From J. J. Lodder@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 9 23:36:14 2024
In the olden days there was the 'pedestrian-killing penny' myth.
It said that you might kill a pedestrian down below
by throwing a penny from the top of the Empire State building.
In Boeing's recent mishap with the 737-Max's escape door,
an iPhone was blown out of the plane.
The owner went searching for it on the ground,
and found it beside a pavement, undamaged,
and still open on the email he had been reading.
(Bless Apple's Find My app for it)
So the question:
Could an iPhone dropped from 5000 meter conceivably kill a pedestrian?
Related question: How does an iPhone fall?
Horizontal? Vertical? Fluttering randomly?
Jan
(My guesses: 1) No. And 2) The iPhone will fall stably rotating
about its long axis, like a loose wing of a children's toy plane)
Feel free to disagree.