Term
Equivalent Fall Height
An impact-severity measure used to design terrain-park landings whose shape controls impact (Petrone et al.).
HOW TO DO IT
Equivalent Fall Height in Jump Design
Equivalent fall height is a research measure relating impact severity to the incoming normal motion. A jump-design study can support the concept without validating a particular personal jump.
Preparation and setting
The research context and documented model assumptions.
How to understand / apply it
- Identify what the study measures.
- Separate design geometry from rider execution.
- State which evidence was reviewed.
- Compare concepts only within the same assumptions.
- Avoid deriving personal clearance thresholds from an abstract.
How to learn / practise
Read the concept alongside HT27-07. Use the study as a design reference, not a takeoff-speed recommendation.
Errors and corrections
A steeper landing is not automatically a safe landing. Turning an abstract into detailed design results fabricates evidence.
Observable checks
The page explains the research role and its practical limits accurately.
SOURCE-BACKED DETAIL
Characteristics
- Record type
- research concept
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editorial review notes
Supports a design concept, not a rule that any steeper landing is safer. Abstract only; no design calculations imported.