Talk:Professor Splash

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All the reference links are dead. 85.247.213.108 (talk) 00:36, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

40 times the force of gravity?

The article said "On the show it was explained that he hits the water below from 10 meters into 12 inches of water with a force 40 time greater than gravity" (e.g. this version of 2 February 2011). I added a citation needed tag then had a change of heart and removed the original text because I could not see how it could be true. I'm not a physicist but to me this implies that he is experiencing -40g, or deceleration of 392m/s^2 upon impact - equivalent to decelerating from 877mph to 0mph in one second. It's pretty hard to see how that would not be fatal, nor how he could achieve that much speed in 10 metres without assistance from the world of science fiction. SynEx (talk) 18:07, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

When (freely) falling from the height h with acceleration of g, the mass m converts its potential energy mgh into kinetic energy mv²/2, so its final velocity is v=√(2gh). By the same maths, when stopping with deceleration a at the depth of d, it looses its velocity v=√(2ad). This implies ad=gh, so a=gh/d.
For h=10m and d=12in≅30cm=0.3m we have a≈33g, and for his record [1] h=12m it is actually a=40g. --CiaPan (talk) 15:58, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

America's Got Talent Navbox

@Professorsplash: what makes you think that the America's Got Talent navigation box is not relevant on an article about a person who is a former contestant on that show? The box lists all notable (meaning they have an article here) contestants, and provides an easy way to navigate between the various seasons of the show, its winners, and other contestants who have achieved notability. It is very relevant as it allows interested parties to learn more about former contestants, including what they have done since leaving the show. Why do you feel it is irrelevant and wish to remove it from this article? ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 18:45, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

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