Correct and thoughtful body orientation is an important part of skydiving because the orientation of the body affects the amount of air resistance experienced by the body. Skin drag is essentially a k...Correct and thoughtful body orientation is an important part of skydiving because the orientation of the body affects the amount of air resistance experienced by the body. Skin drag is essentially a kinetic frictional force caused by the sliding of the fluid along the surface of the object. The drag force depends the density of the fluid (ρ), the maximum cross-sectional area of the object( ), and the drag coefficient ( ), which accounts for the shape of the object.
