Years ago I heard some random guy talking about how he wanted to skydive with a paintball gun and shoot at the ground as he was in free fall and my first thought was, "I bet he could end up getting hit by his own paintballs."
I did that math that evening, and yeah. Absolutely. While paintballs get shot out of a marker at ~190 mph (plus 120 mph terminal velocity for a person), their terminal velocity is closer to 50 mph. So the paintball will rapidly decelerate, and you keep chugging along at over twice its speed.
I did that math that evening, and yeah. Absolutely. While paintballs get shot out of a marker at ~190 mph (plus 120 mph terminal velocity for a person), their terminal velocity is closer to 50 mph. So the paintball will rapidly decelerate, and you keep chugging along at over twice its speed.