If you were drop a Rolls Royce and a Leer Jet from the Empire State Building which would hit the ground first and why?

Gnomon

It is unlikely that either would hit the ground, since the base of the Empire State Building is much wider than the top. They would land on this base. If you were to drop a Rolls and a Lear from open sky at the same height as the Empire State, it is likely that the Rolls would hit the ground slightly before the Lear, because it has less surface area so air resistance will have less effect on it. The jet's wings should slow it down slightly, but this depends very much on which way it is pointing. In the extreme case, the jet would glide to the ground and arrive long after the Rolls. Sep 03 02, 8:38 AM

Cfaison2

The Lear Jet would hit the ground first, as Gnomon mentioned the Empire state building is not possessing of a straight face, rather it has a terraced facade, the Rolls Royce despite its weight of 4,000 pounds would not have same propulsion toward the ground as the 4 ton jet. The aerodynamic design of the jet accompanied by the rear set engines would cause the plane to plummet from its aft section the only thing to slow it down would be the rudders, which would not redirect the plane as they are locked into forward position when not being redirected by an active pilot or auto piloting system [which in free fall turns control over to the pilot and would not try to save the plane of its own accord.] The car would clumsily undergo misdirection by crashing into the building and changing its path thus dispersing its kenetic energy into different vectors. The force applied upward upon subsequent collisions with the building would slow its exponential gravitational decline. Jun 13 07, 12:10 PM

lame_address

If you are going to get that deep into semantics, then neither would likely hit the ground. The top of the building is the tip of the antenna; not enough space to fit both at the same time. If you were suspend them right next to each other closely at the top then both would bounce off the sides of the building at the base of the antenna and likely land on top of one of the surrounding buildings. If you were to drop them both from the height of 1,250 ft in an open field then as said the rolls royce would win. Not because of overall surface area, but because of the design of the wings. No matter what position the plane is in, it would eventually try to right itself as it picks up speed and try to achieve lift just like a paper airplane does when you drop it from a significant height. Feb 10 09, 3:26 PM

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