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[QUOTE="CWatters, post: 5479326, member: 423469"] I see a potential problem to think about. If you model the human as a rigid rod it will only start to fall when it is tilted far enough that the centre of gravity is outside of it's footprint. After that point the rate at which it falls depends on how far outboard the centre of mass is. If the initial offset approaches zero then the time it takes to fall becomes very large or infinite. The time is "sensitive" to the initial conditions. A small change in the initial angle will have a big effect on the time taken to fall. [/QUOTE]
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