piisfish 140 #1 May 11, 2015 In an incredible video http://youtu.be/Czy0pXRRZcs This is real life Top Gun scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nolhtairt 0 #3 May 12, 2015 What? No guns? Phooey... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shveddy 0 #4 May 12, 2015 Someone better start selling these things to the general public. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cpoxon 0 #5 May 12, 2015 QuoteJetmen back at it FIFYSkydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #6 May 12, 2015 shveddy Someone better start selling these things to the general public. where can i put in an order!? “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cpoxon 0 #7 May 12, 2015 shveddy Someone better start selling these things to the general public. To the actual general public? Or the skydiving public? At least all the YouTubers will give up on wanting to "do that flying squirrel thing off mountains" now and want to be Jetman instead Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cpoxon 0 #8 May 12, 2015 I'd love to know more about the technicalities of flying one of these things. The body positions in some of shots aren't smooth and sleek like someone flying a wingsuit; it doesn't look like how I'd imagine flying a wing to be, but seeing is believing.Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BMFin 0 #9 May 12, 2015 Theres some older clips in youtube where Ives Rossy explains more about the wing and how it flies. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
decompresion 2 #10 May 12, 2015 Showed this to someone in the office Co-wroker: "The military has those" Me: "I don't think so. Who's gonna fly it?" Co-worker:"One week of training" Me: "I am posting this"There are no dangerous dives Only dangerous divers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shveddy 0 #11 May 12, 2015 cpoxon ***Someone better start selling these things to the general public. To the actual general public? Or the skydiving public? At least all the YouTubers will give up on wanting to "do that flying squirrel thing off mountains" now and want to be Jetman instead I think realistically it would cost about as much as a luxury car and you'd have to jump it out of a helicopter/skyvan and buy an additional rig with big canopies and spring loaded pilot chutes and it looks like you need a decent amount of ground crew involved, so I don't think people will just be trying this stuff out and it wouldn't be difficult to implement whatever training standards make sense (I imagine a few thousand jumps and a lot of head down in the tunnel would be enough). I'd wager that I'm like two or three percent of the way towards being qualified to do this safely and it's within the realm of possibility that I could save up enough cash. That isn't saying much, but it's a whole lot better than the zero percent chance that I'll ever have the money or be qualified enough to fly a fighter jet, so I'll take what I can get Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3mpire 0 #12 May 12, 2015 Quote What? No guns? Phooey... Too close for guns, switching to hand combat Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bodkin 0 #13 May 12, 2015 3mpire Quote What? No guns? Phooey... Too close for guns, switching to hand combat I'm thinking they could each trail a long streamer of different colors, and they dog-fight to try and snag a piece of the other guy's streamer in their hands. The flyer who lands with the most of the other guy's streamer, wins. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keithbar 1 #14 May 12, 2015 So when is he going to strap a creeper to his chest and land it? i have on occasion been accused of pulling low . My response. Naw I wasn't low I'm just such a big guy I look closer than I really am . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stumpy 284 #15 May 13, 2015 keithbar So when is he going to strap a creeper to his chest and land it? Some version of this could be made to work! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAlRQpC_QxENever try to eat more than you can lift Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nolhtairt 0 #16 May 13, 2015 Stumpy ***So when is he going to strap a creeper to his chest and land it? Some version of this could be made to work! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAlRQpC_QxE Now THAT is pretty damned cool! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wan2doit 6 #17 May 13, 2015 Wonder how long b4 tandems are available. I'd go for one tomorrow. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cpoxon 0 #18 May 13, 2015 Stumpy ***So when is he going to strap a creeper to his chest and land it? Some version of this could be made to work! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAlRQpC_QxE Looks like he's wearing a Sky Skystems Oxygn helmet in some of the shots.Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
