Cheap flying!
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Cheap flying!
Friends sent me this over the weekend, Thought you guys might enjoy.
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_...p;fullscreen=1
Chris
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_...p;fullscreen=1
Chris
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From: In the boot of my car!
Chris
That is an amazing bit of film. Those guys must have one heck of a lot of guts? Flying in the true sense and a lot more than I would ever have the guts to do
How they control their descent rate to pass so close with such accuracy???
Amazing.
Not sure about the title "cheap Flying" very expensive if you get it wrong!
Pace
Thanks for posting it! a must see.
That is an amazing bit of film. Those guys must have one heck of a lot of guts? Flying in the true sense and a lot more than I would ever have the guts to do
How they control their descent rate to pass so close with such accuracy???
Amazing.
Not sure about the title "cheap Flying" very expensive if you get it wrong!
Pace
Thanks for posting it! a must see.
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Awesome.
I doff my cap in the face of hero's with Cajones the size of medicine balls....
Enticing to think of this as "flying", but I can't persuade myself that this isn't merely "controlled falling".....
I doff my cap in the face of hero's with Cajones the size of medicine balls....
Enticing to think of this as "flying", but I can't persuade myself that this isn't merely "controlled falling".....
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From: Worcester
Hi Guys,
The "Cheap Flying" title was a bit tongue in cheek. The laundry bill for clean underpants must be considerable, a fresh pair required every flight I would Imagine and the cost of disposable undercarriages must be substantial, though I suspect there might be a retreival system for these.
I couldn't jump out of a meat bomber let alone fall of a cliff on purpose. Base jumpers I salute you
Chris
The "Cheap Flying" title was a bit tongue in cheek. The laundry bill for clean underpants must be considerable, a fresh pair required every flight I would Imagine and the cost of disposable undercarriages must be substantial, though I suspect there might be a retreival system for these.
I couldn't jump out of a meat bomber let alone fall of a cliff on purpose. Base jumpers I salute you
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From: UK, US, now more ɐıןɐɹʇsn∀
Cusco,
that accident vid seems to show the guy's own misjudged time/space clearance for pulling the chute. Sure, it's related to wingsuit as they've got the chute until they perfect the right flare procedure for landing
The guy got away fairly OK, considering the nature of the terrain. He could have resembled human snowball.
I've seen the first linked video while ago. Sounds like next step from simply jumping off 200-400ft high span/bridge/tower/cliff and pulling the chute straight away. Hmm. But then, this looks like the closest thing to human flight (or should we call it controlled fall?) I'd go for skydiving should I get bored of staying 'afloat' in gliders or powered aircraft.
Still far from thermalling in 'own clothes'..
that accident vid seems to show the guy's own misjudged time/space clearance for pulling the chute. Sure, it's related to wingsuit as they've got the chute until they perfect the right flare procedure for landing
The guy got away fairly OK, considering the nature of the terrain. He could have resembled human snowball.I've seen the first linked video while ago. Sounds like next step from simply jumping off 200-400ft high span/bridge/tower/cliff and pulling the chute straight away. Hmm. But then, this looks like the closest thing to human flight (or should we call it controlled fall?) I'd go for skydiving should I get bored of staying 'afloat' in gliders or powered aircraft.
Still far from thermalling in 'own clothes'..
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Martin wrote:
Agreed: but the accident is inextricably linked to the flight suit: No other idiot would pull the cord and open a parachute while alongside a rock face.
Do you imagine they'll ever perfect a 'flare' to land and thus be able to dispense with a parachute?
Cusco
Cusco,
that accident vid seems to show the guy's own misjudged time/space clearance for pulling the chute. Sure, it's related to wingsuit as they've got the chute until they perfect the right flare procedure for landing The guy got away fairly OK, considering the nature of the terrain. He could have resembled human snowball.
that accident vid seems to show the guy's own misjudged time/space clearance for pulling the chute. Sure, it's related to wingsuit as they've got the chute until they perfect the right flare procedure for landing The guy got away fairly OK, considering the nature of the terrain. He could have resembled human snowball.
Do you imagine they'll ever perfect a 'flare' to land and thus be able to dispense with a parachute?
Cusco
