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 Post subject: Another Amazing Human Flight Video
PostPosted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 2:42 am 
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 Post subject: Re: Another Amazing Human Flight Video
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This is something I would love to do before I die.


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 Post subject: Re: Another Amazing Human Flight Video
PostPosted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 3:51 am 
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looks pretty much like what humans have always done...

Flying/gliding is the easy part, the landing is the thing that gets us... :D

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 Post subject: Re: Another Amazing Human Flight Video
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While were on the topic of awe-inspiring videos:

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 Post subject: Re: Another Amazing Human Flight Video
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^ You joking right? Yah its cool with the weightlessness and all but I don't see too much adrenalin there. Especially when he's got a camera crew possibly with emergency oxygen tanks following him down and up again.

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 Post subject: Re: Another Amazing Human Flight Video
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human flying is cool huh bro? :D

If I ever get the chance to do it, I certainly will. the adrenaline, ohhh man. thinking about it already makes me excited lol. just imagine the rush, the sight, everything.

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 Post subject: Re: Another Amazing Human Flight Video
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looks pretty much like what humans have always done...

Flying/gliding is the easy part, the landing is the thing that gets us... :D

I don't think i could control my body like that the first time. Probably takes a lot of practice to get your body go exactly where you want it to. Those near misses and thight fits were very cool.

Has anyone tried to do a barrel or aileron roll like that? Maybe a loop? :sohappy:

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 Post subject: Re: Another Amazing Human Flight Video
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Insane vid.

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Has anyone tried to do a barrel or aileron roll like that? Maybe a loop? :sohappy:
Did you? xD

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 Post subject: Re: Another Amazing Human Flight Video
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Sanktum wrote:
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looks pretty much like what humans have always done...

Flying/gliding is the easy part, the landing is the thing that gets us... :D

I don't think i could control my body like that the first time. Probably takes a lot of practice to get your body go exactly where you want it to. Those near misses and thight fits were very cool.

Has anyone tried to do a barrel or aileron roll like that? Maybe a loop? :sohappy:


I haven't seen a barrel roll but an aileron roll yes. Something interesting I found out about these wing suits from Wikipedia. The glide ratio is only 2.5....So for every 1 foot of vertical drop you gain 2.5 feet of horizontal flight. It doesn't seem to be correct when you look at how well these guys are flying through trees and hillside rocks. But that might just be from the slope of the mountain that they leap from which makes it appears that they are flying horizontally.

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 Post subject: Re: Another Amazing Human Flight Video
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not quite the same, but it's also pretty damn awesome

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 Post subject: Re: Another Amazing Human Flight Video
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This thread makes me want to pack up a duffle bag and just go...

Awesome.

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 Post subject: Re: Another Amazing Human Flight Video
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That rope swing thing is farking awesome as well :o
Seems more safer as well. Must require quite some courage to jump off that cliff though :)

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 Post subject: Re: Another Amazing Human Flight Video
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poehalcho wrote:
not quite the same, but it's also pretty damn awesome


That's how the Russians do it. Looks cheaper.



And for some reason they also do this. Why not do a Leap of Faith from there AC style?


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Those last two videos are just crazy. I mean, why would you want to do that? I doubt it gives nearly half as much of a rush as the rope thing does.

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 Post subject: Re: Another Amazing Human Flight Video
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BuDo wrote:
Sanktum wrote:
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looks pretty much like what humans have always done...

Flying/gliding is the easy part, the landing is the thing that gets us... :D

I don't think i could control my body like that the first time. Probably takes a lot of practice to get your body go exactly where you want it to. Those near misses and thight fits were very cool.

Has anyone tried to do a barrel or aileron roll like that? Maybe a loop? :sohappy:


I haven't seen a barrel roll but an aileron roll yes. Something interesting I found out about these wing suits from Wikipedia. The glide ratio is only 2.5....So for every 1 foot of vertical drop you gain 2.5 feet of horizontal flight. It doesn't seem to be correct when you look at how well these guys are flying through trees and hillside rocks. But that might just be from the slope of the mountain that they leap from which makes it appears that they are flying horizontally.
They were using jet-powered wingsuits. You can see that in the video strapped to his feet. He is inventor of it actually and it's not commercially viable. That's from the same wiki about the glide ratio, just a little lower.

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