Name: Kayaking Over a Waterfall | Science of Stupid: Ridiculous Fails
Uploaded: 2020-10-23T19:50:15.000Z
Duration: 4 min 1 s
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the scientifically challenged and concentrate

He wants to kayak over this, Palouse Falls in Washington.

Thousands of cubic feet of water pass over this fall

every second and drop 186 feet to the pool below.

To consider kayaking over this, he must either

holder of one of the most dangerous stunts

Needless to say, even if you do have a 186-foot water feature,

Falling off a waterfall is the easy part.

But as gravity initially accelerates you down

Our kayaker must go over the falls at the correct speed

to give gravity just enough time to generate

the angular velocity needed to rotate the kayak 90 degrees.

It's also worth noting that a kayak's stability is

which is in the middle of a submerged volume.

Science-taught, let's see if our team of want-to-be record

He's practicing the science with a man-made kind of waterfall,

The thin layer of water acting as a lubricant

combined with the steep angle allows gravity to do its thing.

On to angular velocity, or in this case, the lack of it.

Launching too fast meant he gained very little angular

velocity, hitting H2O at a terrible angle,

Which is bad, as it brought him to an almost immediate and very

It's an upside down check, but technically he still got

is directly below his center of buoyancy,

as his head is the thing he uses to breathe.

Cheering without acknowledging the person

Even if our want-to-be record breakers do get to grips

with angular velocity, hydrodynamic drag,

and stability, like Tyler did, 186 feet is just too dangerous.

Maybe it's better to kayak somewhere safer, like a puddle.

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Kayaking Over a Waterfall | Science of Stupid: Ridiculous Fails

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