simple-mente 0 #1 January 21, 2009 Hello! My name is Pedro, i am a design student at Brunel, London U.K. As part of my major i am investigating wingsuit to see the posivility to develop some improvements in them. At the moment i am looking for wingsuit jumpers in the area of london that would not mind to show me their wingsuits and give me some insights about what they find best in them, what is unconfortable or difficult to use and what things would you love to see improved. This is for me to deeply understand the suits, see what is basic and what the pilots would like to add. If any body would like to help out, please let me know here, or to smartsquad_pd@hotmail.com. Even if you are not based in UK, please let me know any opinion you have about wingsuit flying!!! thanks a lot!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mccordia 74 #2 January 21, 2009 Shoot skydivemacca an email/PM...he lives around London an knows his shizzle..JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeemax 0 #3 January 21, 2009 You have mail Phoenix Fly - High performance wingsuits for skydiving and BASE Performance Designs - Simply brilliant canopies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trae 1 #4 January 25, 2009 Hey Pedro, Check the 'FlyBirdman' website, its from the good old days ( a few years ago ). when wingsuiters were still dreamers and there's a design section too ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simple-mente 0 #5 January 25, 2009 i was trying to see that web, is it www.flybirdman.com? because i cant find it, if you could give me the link would be fantastic!x) Thanks for the help too!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KrisFlyZ 0 #6 January 25, 2009 Kevin shut it down. He posted a thread about it on here when he did. His user name on here is kevin922 if you wish to contact him. I don't know exactly what areas of design you want to improve. Can you elaborate? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simple-mente 0 #7 January 27, 2009 I am looking in different options, One of the things i have noticed is the wings, every time that you do not hold the wings open you loose the stremlined profile, maybe one option would be to have somethinglike feathers in birds, something that would always keep an aereodynamic profile. Other thing is that the bigger the wings, the stronger the pain, so if you would have something that reduces the load on the arms without compromising movement or aereodynamics it would allow to increment the span. This are the main points that i am looking to. If there is any thought from anybody please let me know!! What do you mean by "elaborate"? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,027 #8 January 27, 2009 My unsolicited opinion is that insufficient is known about wingsuit aerodynamics for much progress to be made without a lot of empirical testing. On the other hand, wingsuit ergonomics is a whole different matter, and some industrial design expertise might be very useful there.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tr027 0 #9 January 27, 2009 We're not trying to increase span, because we already have those inventions available (hanggliders). QuoteI want to have a hangglider with wingspan equal to the span of my arms. If we want to achieve that , one of the most crucial part is physics, or in particular, Theory of aerodynamics. It is a long journey, it is not easy and every help is appreciated.-Mr. Robert Pecnik"The evil of the world is made possible by nothing but the sanction you give it. " -John Galt from Atlas Shrugged, 1957 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlindBrick 0 #10 January 28, 2009 What I wondered about was if the front panel of a suit was modified to incorporate two ram-air that channled air over the top surface of the leg wing, to take advantage of the Coanda effect, if there'd be a noticeable increase in performance. Always figured that for most people, the extra drag would negate any advantage, but for those of us birds who's guts produce more drag than a Caravan's cargo pod, maybe the inlets would not constitute a whole lot more drag. -Blind"If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simple-mente 0 #11 February 10, 2009 hey Tony, So, even if you could have a bigger wing span, that could be flexible and controlable with the movement of your arms and would not requiere to have any rigid structure, would it be not interesting?? I mean, that offcourse to have a structure attached to your body might not be fun, but have wings that reduce chord and increase wingspan (which would inprove aereodynamics) and that still allows the free movement of the current wing suit would be different issue, no? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
