Comment by zahlman
19 days ago
> A 2025 simulation-based study published in the journal Frontiers in Sports and Active Living suggested that every 2 cm of extra fabric in a ski jumpsuit could increase drag by about 4 percent and increase lift by about 5 percent. On a jump, that extra 2 cm of fabric amounts to an extra 5.8 meters, the simulations found.
This sounds... highly implausible.
So, 20cm of extra ski fabric could get them 50% extra lift...?
Yeah, that "every 2cm" is doing some heavy, heavy lifting. Like, Olympic sized lifting with dick fillers. :)
That was my reaction too, the entire story just sounds completely ridiculous. Did it first come up on Fox and Friends?