Calculating Air Pressure for 10-Meter Liftoff with Air Pump

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The discussion focuses on calculating the air pressure required for a conventional air pump to lift a total weight of 120 kg (including equipment) to a height of 10 meters within 10 seconds. The user seeks to determine the necessary air pressure in bars and the volume of air in cubic meters needed from the pump, utilizing two nozzles with a diameter of 100 mm each. The calculations presented suggest that approximately 120 Bar of pressure is required, and the air volume needed is estimated at 928 cubic meters.

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Hi guys,
i need your help, in finding the right equation.

1.) I want to lift up a person including equipment 10m of the soild ground in 10 seconds.
2.) The persons weight (including equipment) is 120Kg
3.) The propoulsion will be press'd air (NOT hot turbine air), just by a conventional air pump.
4.) The presure output, will be 2 nossles, wit a diameter of 100mm each.

Now the question is:
A.) How many Bar air pressure of the air pump is required?
B.) How many cubic meter of air will be the output of the air pump
 

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now my thought have been:

120Kg * 10m = 1200Kgm
= 120kg/1.293(1kg of air) = 92.80m3/s
= 92.80m3/s * 10m (high) = 928m3

1.) airpump air volume needed = 928m3?
2.) 120kg = (kg=L=Bar) = 120 Bar??
 

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