Does an free falling object has an frictional effect?

Answer 1

To be very technical and precise, the answer consists of two parts:

1). No.

2). Outside of laboratory conditions, there can be no free-falling objects on Earth.

"Free falling" means that there is no other force on the object except the gravitational one,

so there's no friction acting on it. But this situation is impossible on Earth, because anything

that falls is falling through air, so it does have friction acting on it ... called "air resistance" ...

and it's not free falling.

Answer 2

In a vacuum, where there is no air resistance, a free falling object would not experience any frictional effects. However, in the presence of air resistance, frictional effects can occur and can cause the object to slow down as it falls due to the opposing force exerted by the air.