Physics (H) Red Bull Stratos Jump

Name: _______________________________ Period: __ Favorite Bull: _______________________ Felix Baumgartner jumped out of an airplane from really high up in the air.

A lt it u d e (f t ) v s T im e
1 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0

(m in ) o f F e lix 's A s c e n t
Question to ponder: 1) Why did the balloon go up? 2) Why did the balloon stop? 3) Why did Felix's descent acceleration start to change around 25s? 4) Why does his descent velocity become constant at about 45s?

) f ( e d u i t l A

6 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 6 0 8 0 T im e 1 0 0 (m in ) 1 2 0 1 4 0 1 6 0 1 8 0

Math: 1) Compute the average velocity of his ascent. 2) Compute Felix's acceleration at 4 points (Spread out) and plot an a v t graph. 3) Compute Felix's average jerk.

A (mph/s)

t (s)