rubah
05-19-2007, 06:04 AM
Alright. I'm reading this book "The Last Vampire 5: Evil Thirst" and it's about this superhuman chick who is (obviously) a vampire. In it, she is running down the stairs from the 36th floor and apparently makes it that distance and across a road in less than a minute.
Now, judging from my experiences with running down stairs, if this chick was to hit every step, wouldn't gravity be the limiting factor in how fast she could go down?(superhuman speed and strength, remember) When for every step forward you have to wait that 9.8m/s*xm before your foot actually hits the ground (and remember you have to add in the vertical distance the act of moving your legs adds).
I figure she just jumped from landing to landing, if not down the stairwell itself.
Now, judging from my experiences with running down stairs, if this chick was to hit every step, wouldn't gravity be the limiting factor in how fast she could go down?(superhuman speed and strength, remember) When for every step forward you have to wait that 9.8m/s*xm before your foot actually hits the ground (and remember you have to add in the vertical distance the act of moving your legs adds).
I figure she just jumped from landing to landing, if not down the stairwell itself.