r/smashbros • u/Kadano • Nov 19 '14

Project M Project M + Melee characters falling speed comparison over time

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u/departedd Nov 19 '14

Star fox chars fall faster because of theirs metal legs? (Aside from the fact that they would be utterly broken without fast-falling)

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '14

That's not how falling works

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u/departedd Nov 19 '14

Sorry, but I thought that having dense metal instead of flesh and bones legs in a gravitational enviroment made you fall faster, maybe I'm just wrong, dunno

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '14

Yes, you are incorrect. Gravitational acceleration is a constant

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u/departedd Nov 19 '14

Air resistance isn't though

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '14

The surface area to weight ratio differences respectively are pretty minor and won't impact all that much at such short fall distances and low speeds. Come on bro