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The participants must lift a weight through a controlled vertical distance. Points are given for time and weight. A stop or holding is a disqualification of attempt. The position of the weight would have to be electronically monitored.
This would also work for rocketry. The emphasis on burn would
change from momentum gain to the interaction of rocket burn to the surrounding space.
Don't jump, rocket. Float, rocket, float.
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//A stop or holding is a disqualification// That's
harsh. With poor measurement, apparent stops
would be frequent. With good measurement,
tremors would occasionally cancel the net
movement and cause apparent stops. |
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I predict problems with the "and" in "clean and jerk". |
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//A stop or holding is a disqualification of attempt.
The position of the weight would have to be
electronically monitored.// |
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But you can't measure both the speed and position
simultaneously. |
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Yes you can, but only one value will be
correct- and you can't determine which. |
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I'd like to see a competition for the long jump. At
present, the jumps seem to last only about 0.3-0.6
seconds. |
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^ yes... though given g as a constant one could simply measure the area underneath the jump from the contestants highest or lowest point or cg. |
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Hmm. Clearance height or jump length aren't
necessarily direct measures of airborne time (as you
allude to), so perhaps there's a sport to be had here. |
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I seem to recall that Greek long-jumpers would hold
weights which they swung to extend their jumps.
Perhaps a similar technique could be used to
increase time in the air, by swinging oneself around
the weights during the jump. |
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// I'd like to see a competition for the long jump. // |
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Technically, the length of one's jump is directly
related to the height from which one chooses to jump. The
highest prizes are therefore awarded posthumously. |
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I would like to think the accuracy in measurement would easily discern a human athletes ability of slow motor control under strain. Tremor variation would be a tiny scale. Anyway, more weight can be always be used to balance time points. |
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Maybe, only all forward motion time is valid. The other time components are subtracted from the total. Although I can see this becoming a weight marathon |
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Another way to go is a static hold for as long possible for your chosen weight. The outstretch arms kind of deal. |
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Aside: So an Albatross has the longest jump. |
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//an Albatross has the longest jump// |
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I've heard that migrating coconuts do pretty well. |
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I really like the rocketry idea. A rocket that rises a meter a
minute would be fun to gradually watch. Nowadays they
might be able to 3d print the hobby rocket engines that
could do this. |
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You'd need sintered ceramic nozzles - beyond the capability of current technology. |
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The ToF would be very short, only a few seconds, and liquid fuel. |
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If I orbit and destroy the body I'm orbiting my long jump is temporally infinite! |
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Your life, however, is not ... |
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