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Old 12-20-2016, 01:05 AM   #494
gtown
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For what it's worth:

I see about 120 mph for a skydiver's terminal velocity (in the standard flat position with arms/legs out, compared to a Point Break style chase at about 300mph).

This article measuring spiders came up with a max of about 1.7 mph (78 cm/s)

Ballooning: Data from Spiders in Freefall Indicate the Importance of Posture
http://www.americanarachnology.org/J...A_v20_p107.pdf
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