Maserati motorcycle.

Anyone here ever seen one of these?




https://www.rideapart.com/articles/274030/maserati-tipo-t2-motorcycle/

 

That will not do 185.

 

Rolled out the back of a C-130 .. it will

 

I think I saw one in a museum. Barber, perhaps.

 

Doubtful even then, unless you're talking about momentary forward speed.

Near the surface of the Earth, an object in free fall in a vacuum will accelerate at approximately 9.8 m/s2, independent of its mass. With air resistance acting on an object that has been dropped, the object will eventually reach a terminal velocity, which is around 53 m/s (195 km/h or 122 mph) for a human skydiver.

 

That's for a human skydiver...

 

think I seen a Trek in the bicycle store that's probably faster

 

There you go again.

Bringing science into a beeb argument.

 

It'll be close. Weight doesn't matter, and wind resistance between a motorcycle and a human should be similar.

 

.. How high up would it need to be to reach 185 MPH ?? Asking for a friend

 

100,000 feet should do it.

 

Your phrase “ should do it “ .. doesn’t inspire confidence

 

I don't know, but it's possible I guess if you get up where the air is really thin. Didn't that guy who did the Red Bull Stratosphere jump hit over 200mph? It'll still slow down the closer it gets to the surface.

 

That's odd. I thought it would.

 

http://www.redbullstratos.com/science/speed-of-sound/index.html

 

According to the Guiness World Records, the top speed for a skydiver is over 300 mph.

 

What makes you think the drag coefficients between a motorcycle and a human are similar? While I don't think a free falling motorcycle is exactly aero efficient, I'm also not going to presume that it's anything like a human.

 

Because they're roughly the same size.

 

How many sparrows would it take to accelerate it to 185mph?

 

Laden or unladen? African or European?