| Author | Message | ||
     Union_man |
WOW!!! | ||
| Bishopjb1124 |
Great video. He has actually landed the wing suit since then. It was a crash landing but he is still alive. | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
Oh, I was expecting something else.  | ||
| Tankhead |
That is one of my favorite videos on You Tube. Corliss has an interesting story. Skydiving saved his life. Search You Tube for his interview. | ||
| Aesquire |
He hasn't landed the suit, he's had a near miss on a ledge ( meaning he hit ) and landed under canopy. http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/406 2/669262.html?1330205370 If it had been a landing, it would have been a splat. I consider base jumpers crazy.... but sailplane guys think hang gliders crazy too, so there is actually a continum of disrespect. ( and all aviators think bungee jumpers drunk frat boys with zero skills.... ) | ||
| Hootowl |
I wonder if the wing is large enough to produce a ground effect that keeps him off the grass on those low passes? | ||
| Slaughter |
When this vid was first posted elsewhere, "Grinding the Crack" has always sounded too much like buggery. (see if that gets by the auto-censor) | ||
| Aesquire |
No, it doesn't. Not so you'd notice. Ground effect is dependent, partly, on wing tip vortices, and the span of the wing determines how high ground effect works. IF he was flying down a slope equal to the glide angle, you could notice some effect, but only at less than about 6 feet. Closer to 4. In the above video, he punches through any ground effect too fast for it to be more than a bump. I think his planned fabric slope Vegas landing is supposed to take advantage of ground effect, but on the close fast passes over rocks, etc. not so much. | ||
| Hootowl |
I suspected as much. Thanks Pat. | ||
| Gschuette |
http://youtu.be/Veg63B8ofnQ |
