Originally Posted by Disneyphile (Post 225145)

I notice this has rapidly become the "Kill Bornieo" thread.

Poor Bornieo.



Now, we just need to make sure to take out some life insurance on him. ;)

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket (Post 225158)

We would never try to kill him... again.
:D

Originally Posted by Disneyphile (Post 225149)

We also need to consider the exact point of impact to make sure it fully impales and doesn't just bend or worse, snap off, thus hurting the castle, ruining the joy of millions of people.

Originally Posted by Disneyphile (Post 225167)

Yeah, considering the last plans got all screwed up thanks to someone (not mentioning any names.....coughGeminiCricketcough...) forgetting the rubber banding, thus making us rig the giant slingshot with my bra, only to have it misfire and land somewhere across the Pacific. That was an embarrassing day.

Originally Posted by Alex (Post 225177)

[Several meetings interrupted this post; wouldn't surprise me if math went astray at some point]

Just a warped point of view, but mathematics (or one if its applied offspring) is, for me, frequently what puts the fun in.


So.

The Matterhorn is 147 feet tall or 44.8 meters. The castle at it's tallest is 77 feet. Let's say that the short spire near the Matterhorn is half that or 11.5 meters).

Jumping straight out from the top of the Matterhorn (to maximize lateral velocity) it will take 2.6 seconds to fall those 33.3 meters. To travel 276 feet (84.1 meters) in that time you'd have to jump out with a speed (ignoring wind resistance) of 72 miles per hour.

Originally Posted by Alex (Post 225127)

Boy do we live in an amazing world where that can be precisely determined in less than a minute from thinking of it.

Jumping from the top of the Matterhorn onto the nearest castle spire is 276 horizontal feet.

Originally Posted by Disneyphile (Post 225149)

We also need to consider the exact point of impact to make sure it fully impales and doesn't just bend or worse, snap off, thus hurting the castle, ruining the joy of millions of people.

Originally Posted by CoasterMatt (Post 225194)

Yeah, he could end up bouncing around on people in the hub, like one of those New Year's Eve beach balls. :)

Originally Posted by JWBear (Post 225248)

That could be a new attraction!