Terminal Velocity
In the Round Earth model, terminal velocity happens when the acceleration due to gravity is equal to the acceleration due to drag. In the Flat Earth model, however, there are no balanced forces: terminal velocity happens when the upward acceleration of the person is equal to the upward acceleration of the Earth.
Q: If gravity does not exist, how does terminal velocity work?
A: When the acceleration of the person is equal to the acceleration of the Earth, the person has reached terminal velocity.
Why is terminal velocity even a thing in the UA model of FE? It is a concept applicable to free falling bodies, which according to UA don’t exist. Things don’t fall…the earth rises up to meet them.
But it is a demonstrable fact that if a person jumps out of a plane the distance between the person and ground decreases at an increasing rate until at some point (depending or air density, humidity, weight…etc.), the distance begins decreasing at a constant rate.
What causes that if the earth is rising at a constant rate and there is no air resistance (because the person is not actually “falling” but is suspended motionless) to affect the rate at which the distance between the earth and person decreases? Not to mention the fact that when a skydiver opens a chute, the rate decreases…what would cause the decrease? Again, it can’t be drag…because there is no drag on something that is not falling.
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One of the primary proofs for the Universal Accelerator is the fact that bodies fall without inertial resistance.
But in a non-vacuum environment bodies do fall with air resistance which wouldn’t be the case unless the body is
actually moving through the air and not just suspended motionless until the ground reaches it.
If you release a feather and a bowling ball at the same height and both are suspended motionless until the earth meets it…why does the earth reach the bowling ball first?