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sandworm101
1532 days ago
No. Terminal velocity is one-g, the same as sitting in a chair. A skydiver at terminal velocity feels exactly as much force/acceleration from the wind as they would feel force from lying down on the ground.
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gricardo99
1532 days ago
That's right, the forces cancel each other out, so that's "zero-g".
If you're accelerating, you're experience some "g" force, not "zero-g".
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chrischen
1532 days ago
I’m sitting on the toilet right now, and the forces are canceling each other out so that I’m not sitting in the toilet. Is this 0g?
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sandworm101
1532 days ago
Except acceleration due to gravity. Freefall is acceleration without feeling any apparent force.
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If you're accelerating, you're experience some "g" force, not "zero-g".