C. Loudon, J. Zhang, Measuring Drag without a Force Transducer: A Terminal Velocity Assay, Functional Ecology, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Apr., 2002), pp. 268-272 ...

I had so much fun creating graphs for the Red Bull Stratos Space Jump calculation, that I figured I should make some more. Can you fall faster than terminal velocity? That is the question. Air ...

What is terminal velocity? Well, when an object is falling in the atmosphere there are two forces that mostly govern the object’s motion. Here is a diagram.