Comments by "nexus1g" (@nexus1g) on "Kinematics of Grasshopper Hops - Smarter Every Day 102" video.

  1. The grasshopper is accelerating at 400 meters per second per second (no, that duplication isn't a typo). In essence, if the grasshopper were to keep accelerating at that rate, he would get to the speed 400 meters per second in one second's time. If he were to keep accelerating at that rate for a full two seconds, he would reach 800 meters per second. However, he's only accelerating for a fraction of a second, and therefore only reaches a speed of an equivalent fraction.
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  2. The kid of an engineer right there, placing the fulcrum closer to himself.
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