Hey that's amazing!
I never would have thought a wing suit could fly slow enough to formate with parachutes. I still find it hard to believe.
Could someone clear up, how the wingsuits landed, i presumed that they have parachutes, on their back, but didnt see one deploy on the wingsuit guys. Or did they land tandem with the parachute guys.
pretty neat vid
KR
The wingsuiters would have needed parachutes. Recently I read a National Geographic article about human flight and it described the history of wingsuits. One of the leading wingsuiter is hoping one day to be able to land without a parachute. So many wingsuiters have died in accidents.
Those are really small parachutes. 6 sq m I think which is about half the normal size. The smallest parachute that has been jumped and landed is 4 sq m. That guy came in way fast.
The wingsuit guys always land by throwing their parachutes.
I don't think that wingsuits are inherently dangerous. Flying one close to hard stuff probably is.
im 78 kg and fly a 170 sq ft canopy as my (soon to be) 1st kit.. thats about 15 to 16 sq metres but ive only got a few jumps. we learn on a 270 which is like flying in slow mo
6 sq metres would be fast but in a head wind of above average wouldnt be too bad to land i guess. aussie champ swooper here flies on a 130 sq ft or 12 m as his normal rig.
guys were wingsuiting yesterday. looks like fun.
^^^ Looks like the guys flying parachutes had lead weights in (round the belly in lieu of pies I guess) and also had a paraglider type setup where you can adjust and lock in the angle of attach by pulling down the front of the canopy (hence the hands free)
Still - very cool stuff!