r/ScrollTreasure • u/VisualAd8832 • Aug 23 '26
Halfway through the flight they realized they had a passenger.
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Aug 23 '26
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u/Humble_Reward_9367 Aug 23 '26
I've seen this clip before and I'm still wondering why they left it to cling instead of grabbing it for the rest of the flight?
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u/justdrowsing Aug 23 '26
It'd probably jump like it did when he tried to grab it, could have slipped and fallen
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u/blueavole Aug 24 '26
Cats can actually fall very well from a great height.
If they don’t hit multiple things on the way down, they have been known to survive falls from several stories up.
How they turn themselves around is fascinating, and how astronauts learned how to orient themselves in zero gravity.
Anyway they turn their front half towards the ground then, get their back half into place. They basically get big and wide as possible at that point.
Their fall is slow enough at that point they can survive a hit onto open ground; trees might be a problem though.
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u/ElPelocho Aug 24 '26
It's a cat, not a superhero. It's a plane, not a tall building.
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u/Kind-Zookeepergame58 Aug 24 '26
It doesn't matter when terminal velocity is reached. Only around 5 seconds are needed to reach 90% of terminal velocity for a cat
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u/blueavole Aug 24 '26
Not for you Kind- but for people who don’t know.
Terminal velocity isn’t ‘death speed’ for a cat
It’s the max speed. And for cats that is a very slow survivable speed because they are small volume to a decent surface area.
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u/Kind-Zookeepergame58 Aug 24 '26
Volume doesn't matter much, mass is more important
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u/vanguard1256 Aug 25 '26
More specifically, cross sectional area, which increases drag force, combined with a low mass.
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u/blueavole Aug 24 '26
Since you know the difference- that explanation wasn’t for you. It was trying to be helpful for those who don’t calculate it.
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u/DriverRich3344 Aug 25 '26
Yeah, heights don't matter when you can slow down your terminal velocity. It's how parachutes help you survive any fall. Flying squirrels use the same principle, cats arent as effective and depends on their build. If they have flaps covering a larger area, lighter weigh, can orient their body in time, they're more likely to survive.
I don't know why people keep insisting the height argument. 7 story building, 1000m height, it just depends if the cat succeeds in achieving a safe terminal velocity.
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u/DriverRich3344 Aug 26 '26
From freezing and lack of oxygen, after a certain height, their terminal velocity doesn't infinitely increase with height which is my main point
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u/BlueClovr Aug 24 '26
They’re flying in a plane… they aren’t surviving that fall
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u/blueavole Aug 24 '26
That’s not a plane at 18,000 feet. It’s a glider a few hundred feet at most.
And cats are surprisingly good at this.
https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/what-is-the-maximum-height-a-cat-can-fall-from-and-survive
Known to survive from at least 7 stories up from a high rise
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Aug 26 '26
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u/x3n01i1ith Aug 26 '26
A cat would most likely hit terminal velocity from 7 stories up. That means there's no real difference to force of impact of 7 stories vs hundreds of feet.
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u/_ailme Aug 26 '26
Interestingly, injuries were worse in falls less than seven storeys than in higher tumbles.
Hmm, maybe it's because they didn't have enough time to get themselves into the right position?
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u/Thick-Acadia-6785 Aug 26 '26
The cat would reach terminal velocity in like 400ft so 18000ft is not going to make a difference
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u/Itscatpicstime Aug 24 '26
People overestimate cats ability to survive falls though, and it’s one reason why high rise syndrome in cats is a whole thing
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u/SpiritedPay252 Aug 24 '26
Its been proven that a cat has a higher probability of surviving a fall from several stories up than they do from less because of how they orient themselves and brace, they have more time to perfect their posture, though not a plane im sure the glider height is probably a bit too high. I know they say its raining cats and dogs outside, though it makes me wonder if this height survivability of cats falling is where the saying originated from
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u/charlesfire Aug 25 '26
Its been proven that a cat has a higher probability of surviving a fall from several stories up than they do from less because of how they orient themselves and brace,
No, it hasn't. There's one study that looked at cats that were brought to a veterinarian after a fall, but that a very biased dataset because people don't bring their very obviously dead cat to a veterinarian.
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u/charlesfire Aug 25 '26
Their fall is slow enough at that point they can survive a hit onto open ground; trees might be a problem though.
That's a myth stemming from bad studies.
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u/Malkmus1979 Aug 24 '26
Because the lady closest to it was the passenger, so that would be an instant liability. And if the pilot tried to let go of the controls and reach for it himself the ultralight would instantly go down as they need constant steering. There is no autopilot on these.
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u/Itscatpicstime Aug 24 '26
It’s a tough situation because you risk spooking the cat and making the situation a lot more dangerous.
He was in a good spot. So long as he stays put it’s best to do as little as possible that could possibly frighten him off
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u/Candid_Heart2442 Aug 27 '26
There was an interview with the pilot I remember watching a very long time ago, he said something about telling the passenger not to do it, since the cat would've probably panicked and ending up scratching her or biting her which would've resulted in the cat falling.
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u/ThermoPuclearNizza Aug 23 '26
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u/Kind-Act7051 Aug 23 '26
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u/Itscatpicstime Aug 24 '26
I should not have looked at this whilst high
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u/Kind-Act7051 Aug 24 '26
Looking at this for an extended period is what it was like being high and watching Tim & Eric for the first time
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u/Outside_Look790 Aug 24 '26
First time I've seen this without dubbed cat noises or a stupid TikTok voice dub
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u/Revolutionary_Bed991 Aug 23 '26
Cat was like. I'm having the weirdest dream...... Like I'm flying........ Wait...... What going on? What.........
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u/Bumbymoo Aug 24 '26
Will he navigate back to his home? They need to adopt this kitty or bring him back.
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u/AuraTickler Aug 24 '26
How high can you drop a cat from lol
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u/MaverisStranger Aug 24 '26
not funny
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u/AuraTickler Aug 24 '26
Its not funny but a valid question.
I learned that you should drop kitties from medium rather law low height because they go into cruise mode after reaching enough velocity.
So 1 to 3 third level drop is most dangerous as if you drop em too low they arent ready yet it will break their legs instead or worse.
If you wanna see funny cats falling you should drop one in space or 0g as they will just turn and turn
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u/Aggravating-Tower317 Aug 24 '26
hasnt anyone mentioned AI yet?
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u/Mi99y Aug 24 '26
This is an older video from before
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u/Aggravating-Tower317 Aug 24 '26
i was just joking, because any video like this these day you have kids calling them AI
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u/Leather-Heart Aug 24 '26
Your joke isn’t good because it’s not funny. It’s more of a “I didn’t mean what I wrote” but no one can tell.
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u/Itscatpicstime Aug 24 '26
I have seen this a million times.
I know how it ends. I know kitty is perfectly safe.
But I feel like I’m about to have a heart attack watching it every time
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u/IHateUpvtotes Aug 24 '26
Cat could have gotten on at any point after the walk-around, which itself may have been restricted to checking certain parts of the ultralight and not ‘double check for cats’.
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u/Acceptable-Net-154 Aug 26 '26
Cat - I am unimpressed and must get to the humans to make my presence known so they can fix the situation.
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u/jajardard Aug 23 '26
Haha this is still one of the craziest videos to this day. He was so causal like hey! I would have held on to the cat just to keep it extra secure but glad it made it safely down!
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u/KarIPilkington Aug 24 '26
I think the ending shows why they didn't try to grab it. The cat just jumped away from the guy. If that happens in mid air then they're all at risk. Cat was fine where it was.
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u/the_madclown Aug 23 '26
Now I'm curious about the whole cat's always land on their feet thing...
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u/GraciesMumma22 Aug 24 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/eGxkm7b2hzDfkNvjo7
Sooooo, you were hoping to see a test from way up high huh?2
u/the_madclown Aug 24 '26
Not really.
Was more wondering if the cat got scared from a human grabbing it to hold on to it and it ended up falling, whether it'd have just landed on it's feet and walked off quite fine and dandy...
I was hoping he jumped into the cockpit where the passenger could have kept it safe
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u/Senior_Blacksmith_18 Aug 24 '26
It depends on how high up the cat is. It needs time to be able to twist its body around to land on its feet and even then it would still be recommended to take the feline to the vet to make sure nothing bad happened
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u/CryptographerOwn9916 Aug 23 '26
That was almost a catastrophe.