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Barry ,
If you do the sums for a person free falling with arms and legs out, the termina
l velocity is indeed around 127mph. Taking m = 100kg; A = .5 sq metre; r = 1.3;
C = 1 for high resistance body, gives V = 55 m/s or 198 km per hour (124 mile pe
r hour).
However, as you will have found when sky diving from 13,500 feet, sticking your
head down, tucking your arms by your side and minimising drag, your terminal vel
ocity will probably have touched 200 mph. Again, for m = 100kg, effective area n
ow reduced so that A =.25; drag reduced so C = .8, we have V = 87 m/s = 312 km p
er hour (195 mile per hour). By coincidence, the same as the aerial dart.