In which we learn that Hookfang is a better physicist than Hiccup…

The riders take trust falling to extremes and teach us something about the physics of falling (and landing).

The resident curmudgeon (Mildew) tries again to rid Berk of dragons after they are accused of boot theft, vandalism, and blowing up the armory; in the process, he becomes a much more formidable villain.

Hiccup tries defending the dragons with a DUMB solution.

Gobber tries his hand at being a cobbler (our word of the day).

The writers try their first two-part episode of the series, but forget to tell the title.

Calculations

For Hiccup, coming to a stop on Toothless’ back in 1/15 of a second (or less):

For Snotlout:

Sources

• Human Tolerance of g-force from Wikipedia
• Why astronauts are launched into space on their backs
• Drag and Terminal Speed from the U of Tennessee
• Prof. Kaklios video about Gwen Stacy
• “Not the Fall That Kills You” from TV Tropes
• The Big Bang Theory episode cited is “The Big Bran Hypothesis” (Season 1, Episode 2)
• J. P. Stapp holds the record for highest acceleration voluntarily endured by a human (42.6 g)
• Kenny Bräck holds the record for highest acceleration survived by a human (214 g)

Episode Discussion and Reviews

• O’Murchada Pictures review (for this episode and the next one)
• Reddit discussion thread
• Fandom Wiki Entry