Sorta OT: Rob Gronkowski (Syracuse connection) sets world record...

[cto]

... 600-foot catch.

Rob Gronkowski added another accolade to his trophy case: World record holder - The Boston Globe

As part of the University of Arizona’s spring football game, Gronkowski caught a football dropped from a helicopter some 600 feet in the air.

www.bostonglobe.com

 

[orange79]

... 600-foot catch.

Rob Gronkowski added another accolade to his trophy case: World record holder - The Boston Globe

As part of the University of Arizona’s spring football game, Gronkowski caught a football dropped from a helicopter some 600 feet in the air.

www.bostonglobe.com

In case you can't see the Globe article

 

[orangemass]

So cool

 

[GoSU96]

Gronk is a total meathead but that is pretty cool

 

[Chip]

I can think of so many reasons why we couldn't do this.

Well, 3 at least.

 

[skurey]

Can someone do the math on how fast it would be moving

 

[TexanMark]

Can someone do the math on how fast it would be moving

If someone could do the math on that...you think he'd be hanging with us here?

 

[Chip]

Can someone do the math on how fast it would be moving

Here's a calculator. Get your metric conversions ready.

The Splat Calculator - A Free Fall Calculator

 

[sutomcat]

Here's a calculator. Get your metric conversions ready.

The Splat Calculator - A Free Fall Calculator

I used 12 ounces for the weight of the ball. College footballs generally weight between 11 and 12 ounces.
For you people that are not drug dealers, or are American, that is .34 kilograms.

604 feet converts to just over 184 meters.

135.335 miles per hour.

The Splat calculator gave these results:

• Speed at impact:60.05 m/s
• or216.19 km/h
• Time until impact: 6.13 s
• Energy at impact: 613.09 joules

For those who are American, I converted the meters/second to MPH.

60.5 meters per second = 135.335 miles per hour

So those balls were coming down really fast. Rob is lucky he didn’t break a finger trying that.

 

[dollarbill44]

I used 12 ounces for the weight of the ball. College footballs generally weight between 11 and 12 ounces.
For you people that are not drug dealers, or are American, that is .34 kilograms.

604 feet converts to just over 184 meters.

135.335 miles per hour.

The Splat calculator gave these results:

• Speed at impact:60.05 m/s
• or216.19 km/h
• Time until impact: 6.13 s
• Energy at impact: 613.09 joules

For those who are American, I converted the meters/second to MPH.

60.5 meters per second = 135.335 miles per hour

So those balls were coming down really fast. Rob is lucky he didn’t break a finger trying that.

What's the terminal velocity of a football? It didn't look like it was much faster than a normal punt.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

What's the terminal velocity of a football?

African or European Football?

 

[721Comstock]

African or European Football?

I don’t know...

AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!....

 

[upperdeck]

I used 12 ounces for the weight of the ball. College footballs generally weight between 11 and 12 ounces.
For you people that are not drug dealers, or are American, that is .34 kilograms.

604 feet converts to just over 184 meters.

135.335 miles per hour.

The Splat calculator gave these results:

• Speed at impact:60.05 m/s
• or216.19 km/h
• Time until impact: 6.13 s
• Energy at impact: 613.09 joules

For those who are American, I converted the meters/second to MPH.

60.5 meters per second = 135.335 miles per hour

So those balls were coming down really fast. Rob is lucky he didn’t break a finger trying that.

From what I read it would be in he 80-90 mph.. its like why a drop of water only goes so fast.. a baseball never gets above a 100 no matter how high you drop it really.

hardest part is with wind it might be curving pretty good coming down

 

[Nāraṅga]

but it was unladen!

 

[SuFTW]

What's the terminal velocity of a football? It didn't look like it was much faster than a normal punt.

I think you’re just use to Syracuse punters.

 

[kcsu]

Gronk is a total meathead but that is pretty cool

Complete tool. Cant stand his act.

 

[EuclidBred]

Complete tool. Cant stand his act.

Yikes - god forbid professional athletes have fun during their career. To me, Gronk is a breath of fresh air. Sure he's goofy but he's living his best life. Athletes are waaaay too concerned with what people think about them these days. Gronk is having fun.

 

[kcsu]

Yikes - god forbid professional athletes have fun during their career. To me, Gronk is a breath of fresh air. Sure he's goofy but he's living his best life. Athletes are waaaay too concerned with what people think about them these days. Gronk is having fun.

Hes a fun tool

 

[Mareiniss]

From what I read it would be in he 80-90 mph.. its like why a drop of water only goes so fast.. a baseball never gets above a 100 no matter how high you drop it really.

hardest part is with wind it might be curving pretty good coming down

From the way he was shading his eyes, it also looked like the sun was in his eyes from where they dropped the ball.

 

[Ernj]

I used 12 ounces for the weight of the ball. College footballs generally weight between 11 and 12 ounces.
For you people that are not drug dealers, or are American, that is .34 kilograms.

604 feet converts to just over 184 meters.

135.335 miles per hour.

The Splat calculator gave these results:

• Speed at impact:60.05 m/s
• or216.19 km/h
• Time until impact: 6.13 s
• Energy at impact: 613.09 joules

For those who are American, I converted the meters/second to MPH.

60.5 meters per second = 135.335 miles per hour

So those balls were coming down really fast. Rob is lucky he didn’t break a finger trying that.

9 ounces for Brady.

 

[SUforme]

Yikes - god forbid professional athletes have fun during their career. To me, Gronk is a breath of fresh air. Sure he's goofy but he's living his best life. Athletes are waaaay too concerned with what people think about them these days. Gronk is having fun.

Good dude.