Wingsuit Insanity

[Aviatrr 0]

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Its way too freakin risky, i dont care HOW slow they think they can get. 60mph? 50? Even 40? Still dead, or so badly dismembered they'll never be able to even think of jumping out of a plane again.

Well, maybe they can get VERTICAL speeds down that low.....but the forward(horizontal) speeds are still 80-120MPH!! The current suits will never be landable.....maybe some future suit will be, but not the current BirdMan suits..
Mike

[TheMarshMan1 0]

Yeah, I know....I was trying to point at jsut that...even if they do ever get them down to 40mph, its still a rediculous risk.

[3fLiEr 0]

I know a guy who has his recorded speed down to 35mph.....& the slowest recorded vertical speed was 18mph.....
bsbd
"In a world where we are slaves to gravity I am pleased to be a freedom fighter"

[indyz 1]

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recorded speed down to 35mph.....& the slowest recorded vertical speed was 18mph.....

Just curious, but was that sustained or did he dive then climb out of it?
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Brian
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[flyingferret 0]

And now breaking news....in the wake of further aerodynamic development, control surfaces have been added to wing suits, allowing them to climb, stall and land. Some argue that this has already been done, it is called a hangglider, but wing suit fanatics beg to differ. "This is totally about skydivers and controlling our bodies...and the wings attached to them of course, but mainly our bodies. Oh Yeah, and beer too," said one wing-suit flyer named Reallyanair Plane.
Just how it seems to me...wing suits are just pushing toward something we already have.
Malachi

[MyUserID 0]

Why do I have a feeling that we'll be reading about this in the Darwin Awards in the near future.