jump speed

The airspeed at which paratroops can jump with comparative safety from an aircraft.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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Flop jump procedures FLOP--speed FLOP--force Approximate speed on jump Jump speed 7,0-8,0 m/s 7,7-8,4 m/s Approximate jump length 8-9 10-12 steps steps Raising up the knees, Running position on jump with pronounced in running (sprint knees less lift, beating runs position), particularly the from a lower height and leg last steps, beating runs a grazing (Bondoc-Ionescu, foot higher position.

Testing kinematic and ergometer parameters for performing the phase contact--beat--impulse to the high jump

Table 1 Summary of escape response parameters for adult females and males of Acartia tonsa exposed to photic stimuli Parameter Females Latency (ms) 68.2 (1.8; 29-159) Initial turn (deg) 41.3 (3.3; 5-103) Jump speed (mm [s.sup.-1]) 256 (10; 125-476) Maximum speed (mm [s.sup.-1]) 446 (15; 235-827) Max.

High-speed video analysis of the escape responses of the Copepod Acartia tonsa to Shadows