Originally Posted by
supramax
Get this through your heads, guys: The speed of a falling body is independent of its weight. This is a scientific fact, a law.
Vt = sqrt((2 * m * g) / (rho * A * Cd))
where
Vt = terminal velocity,
m = mass of the falling object,
g = acceleration due to gravity,
Cd = drag coefficient,
rho = density of the fluid through which the object is falling, and
A = projected area of the object.
Do you see that term "m * g"?
That is called w_e_i_g_h_t.