![]() Given these characteristics, even for slow, tranquil flight I would suggest you sew some security harness onto the thing. The traditional picture that comes to mind when we think about magical carpets allows for VTOL, but for some reason I am thinking it has to pitch to go up. The rider would be in danger way before you attained that speed anyway, so unless you are planning to do a sketch on Jackass, you shouldn't worry about that.īeing stiff (probably due to all the cheicals you put on it to protect your property against ticks, fleas and silverfish, and to keep it impermeable), I surmise it will bank to turn. You'd have to fly so fast that ablation due to air friction becomes an issue. I don't think it has a service ceiling, specially since it is magic that keeps it afloat.Īs for speed, there is only one way to find out. Probably better to relax back to a leisurely flying pace. At this point your gloved hands have a death grip on the rug's tassels to get any kind of hold, and the high winds and cool air at altitude is rapidly freezing them to numbness. But the numbers match what you'd guess from riding a motorcycle, I'd say that between 100-200mph is your hold on limit. These calculations are not likely to be super accurate, since I'm counting your head as a flat wall, and discounting drag and such. For 200 mph we have we have 89m/s -> 4951 N/m^2 -> 152 lbs pressure. For 100 mph we have 44m/s->1210 N/m^2 -> 37 lbs pressure on you. The force of wind is 1/2*(density of air)*(v^2) in N/m^2. Assume a surface area of 0.3m^2 (about 3 square feet). Lets say you lie down flat on the carpet with your head facing forward, and heavy clothes as tight as possible (given medieval technology). If you really had to get somewhere in a hurry and would tough out being a squinting, shivering mass for the duration of your trip, the next limit would be your ability to hold on. All in all, I would suspect that the discomfort caused by going 100 mph would probably be limiting. ![]() Also, it gets really cold at high speeds. If you didn't it would be uncomfortable, you would need some sort of glasses or visor. Motorcyclists on the highway pretty much have to wear eye protection to see. The highest settlements are up at 5000m, but very few people live above 4000m.įrom personal experience, waterskiing in the rain sucks, so going through a cloud at 30 mph would be less than fun. There really aren't many reasons to go over 4000 meters. Everest, there aren't a lot of reasons to need to go that high. 8000 meters is the mountain climber's "Death Zone" so you probably don't want to be up there that high for too long, even if you aren't exerting yourself. At 3500m a low-altitude-lubber might experience altitude sickness with increased chances of an edema as altitude increases. There are two important limits I can think of.įor a human just hanging out on a carpet, the effects of altitude may be noticeable at 3500 meters and perilous at 8000 meters.
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