can ony one tell me this..

[skgarach]

Originally posted by: Amorphus

Originally posted by: mobobuff
I think he meant if the elevator became a free-falling object towards the ground of the building. Not your normal everyday trip from 5th floor to 3rd floor.

If that's happening, you can brace yourself in a corner, with your knees slightly bent and legs tensed, back against the corner with arms finding any support possible, and survive (albeit with broken parts).

Terminal velocity for an elevator in a closed (heck, open) shaft isn't all too high.

If you jumped up right before the crash, what ensues would purely be a result of how you land.

You're absolutely correct on this one. The best way to survive a elevator free fall is to brace yourself against an elevator wall w/ you knees slightly bent. Your knees help absorb some of the shock and you're suppose to grab on to a handrail or something to help decelerate yourself. I remember seeing this on TV on some show on TBS called Extreme Survival or something like that where they showed you how to survive all this crazy crap. They actually had a guy do this in a freefalling elevator and he walked out perfectly fine. Just a few bumps and bruises.

 

[gsellis]

Originally posted by: skgarach
You're absolutely correct on this one. The best way to survive a elevator free fall is to brace yourself against an elevator wall w/ you knees slightly bent. Your knees help absorb some of the shock and you're suppose to grab on to a handrail or something to help decelerate yourself. I remember seeing this on TV on some show on TBS called Extreme Survival or something like that where they showed you how to survive all this crazy crap. They actually had a guy do this in a freefalling elevator and he walked out perfectly fine. Just a few bumps and bruises.

I doubt it. 40 mph is about the same as jumping off of a 4 story building. No human would be walking after that stop at the bottom.

 

[Kibbo]

I can see that. If there were handholds or arm rests, the crumpling of the frame of the elevator would deccelerate you before impact. Kinda like the front of a Volvo.

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: gsellis

Originally posted by: skgarach
You're absolutely correct on this one. The best way to survive a elevator free fall is to brace yourself against an elevator wall w/ you knees slightly bent. Your knees help absorb some of the shock and you're suppose to grab on to a handrail or something to help decelerate yourself. I remember seeing this on TV on some show on TBS called Extreme Survival or something like that where they showed you how to survive all this crazy crap. They actually had a guy do this in a freefalling elevator and he walked out perfectly fine. Just a few bumps and bruises.

I doubt it. 40 mph is about the same as jumping off of a 4 story building. No human would be walking after that stop at the bottom.

doubt all you want. that is how it is done and many people have survived this sort of thing by following those instructions. i also saw it on TV and the guy walked away from it perfectly fine.

 

[tinyabs]

I did an experiement on Quake III engine since it is the best simulator to do this. In the custom map, dm_evelator, I micmic the requirements and tested for many times.

The point is to bang the spacebar just before u reach the ground. My Quake character can survive the jumps without taking damage.

My conclusion is to hit spacebar before just the elevator hit the ground ie u are in the air when the elevator eat dusts.

Aleksandar, does this answer satisfy ur mind?