Crazy flyer, crazy pilot?

[tommylemo 0]

what do you thinks about with video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnACScZA66g

[kallend 2,028]

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what do you thinks about with video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnACScZA66g

I think the music sucks.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[sebcat 0]

Awesome jump though

[piisfish 140]

finally it is public

scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM

[ZigZagMarquis 9]

Shitty music.

Good video. The second camera flier's point of view is much more interesting. Lets one see better what's going on.

I'm guessing this didn't happen in the USA? I'd assume if it did and the FAA saw this video, they'd have a cow maybe?

[Icon134 0]

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I'm guessing this didn't happen in the USA? I'd assume if it did and the FAA saw this video, they'd have a cow maybe?

You mean like they didn't do when Greg Gasson (I think) actually climbed back in a Porter after exiting on the Discovery Channel show Stunt Junkies a few years ago...

cause... I would guess that happened somewhere in the US...

Honestly though it isn't a problem as long as they're within the flight envlope of the aircraft...

Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife...

[piisfish 140]

it was filmed IIRC 2-3 years ago... and was not made very public for liability issues...
maybe it's not a problem to make it viral now

scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM

[ZigZagMarquis 9]

I didn't say it wasn't within the flight envelope of the aircraft.

And there's probably a diference when it comes to a stunt being done for a movie or T.V. show.

[Nutz 0]

Bad ass!

"Don't! Get! Eliminated!"

[Airviking 0]

Nice!!! Makes hed-down almost make sense.

I believe you have my stapler.

[skyrider 0]

You have the makings of a 100,000 dollar stunt, Now sell it to a producer...just dangerous enough to make it insane!

[pchapman 279]

Ok, the thread title doesn't describe what happened, but this was a head down freefly dock with a Porter's wingtip in a vertical dive. With the jumper breaking off to make a quick dock with the cameraman before they break off.

Quite a bit earlier (1990s?), there were docks, airplane transfers etc with planes using drogues. And the wingsuit plane transfer by DeGayardon I believe it was. And the dock on a Salto aerobatic glider (by Loic?), but it was also using a drogue bigger than its usual landing drogue.

I'm not familiar with the latest stunts, so:

Is this the first non-drogue dock with an aircraft in a vertical descent, or were others done too?

Even with the prop range available on the Porter, the jumpers were really cooking to keep up.

Was everything within the authorized parameters for the aircraft? I'm not talking about generic 'no aerobatics' statements, but specific things like prop operating parameters (pitch vs airspeed), and aircraft Vne? For example, for at least some Porters, Vne is 151 KEAS or about 174 mph.

Great achievement in any case.

[petejones45 0]

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I'm guessing this didn't happen in the USA? I'd assume if it did and the FAA saw this video, they'd have a cow maybe?

You mean like they didn't do when Greg Gasson (I think) actually climbed back in a Porter after exiting on the Discovery Channel show Stunt Junkies a few years ago...

cause... I would guess that happened somewhere in the US...

Honestly though it isn't a problem as long as they're within the flight envlope of the aircraft...

Grag gasson wasn't the first person to do that, there were other videos out on different tv shows of a jumper doing that, one had no parachute if i do recall right

Look out for the freefly team, Smelly Peppers. Once we get a couple years more experience we will be a force to be reckoned with in the near future! BLUES!

[davelepka 4]

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what do you thinks about with video

One of the bets videos online. I remember when this first came out, it was online for a day before it disappeared, I'm glad to see it back up again.

I don't think this was in the US based on the Porter, and the fact that the title is in French.

Also, this is not a vertical dive, there's a horizontal compotent to what they're doing. You can see it in the body position of the flyer closest to the plane, both in his shadow on the wing and in the second camera view.

Huge respect for the outside camera flyer. The move where he backs up, out of the action, to frame up the entire plane shows a real awareness of the camera. What he was looking at up close was epic, and flying that close to the plane had to be cool as shit, but he thought with his camera and not his ego, and backed off to really show full width of the aircraft and it's relation to the jumper.

Top notch flying from all involved. If this plane and pilot were a regular fixture at my home DZ, I might never make another jump without the plane/pilot as part of the plan.

[piisfish 140]

Dave, I am not involved AT ALL in this video, but I would like to thank you for the comment you just wrote.

scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM

[jakee 1,500]

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Also, this is not a vertical dive, there's a horizontal compotent to what they're doing. You can see it in the body position of the flyer closest to the plane, both in his shadow on the wing and in the second camera view.

Huge respect for the outside camera flyer. The move where he backs up, out of the action, to frame up the entire plane shows a real awareness of the camera. What he was looking at up close was epic, and flying that close to the plane had to be cool as shit, but he thought with his camera and not his ego, and backed off to really show full width of the aircraft and it's relation to the jumper.

True dat. And the wider view really helped show off the degree to which the inside flyer was tracing to stay with the Porter near the end. Cool stuff!

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[craigbey 0]

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I'm guessing this didn't happen in the USA? I'd assume if it did and the FAA saw this video, they'd have a cow maybe?

Well, no one had a cow about this...
http://manifestmaster.com/video/chasers.wmv

It's sloppy and nowhere near the quality of the OP's link, but it WAS in the USA.

Is it my imagination, or did one of the jumpers get a little close to the prop?

[Psychonaut 0]

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Is it my imagination, or did one of the jumpers get a little close to the prop?

I wouldn't make ANY statements due to the quality of the footage. So go with imagination.

Stay high pull low

[craigbey 0]

Are you in here somewhere?
http://www.manifestmaster.com/video/

I'm using my imagination -- and the search options -- and the name 'eightate8at8' keeps popping up. Do you know this guy?

[Psychonaut 0]

I know the dropzone, and a few names. What gives? My comment had no bias. I didn't even realize it until the end of the video with the names and dz ad.

Stay high pull low

[jf951 1]

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Ok, the thread title doesn't describe what happened, but this was a head down freefly dock with a Porter's wingtip in a vertical dive. With the jumper breaking off to make a quick dock with the cameraman before they break off.

Quite a bit earlier (1990s?), there were docks, airplane transfers etc with planes using drogues. And the wingsuit plane transfer by DeGayardon I believe it was. And the dock on a Salto aerobatic glider (by Loic?), but it was also using a drogue bigger than its usual landing drogue.

I'm not familiar with the latest stunts, so:

Is this the first non-drogue dock with an aircraft in a vertical descent, or were others done too?

Even with the prop range available on the Porter, the jumpers were really cooking to keep up.

Was everything within the authorized parameters for the aircraft? I'm not talking about generic 'no aerobatics' statements, but specific things like prop operating parameters (pitch vs airspeed), and aircraft Vne? For example, for at least some Porters, Vne is 151 KEAS or about 174 mph.

Great achievement in any case.

few questions:

1: were they completely vertical or in some sort of atmonauti track?

2:for us non-aronautical folk out there, in lamens terms what orientation is the prop at to slow the plane down so much?

i saw it once before with out a drogue in this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61VjmKYcXf0

at about 6:30 they fly with porter i believe it is.


lastly

THAT IS BAD ASS AS FCUK!!!!

Jump more, Bitch less.

[marcoT 1]

Ciao jf951 , thank you to post the Atmonauti video with the fly with the porter of year 1999 !

To answer your question , yes the way to fly with the plane very fast horizontally is use 100% the tecnique Atmonauti .

I read in the post someone talk about Trace/Tracing .... well, I can tell them for sure than in 1999 when we was fly Amonauti with the airplane (with doc too) , even the word "Trace" was not existing !!! ... Is another evident attempt of use the Technique Atmonauti with other names , trying someone do not reconnue Atmonauti and put on it his definition ! Any way history is too clear in the matter ....

Regarding the second question , the propeller was in "beta" ... the parameters of speeds components of the fly, was around 150 km/h of vertical speed , and around 200 km/h of horizontal speed (indicatively)

.... The more amazing thing of this flyghts , was the noise of the plane engine during all the flight .... A body free real fly experience with the airplane thanks the technique Atmonauti .