Improved Wingsuit design

The Tony Uragallo WingSuit increases lift by using airfoil shaped air-filled pockets.

I wonder if they have tried this suit with the jet powered boot, see
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS2rjcVcaqQ
or with a rocket, see
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrBbT-uMbI8


A plan to land without a chute on specially designed runway, see
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCcKDCzqD7k

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Science & Technology

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• Wing suit
• airfoil
• Tony Uragallo
• skydiving
• gliding
• vertical wind tunnel
• human flight
• 飛行衣

[CrimsonBradders]

Skyflyers open at 1000ft! yeah right. Maybe if its a base but other than that I'd be going for my reserve at that altitude.

[cplai]

@CrimsonBradders Isn't the whole video is talking about air foil and lift? When the skyflyers glide in the air, the fall rate is less than regular sky divers' because the speed is horizontal, not downward. The wingsuit provides the lift all along throughout the dive. So even when the diver jumps at 10000 feet, vertical speed may be less than that of a base jumper. Some other even said the diver can glide upward by flaring the suit. i.e. vertical speed can be zero or even negative.

[CrimsonBradders]

@cplai

Vertical speed maybe less of that of a base jumper but what if the base jumper is wearing a wingsuit as well? What I was mainly referring to by "Maybe if it's a base" was the actual rig since base rigs are designed to open a lot quicker. I'm not trying to say its anywhere near impossible, this comment may contradict my previous:P, but I'm just saying I'd be scared poopless just because my chute usually takes about 1000 feet to completely inflate and slow me down to speed.

[cplai]

@CrimsonBradders I guess you should factor in the horizontal speed that helps to inflate the chute. When you pull, the chute serve as an air brake to slow your horizontal speed. What you used to do in 1000 ft vertically is accomplished probably in 800 ft horizontally plus 200 ft vertically.

[eliasgerris]

Skyflyers open at 1000 feet my ass!

[cplai]

@eliasgerris They were talking about landing without a chute. They worry about the horizontal speed more than the drop because the wings provide the lift which only exists because of air speed over the wings. i.e. they can actually stop the fall, but gliding forward at highspeed during the landing can be hazardous.

[Snapbacks4Sale]

4:47 "It's not just falling through the sky" It's falling with style!

[sirmicro]

Flying negro? Forreal?

[mavica130]

I really must go with the PF Vampire 4 design

[niflap]

Any versions of this w/ better audeo?

[honestann]

@cplai: Why do they not start with an airplane-style landing? Just mount 4 skids or wheels on their bottomside, and perhaps a 1mm thick nylon plate under their belly - just in case. Or maybe just wide skiis on the bottom and land on water or [non-horizontal] snow (ski slope).

If they can fall at 25mph downward while moving 100mph horizontal, I'm guessing they must be moving 120 to 140 mph horizontal to get enough lift to fly horizontally. That is a lot of speed to lose after touchdown.

[CrimsonBradders]

@cplai

This is true, makes sense when everything is taken into account. Are you a jumper? I checked out your profile and just saw some little girls. Your kids maybe?