter freefall? It’s hard even to begin to imagine how freefall feels unless you’ve experienced it.
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