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Wingsuit vs Parachute

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Created by Gorgo > 9 months ago, 30 Sep 2011
Gorgo
VIC, 4982 posts
30 Sep 2011 9:27AM
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saltiest1
NSW, 2496 posts
30 Sep 2011 10:18AM
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i like

pweedas
WA, 4642 posts
1 Oct 2011 6:10PM
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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.

GalahOnTheBay
NSW, 4188 posts
1 Oct 2011 8:16PM
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That's pretty neat - thanks for sharing

kyteryder
NSW, 692 posts
1 Oct 2011 9:08PM
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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

japie
NSW, 6937 posts
1 Oct 2011 9:59PM
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Those wing suits obviously give you a gair amount of control or they would not attempt this:

Mobydisc
NSW, 9029 posts
1 Oct 2011 10:53PM
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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.

Gorgo
VIC, 4982 posts
1 Oct 2011 11:50PM
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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.

Skid
QLD, 1499 posts
2 Oct 2011 12:43AM
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Gorgo said...

...I don't think that wingsuits are inherently dangerous. Flying one close to hard stuff probably is.


A general rule for safe flying is to avoid the edges of the sky. The edges of the sky are marked by the presence of mountains, buildings, trees, the stratosphere etc...

Skid
QLD, 1499 posts
2 Oct 2011 10:05AM
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Skid said...

Gorgo said...

...I don't think that wingsuits are inherently dangerous. Flying one close to hard stuff probably is.


A general rule for safe flying is to avoid the edges of the sky. The edges of the sky are marked by the presence of mountains, buildings, trees, the stratosphere etc...


Oh, and ferris wheels...
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/General-Discussion/Chat/Old-Bar-plan-crash/

saltiest1
NSW, 2496 posts
2 Oct 2011 11:41AM
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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.

Prawnhead
NSW, 1317 posts
2 Oct 2011 11:45AM
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Gorgo said...

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.


parachute measurements are normally square feet courtesy of the fact that most of the early ones originated in the USA and they have just kept that as standard measurement.An average size canopy is anywhere from 120 to 170 depending on your weight and high performance(high wing loading www.nzaerosports.com/helpnsupport/choosing-canopy-based-on-wingloading/?v=7516fd43adaa) canopies are 80 to 120 on average. The smallest parachute i have heard of been flown is a 37 by Luigi Cani so i would imagine most of the canopies being flown in the clip aren't a lot larger as the descent rate has to pretty high to keep up/down with the wingsuits as you can see in the clip some of the guys have their hands free so there is no riser input!
The rub with most of those canopies is that to land them they have to build up enough speed to generate enough lift(spiraling dive or similar) to be able to plane them out(ie horizontal glide) on landing which requires a fair amount of skill other wise they would spud in with a normal approach ..... large kahunas doesn't hurt either . nice post gorgo!!

GalahOnTheBay
NSW, 4188 posts
3 Oct 2011 7:02PM
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^^^ 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!

Ironman
WA, 139 posts
4 Oct 2011 12:04AM
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was going to ask how they could be going as fast as the wingsuiters. they must of been fanging.



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