Hey that's amazing!
I never would have thought a wing suit could fly slow enough to formate with parachutes. I still find it hard to believe.
Could someone clear up, how the wingsuits landed, i presumed that they have parachutes, on their back, but didnt see one deploy on the wingsuit guys. Or did they land tandem with the parachute guys.
pretty neat vid
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The wingsuiters would have needed parachutes. Recently I read a National Geographic article about human flight and it described the history of wingsuits. One of the leading wingsuiter is hoping one day to be able to land without a parachute. So many wingsuiters have died in accidents.
Those are really small parachutes. 6 sq m I think which is about half the normal size. The smallest parachute that has been jumped and landed is 4 sq m. That guy came in way fast. ![]()
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The wingsuit guys always land by throwing their parachutes.
I don't think that wingsuits are inherently dangerous. Flying one close to hard stuff probably is.
im 78 kg and fly a 170 sq ft canopy as my (soon to be) 1st kit.. thats about 15 to 16 sq metres but ive only got a few jumps. we learn on a 270 which is like flying in slow mo ![]()
6 sq metres would be fast but in a head wind of above average wouldnt be too bad to land i guess. aussie champ swooper here flies on a 130 sq ft or 12 m as his normal rig.
guys were wingsuiting yesterday. looks like fun.
^^^ Looks like the guys flying parachutes had lead weights in (round the belly in lieu of pies I guess) and also had a paraglider type setup where you can adjust and lock in the angle of attach by pulling down the front of the canopy (hence the hands free)
Still - very cool stuff!