# Daredevil Dies in Michigan Air Show
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/daredevil-dies-in-michigan-air-show/215884
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [August 26, 2011, 6:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/daredevil-dies-in-michigan-air-show/215884 "2011-08-26T06:40:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2011, 6:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/daredevil-dies-in-michigan-air-show/215884/1 "2011-08-26T06:40:00Z")
article here: [**LINK**](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2028640/Todd-Green-dies-falling-200ft-Selfridge-Air-Show-Michigan.html)
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colleague of mine had a friend who was in attendence…
interesting how the person says its a fake body in the video.
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### Author:  [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2011, 6:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/daredevil-dies-in-michigan-air-show/215884/2 "2011-08-26T06:47:41Z")
From what I remember reading, Their were 3 accidents involving Airplanes and air shows that same weekend.
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### Author:  [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2011, 8:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/daredevil-dies-in-michigan-air-show/215884/3 "2011-08-26T08:12:06Z")
ugh
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### Author:  [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2011, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/daredevil-dies-in-michigan-air-show/215884/4 "2011-08-26T08:29:09Z")
All I can think about looking at that picture is what must be running through his head.
“FUCK, I MESSED UP BAD THIS TIME.”
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### Author:  [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2011, 8:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/daredevil-dies-in-michigan-air-show/215884/5 "2011-08-26T08:34:46Z")
Well he only had (200\*2/32.2)^.5 seconds to think about it
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### Author:  [@Mike93](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mike93)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2011, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/daredevil-dies-in-michigan-air-show/215884/6 "2011-08-26T08:38:29Z")
> [@newman](#):
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> Well he only had (200\*2/32.2)^.5 seconds to think about it
Really? Looked like nearly 3 seconds in the vid. Is your number when you hit terminal velocity?
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### Author:  [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2011, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/daredevil-dies-in-michigan-air-show/215884/7 "2011-08-26T08:44:08Z")
> [@Mike93](#):
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> Really? Looked like nearly 3 seconds in the vid. Is your number when you hit terminal velocity?
3.5 seconds…
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### Author:  [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2011, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/daredevil-dies-in-michigan-air-show/215884/8 "2011-08-26T08:49:28Z")
yep
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### Author:  [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2011, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/daredevil-dies-in-michigan-air-show/215884/9 "2011-08-26T08:49:40Z")
> [@newman](#):
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> Well he only had (200\*2/32.2)^.5 seconds to think about it
Did you take into account the forward motion he had as well as the down. It wasnt just a straight down fall.
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### Author:  [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2011, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/daredevil-dies-in-michigan-air-show/215884/10 "2011-08-26T08:51:28Z")
Forward motion doesn’t have an effect on downward acceleration unless you’re considering aerodynamics.
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### Author:  [@Mike93](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mike93)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2011, 8:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/daredevil-dies-in-michigan-air-show/215884/11 "2011-08-26T08:53:31Z")
> [@Mike93](#):
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> Really? Looked like nearly 3 seconds in the vid. Is your number when you hit terminal velocity?
Hey dummy…you read the equation wrong. “^.5” wasnt’ an arrow pointing to the above poster that the time was .5 seconds…it was “to the power of .5” in the equation. Did you go to an Art Institute after high school?
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### Author:  [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2011, 9:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/daredevil-dies-in-michigan-air-show/215884/12 "2011-08-26T09:01:27Z")
> [@yeamabu](#):
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> Did you take into account the forward motion he had as well as the down. It wasnt just a straight down fall.
> [@Paulo](#):
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> Forward motion doesn’t have an effect on downward acceleration unless you’re considering aerodynamics.
^ what he said
ALSO
assuming that the biplane was flying at near-stall speed, his Vf- was:
V=(2_32.2_200+50^2)^.5\*(.681(mph)/(ft/s)) =85 mph
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### Author:  [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2011, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/daredevil-dies-in-michigan-air-show/215884/13 "2011-08-26T11:03:05Z")
Sad… should have had a chute on…
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### Author:  [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2011, 11:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/daredevil-dies-in-michigan-air-show/215884/14 "2011-08-26T11:13:45Z")
i’m not enterained by math and i come here to be enterained.
do it better please
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### Author:  [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2011, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/daredevil-dies-in-michigan-air-show/215884/15 "2011-08-26T11:40:06Z")
> [@Willybeen](#):
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> Sad… should have had a chute on…
at 200 feet he would need a to deploy in under 1 second with nearly perfect body position, even then, it’d be rough. The likelihood of premature opening in a scenario like that would be far more dangerous.
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### Author:  [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2011, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/daredevil-dies-in-michigan-air-show/215884/16 "2011-08-26T11:48:51Z")
> [@newman](#):
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> Well he only had (200\*2/32.2)^.5 seconds to think about it
wait…do you multiply or divide first?
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### Author:  [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2011, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/daredevil-dies-in-michigan-air-show/215884/17 "2011-08-26T11:52:49Z")
PEMDAS! lol
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### Author:  [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2011, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/daredevil-dies-in-michigan-air-show/215884/18 "2011-08-26T11:58:46Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#):
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> wait…do you multiply or divide first?
lol. :tup:
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### Author:  [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2011, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/daredevil-dies-in-michigan-air-show/215884/19 "2011-08-26T11:59:45Z")
Epic Math Time :tup:
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### Author:  [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2011, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/daredevil-dies-in-michigan-air-show/215884/20 "2011-08-26T12:11:37Z")
> [@Paulo](#):
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> lol. :tup:
haha I almost answered legit then I was like…
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