Go Fast Wingsuit Flight

[dextergauge]

240p is my favourite resolution

[kimflie]

Whats the smoke?

[O1dGreg]

@kimflie Old comment but still interesting none the less. My thought of why they used smoke was to easily see the glide angle. He has a gadget that shows the angle, tho I'm guessing it isn't very accurate or does not have a feature to log the entire fall. Both the person with the parachute open and the wingsuit have smoke so maybe they can compare the two together..... I think too much.

[brin3535]

Change the title of this video.

[seanflaherty1974]

im saying how the hell was that guy going that fast w/that little of a chute

[djassimilator]

crazy guy where is the landing

[741741]

way off sound

wanna be cool

[Johanoeberg]

idont get why this video has got a 4 star rating!...?

Just a bunch of talk and no action!

[Catapultandclingfilm]

even if it were possible...itll take so much money training them...not to mention time...i garantee u that most skydivers would pick a parachute anyday...

[novolo]

i cant believe you cant make a decent video... the audio is off by a mile... and the quality is too low...

realy bad

[bifflerz]

this is bullshit. wat a let down of a video

[dilukhin]

No way without some kind of landing gear and improved aerodynamics... Too much speed, too little aero-surface.

[qx773]

It might be possible to land with a wingsuit on an incline like a ski jumper but with rollerblades. You could practice landing in water like a ski jumper. What are the horizontal and vertical speeds involved in ski jumping compared to a wingsuit?

[god9611]

the sound is WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY off

[annunakisaveus]

lame...y dont u get a flying jet wing like the other guy? way cooler

[JetJockey87]

Could you imagine how much the US military or any military for that matter would pay for technology allowing them to put troops down on the ground minus chutes? A LOT!

[jbrinkman86]

ehhhh i dono about that. maybe if it were inexpensive and didnt cost so damn much to train someone. if youve ever watched military training at big DZ's they have hard enough time landing with big ass parachutes and a shit ton of gear. i think too expensive and too dangerous.

[Icemanrussian]

does anybody know when they are going to anounce when they have done it or something. like on tv

[MIKEY19900]

add 2 wheels near the chest area.

and add 1 wheel between the feet.

try this at your own risk.

[Zangadorio]

"Give 2 million $ and i will build a ramp and I will land on it"- Jeb said hahahahah

on 16 march that already happens... one guy from USA land already !!!

[awsomePPLZ]

cool

[Loigan21]

my pet bird landed without a parachute

[guppidicus]

so did my budgie lol haha

[Fish880]

Well there are a few practicle applications for landing in a wingsuit. Maybe inserting special forces more quickly? And that's what we need right? A better way to make war...

[jedieco23]

LoL

[Hulk83]

Why not. Better us instead of our enemies. War is a means of defending freedom so liberals like you can complain about something.

[Fish880]

I ain't a liberal bub. we already got enough ways to kill hajis, we don't need suprise insertions that are as likely to kill our troops as theirs.

[jordanamed]

You think HALO insertions are safe? The military will definitely adapt this if they can find a way to obviate the need for a specially constructed landing area.

[workman88]

how about everyone stops freaking out about someones comment that actually has some depth, and just comment the video itself. WOW, grow up.

[Fish880]

well this is well and good, and I hope they enjoy themselves and somehow stay safe.. If humans were intended to fly or glide like this, we would have have wings...

[joknrok]

Just gotta say, humans weren't intended to dive for hours at a time, or go 70mph just to commute, but those systems are working out great for the human race. What we were intended for is evolution of our tools and technology. I reckon we'll get the flying thing down eventually. And I look forward to it immensely!

[alainek]

and airplanes!

wait...

[alpsalish]

What? Explain this comment since it has absolutely no basis, "What we are intended for is evolution of our tools and technology." Aside from your personal belief, that comment makes absolutely no sense.

[Slider84]

What a stupid statement. E-Tard.

[Fish880]

this is just going to become a sport for the ultra-rich who are physically fit enough to participate, of which there are few...

[Croatch]

Translation: I make $8hr after the 50 cents raise I just worked 2 years to get:)

Congratulations!

I'm sure Luigi will be thinking of you in the skies:)

[Fish880]

actually im 15, and I'm going to start working as a caddy this summer. I've never had a wage paying job. Where did that luigi bit come from?

[goldtapfinger]

i have wings

[wilf1172]

Both coments make sense, in a fashion.

[mgmello]

Both comments are absolutely stupid.

Just another retarded online, poluting the web with their mental dropings.

[01stursa]

shut ur fuckin mouth no hoper

[GJaaGular]

MSNBC just said they are some dude is gonna try this (no chute) this week....good luck god bless

Jeffg

[lbjedidiah]

They're going to be able to do this it's just a matter of how soon and who pulls it off first, not to mention whether or not any fatalities precede a success.

[loquat15]

I soooo want to see a landing :-)

[romanceunderthemoon]

What would happen if you tried to get a biplane effect out of double-decker wingsuit material? There would be a need for an airsock tube row like in a paraglider. Double the lift surface for the same cross-sectional area.

[romanceunderthemoon]

Someone invented a new synthetic compound like silly putty that goes rigid on impact but is normally ultra flexible. Can't find the link now, but they show people wearing what look like neoprene wet suits, banging their elbows and heads against a block wall with no ill effects.

[penguin00steve]

Dont forget airspeed = lift .He obviously needs low airspeed to land but also needs lift to keep flying horizontally Its nearly 2008 now and he hasent done it yet nearly 4 years since he started the project!

[shaftk1]

Double cheeseburger,,, one dollar. Yes, we can tell you each have a brain. However, the manner in which you two are bickering it makes me wonder why you don't engage them.

[Jangle2007]

I had posted at various videos asking about the possibility of a wingsuit landing w/out chute. I didn't know Jeb Corliss was actually trying to crack that nut. Amazing jumper. But I've heard/read nothing of Jeb after 2005. Is he still alive?

Safe jumping.

[Ranzear]

He hasn't actually tried it yet, this video was just them trying to clock the slowest he could fly a wingsuit at a given falling rate. They eventually figured about 35-40mph which would be a tumbling, bruising impact.

[Jangle2007]

a tumbling, bruising impact, yes. But highly survivable on water. Plus there is the well-known aerodynamic principal of "ground effect", which would enhance lift within a couple feet of ground/water/snow, thereby enabling a slower landing by 10-20%.

[Ranzear]

The range of ground effect is directly relative to the size of the airfoil. He'd have to be within a few feet of the ground for an extended period to gain any benefit of the enhanced lift, which is anything but likely with a two-digit glide ratio.

[Jangle2007]

Ranzear - You may be right under most conditions. But the interesting thing about wing-suits is that they can do what a standard airplane (rigid) wing cannot: they are incredibly flexible. So I would suspect that as a wing-suit jumper extends feet onto a landing surface, the leg wings will generate an area of high pressure on the forward side, which I think may sign enhance ground effect.

[Ranzear]

Wishful aerodynamics. You're expecting the ground effect response of a UH1 helicopter with 14" wide blades, and 1400hp driving them, from a 9" wide nylon skirt.

[Jangle2007]

No, I'm expecting a ground effect response of approx 50 mb/sq in spread over a an approximately 6 sq ft surface.

By the way, your analysis of ground effect on the UH1 helicopter was low since the ground-effect comes from the total area swept by the rotor, not just from the area instantaneously beneath the rotor blade.

[Ranzear]

50 Millibars = .72 psi, barring (hah) that you also put '/sq in' which was redundant and confirming of my final observation. 6 square feet (2' by 3' wing I can assume) is 864 square inches. You're somehow producing 622 pounds of lift.

Final Observation: You're pulling numbers out of your ass.

Blade chord has a tremendous effect on total lift and a further effect on ground effect compared to the older model 11" chord blades.

[Jangle2007]

Typo: 5 mb.

As to the perjorative, grow up.

[Ranzear]

Translation: I don't know what the fuck I'm talking about so I'll just divide the figure to get a realistic result and look smart on youtube comments.

Enhancement of lift from ground effect would not be a function of differential pressures on an object moving 50+mph. Helicopters lose most ground effect at five knots.

Back atcha.

[Jangle2007]

Ranzear - What in the world would cause you to be so insecure that you want to make the matter personal?

I'll gladly rejoin the discussion when you calm down.

[Ranzear]

"I've stopped holding up my weak argument and am trying to take the maturity high ground to deface my detractor."

[tomterahedrob]

ive always wondered about this:if the atmosphere is12psi what is the max lift going to be limited by:rotor swept area or blade area?blades are subsonic

[tomterahedrob]

isnt 35-40 the sink?i thought they had to be going forward100-120mph

[mrnewswoman]

Thanks for waisting my time

[edmondsm82]

booooo. show the end. I bet he eats shit.

[Juancster]

And the darwin award goes to...

[toobsdc]

The video fucks up right at the end. Does he land it?

[niflap]

Anyone ever set a wingsuit down on a ski slope? I know one guy skimmed w/in 15' of a slope that had skiers on it, so glide & ski slope matching are possible, if you can safely ski down without skis, which would skrew up glide slope w/ drag.

[Jangle2007]

I've seen that video. Amazing! But that slope was steep, and the wingsuit jumper was going too fast, for a landing on that slope.

[wagnerallexandre]

very good ... congratulations luigi ... from Curitiba Brazil Abraço