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that was pretty sick. I have always wanted to get into this type of stuff(wing suits) just lack of funds holding me back.
 
I remember your last thread. Great footage again man. Looks like a blast.

I was wondering how much of the lines you guys do are planned and how much of it is winging it. I would imagine stuff like at 45s you know you're going for it, but after that is there a set line to go down? Or is it hit that one gap then get around and eventually to a specifc landing area?
 
This made me think... how cool would it be to give someone a high five while flying by in a wingsuit. You might tear some stuff in your arm, but its totally doable.
 
12982670:theBearJew said:
I remember your last thread. Great footage again man. Looks like a blast.

I was wondering how much of the lines you guys do are planned and how much of it is winging it. I would imagine stuff like at 45s you know you're going for it, but after that is there a set line to go down? Or is it hit that one gap then get around and eventually to a specifc landing area?
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What most people don't realize is that usually before a line is flown it's looked at on google earth. From there the glide ratio to get to a certain LZ with a certain altitude and allowing the initial loss of altitude from the start and a certain amount of time for max glide is considered before it's deemed possible or not by the pilot.

I've witnessed most of these flights in person and I can tell you with 10 years of wingsuit experience Pat kills it on so many more levels than people understand.

The line at 45 seconds is actually pretty crazy looking, but where he has built up so much speed in diving, he can actually gain some temporary lift with that speed. This temporary lift is not sustainable (otherwise we would be birds) and should only be used to gain short quick avoidances in terrain. With that said, there's always factors of weather, human error, etc which will always make it more dangerous if you are flying closer to things...

Hope that helps :)
 
12982882:theabortionator said:
I want one! I'd do something stupid though
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word. After seeing this video I thought to myself how cool would it be if a guy and a wing suit high five'd someone while they were in a moving vehicle.
 
wow so damn sick!!

what speed would you stall at approximately?

do you guys check upper wind and other forecasts to avoid mountain turbulence, shear, up/down drafts?

as a fixed wing pilot this seems absolutely exhilarating and terrifying to me, i'd love to try it.
 
13465768:jca said:
wow so damn sick!!

what speed would you stall at approximately?

do you guys check upper wind and other forecasts to avoid mountain turbulence, shear, up/down drafts?

as a fixed wing pilot this seems absolutely exhilarating and terrifying to me, i'd love to try it.
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These are really good questions and it's refreshing to see questions like these.

Stall speed varies on the size of the suit and size of the jumper. For me at 145 pounds and a big suit, stall speed is slower than a heavier pilot. I would guess around 70 mph is my stall speed, but it's a feeling and not an exact measure. Jumping at higher altitude equals a less forgiving stall speed because of air density. So there are a lot of variables involved.

We do check forecasts relentlessly, but keep in mind wind is relative, and moving at 100mph there isn't a "gust of wind" that can affect you. Yes you can definitely feel turbulence and lift in certain circumstances, but nothing that can drastically toss you around or affect your flight other than a small bump.
 
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