Cloud Surfing: True Human Flight

[hiyoddo]

so its not possible to pull up for a second or 2??

[amyourdad]

song name please

[matthooverdotcom]

@amyourdad It's been posted in the comments several times and it's visible right underneath the view count.  Massive Attack - Heat Miser.

[FraggingBard]

@matthooverdotcom

Question from someone who's never even seen one of these in real life, just on Youtube vids and that Top Gear episode.

Is it possible to move around with them? So can you raise your arms at the elbow and tip knees skyward to swoop up? Like in a u shape.

[matthooverdotcom]

@FraggingBard

I am not sure what you mean by move around. Yes, you can move your body inside the suit; you can bend pretty much every joint, but the suit prevents you from, for example, lifting your arms over your head, or doing a split with your legs. And yes, you can move the suit around the sky; you can go left, right, and other maneuvers which make it possible to buzz clouds like we do in this video. You can fall slower or faster, but with arguable exceptions, you can't actually go up.

[FraggingBard]

@matthooverdotcom

Would probably need to lift your arms over your head.. Like a skateboard bowl for example, down then using down force to go back up. Even pull a loop the loop. But if you can't move your arms above your head then it doesn't sound like they have the maneuverability to pull something like that off.

[matthooverdotcom]

@FraggingBard It's not about maneuverability, it's about physics. You can make a wingsuit which allows more mobility, there are some out there already. A human being is just simply way too dense to be able to "flap his wings" and fly up like a bird does. We are basically glide-bombs with wings. If we move the wings a bit, we change which way the bomb is pointed, but we are still falling (gliding) very fast. Try treading water carrying 1000lb.. you will sink no matter how hard you tread.

[FraggingBard]

@matthooverdotcom

Unpowered gliders are capable of doing it and they weigh more than a human, what's the difference?

Not trying to stir you up, curious lol. And not flapping, merely pointing the fins upwards momentarily.

[matthooverdotcom]

@FraggingBard The difference is the size of the wings. If wingsuit wings were as large as glider wings, then maybe we could. However, we would not have the strength to hold out wings that large with our own muscles... so we'd need an artificial frame, and then it would no longer be a wingsuit. In short: wing loading (which equals weight divided by surface area).

Same with my tread water example: it might work if you had HUGE hands and muscles (more surface area).

[FraggingBard]

@matthooverdotcom

That's fair enough, thanks muchly for answering

[matthooverdotcom]

@FraggingBard No prob, they are good questions. :-)

[matthooverdotcom]

@FraggingBard Wing loading is also the reason we move much MUCH faster than gliders (both downward and forward). Go make a paper airplane, if you design it right you can put a flap on the back that makes it climb after a dive. Now start taping paper clips to it. Once it gets heavy enough, it will still fly, but it will fly (from your hands to the floor) VERY fast, and no matter how you shape the wings, it won't ever go up (though it may go "less steep" momentarily).

[Oolliwan14]

@matthoverdotcom is it hard to move your arms with that much wind resistance

[matthooverdotcom]

@Oolliwan14 It's not really hard to move them around (up or down), but after 2 minutes of holding them out against the wind your shoulders can start to get a bit tired. Smart question to ask... most non-jumpers don't think of that!

[MegaGozzo]

Nearly crying, this is so great combined with that tune, awsome , THANKS !!!

[MegaGozzo]

nEARLY CRYING, this is so great, thanks...

[yogisrock]

What a feeling this must be...freedom...crazy freedom...sweet surrender...sweet scary surrender (: love when you twirl in the air...can you get 2 parachutes just in case? (:

you fly in your dreams don't you? - love watching these thanks for putting them out there...i always wanted a jetpack ... but this looks so beautiful...love it!

[kmk4life86]

@yogisrock go check out this dudes channel if u like the wingsuit stuff.........this guy is AMAZING -------> JokkeSommer <----------- AWESOME VID BTW

[Ed3N1991]

That's what i call BEAUTIFUL!!

[theteacher010]

Balls of steel....

[Priority667]

i've searched Massive Attack discography for this song..

should search comments first lol

anyways song is called Heat Miser

[KDEngineering]

Wow flying pajamas

[mansonweb]

Not to take anything away from these amazing human feats but I absolutely love the new age music selected for this amazing video.

[IksinskiTomek]

just great !!!

[BASE1098]

Nice Flying, Wingsuits are the bomb. I LOVE flying my Phantom....Your video shows what its like. No One would know otherwise. Indeed true human flight.

[AlexandriaCarpetOne]

This is TOO sweet. I'm addicted!

A wingsuit is in my future. Once I find a used Sabre2 190 main...

Blue skies.

[Dagashi6669]

BEAUTIFUL

[HankJr24]

Bad Ass!

[psymosk]

nice proxy man ) brento is best! going there soon

[gasgas270]

got to do that

[jesusdrinksv]

cant wait to do it

[JDKillin240]

i jumped once about a year ago tandem, i got addicted!!!! now im going for my licence, i hear this isnt a cheep hobby but its worth every penny!!!

[xxtalitha]

wauw, sooo beautiful

I want this to do once in my live.

Is it expensive?

[CombatPara]

the problem with stuff like that is, that you need a lot of training to do this - you can't just do it once, you need to start skydiving, get your free fall licence and then make your way into wingsuits - it will take some time, money and courage

[Dagashi6669]

REALLY?!??

I thought I could do this as one of those one day training packages....

[apediderik22]

You need 150 skydives before even thinking about this Xd

[xiZverx]

acctually only gliding parachite (or how's it spelled) licence.

I've read about it, and you can get it for 450€. Thats 25h of training.

After that you only need to get the suit and one time training for this suit.

Didn't check the price for that.

But yeah, courage is one thing you really need for this :)

[duschdasnasenspray]

This course is only for skydiver with some experience ;-)

[R2FUK]

Fuck you God for limiting humanity!

[Colingoesfast]

angels can fly

[LordOfYahoo]

god gave us the inherent ability to create and through that anything can be possible

[tree6014]

Limits exist only in the minds of those who don't have passion.

[GetMagnet]

Please be more specific, there are over 1,000 documented Gods. Which one are you referring to?

[R2FUK]

The God of everything, almighty omnipotent all knowing self fulfilled not needing anything or anyone except himself.

[Shortpaulio]

If he's self fulfilled why do we need to worship him, seems kinda conceited tbh.

[R2FUK]

tbh?

[rovpilot1]

limiting????? u live in a cave perhaps

[matthooverdotcom]

That would be me (the one who made the video). If you watch my mouth I am actually saying something to the guy filming. He yelled at me "go faster!" And I couldn't hear him, so I yelled "WHAT?" If you look closely you'll see my mouth move when I say that. Then he repeated himself and I heard him, and I took off and left him in the dust (he asked for it!).

[matthooverdotcom]

There is a much higher quality version at my website. I still need to get one up here.

[matthooverdotcom]

Thanks! Song is:

Agalloch - Sowilo Rune

[mymatemartin]

Just love it. So inspiring. Ever since i was a boy I've looked at clouds and dreamt of flying around and through them. What an awesome film clip.

[timve1]

this rocks ! perfect vibe, beautifull captured sence of freedom. respect !

timve1

[jakecoen]

Song name?

[matthooverdotcom]

Already posted. ;-) Heat Miser.

[AiRa108M]

Впечатляет! Тоже так хочу! :-)

[matthooverdotcom]

Yup, 13.5k usually!

[JumpTeigen]

Got this from skydivingmovies! copied it to my PS3 and watch it regularly! Looking fantastic! Contemplating the Phantom 2 when its time for WS.. if not some better option comes along!

[auclair1992]

how did you feel on your first jump ?

[matthooverdotcom]

Please visit my website (see the watermark in the video) and send me an email to continue this discussion.

[auclair1992]

thks alot

[auclair1992]

im fomr Canada whats the ascosication i should research ?

[matthooverdotcom]

Canadian Sport Parachuting Association

CSPA

It won't let me post the URL...

[auclair1992]

how do you get a liscense?

[matthooverdotcom]

google USPA

[auclair1992]

nice video im dreaming about doing that one day :)

[txtimmer87]

how much freefall time do you get with a wingsuit?

[matthooverdotcom]

Anywhere from 60 seconds to 5 minutes. Depends how high you jump from, what type body you have, what type suit, your skills, your strength and endurance.

An average flock from 13,500ft will last 90-120 seconds, compared to 60 seconds for RW jump and 45 for freefly.

[justanotherfreak2008]

This is one of THE BEST wingsuit videos on YouTube. Perfect action combined with amazing music. congratulations!

It was also pretty funny. You guys are great!

[LumpyCustards]

thats beast it should have way more veiws

[Tim91092]

Awesome footage, dude!

I'm not interested in Wingsuit, love to freefly, but this video's really beautiful...

Keep Jumping!

[classicrock5]

If I get rich, this is what i will do in the morning, instead of going for a jog.

[nmbrs555]

I've looked all over for this song. You noted it was Massive Attack at the end, but I don't know if that's the group or the song. Can you help us find this?

Thanks man, and again...awesome video!

[matthooverdotcom]

Song is called Heat Miser.

[nmbrs555]

Man...you're just too cool. Thanks much!

[nmbrs555]

Spectacular. Just started jumping and already I'm hooked for life. Great stuff man! How many jumps before you tried a wingsuit?

[matthooverdotcom]

200

[RaiSaix]

How many years did that take to accumulate?

[matthooverdotcom]

200 jumps? About 10 months.

[RaiSaix]

Really?! How many times in a month did you go skydiving to get up to that?! And how much money was it?

I cannot wait to start skydiving when I get older! For that means I'll be one step closer to wingsuit flying!

Thanks for the reply!

[matthooverdotcom]

Well, if it took me 10 months to do 200 skydives, the answer to your first question should be obvious. ;-)  Jumps cost about $25 these days once you're licensed and have gear, so that's about $5k just for the jumps. Add another $5k (at least) for your training and gear.

[michal154]

what is tis song?

[evilmonkeysrreal]

WTF was that

[kingcarcas1349]

Black bars own! I'm bookmarking that site now.

[MarioLoco03]

wow

[CzechFriedCheese]

Glorious! Absolutely magnificent!

[garys737]

get rid of the black and that would have been wonderful,classical would have fit....

[matthooverdotcom]

I didn't add "the black" (letterboxing), YouTube did. Tell them to modernize their site and allow for widely accepted (pun intended) aspect ratios.

[dxjames007]

awesome

[Mobius1ac]

oh my lord! what a view

[valfPL]

Amazing ... beatyfil song beatyfil video ...

[Clayman1234567]

very cool

[jollyrancherizzle]

i forget how old do u have to be to do this?

[armatron44]

well, it depends were you start your sky diving lessons lol... england i think for your lessons is 16.

[creampudding]

dang, nice.

[chueffer]

My votes for the bravery and the skill of those guys,but in spite of the illusion that they are flying,they are still falling just a bit slower than a rock.

[wallaguest1]

me encantó =)

[33drifta]

man i cant wait to do this

[pricet6]

I WANT A GO!

[Bendale06]

Simply Beautiful....

[tree6014]

O, thats over at Zephyrhills. Same place I skydive. Nice video.

[sumdumguyinpoo]

caw caw bro!

[Ensaji]

1 word

amazing

[IcyScythe]

So beautiful...

[flyer892007]

awesome! i like how the guy at 3:00 does a barrel-roll around the other guy

[altitude9]

Very nice! :)

[ariisbak]

kool i sooooooo wish i could do it!

[Bendale06]

Absolutely wonderful!

[DemonDude01313]

I WANT TO TRY THAT! Looks awesome

[nusratlaco]

is tha guy at 0:40 doing head-down on his wingsuit? cool!

[nickfs2004]

I would love to do that once in my life:D:D I think you got to train for it very often...