Today 23/5 : Skydiver Aims To Land Without Parachute

[BigJonMcQuimm]

Wish I was there to help build the box rig.

hope Gary does it!

http://news.sky.com/home/strange-news/article/1623...

[normalbloke]

But he does have a parachute....

[glazbagun]

normalbloke said:

But he does have a parachute....

And he's aiming to land without using it.

[blueg33]

Strange. You are always gonna land parachute or not!

Landing and walking away is another matter

[MarkRSi]

I'm sure plenty of people have 'landed' before without using a parachute...

[stevejh]

Good luck to him. I really hope he does it.

[bob1179]

I say good luck to him.

It really needs to be a Union Flag wingsuit though, that would be even better.

[anonymous-user]

bob1179 said:

I say good luck to him.

It really needs to be a Union Flag wingsuit though, that would be even better.

And holding a lit Olympic flame torch as he does it

[bob1179]

guy_spyder550 said:

bob1179 said:

I say good luck to him.

It really needs to be a Union Flag wingsuit though, that would be even better.

And holding a lit Olympic flame torch as he does it

Singing the national anthem on the way down.

[rhinochopig]

Couple of questions:

What speed his landing will be and why pick Boxes? Surely the risk with boxes is that he'll hit the first one and tumble.

[stevejh]

rhinochopig said:

Couple of questions:

What speed his landing will be and why pick Boxes? Surely the risk with boxes is that he'll hit the first one and tumble.

I suspect he's aiming to try and do a stall at the last minute so he actually hits the boxes more vertically then horizontally so it won't be so much of a 'landing' as a 'dropping'.

[BigJonMcQuimm]

rhinochopig said:

Couple of questions:

What speed his landing will be and why pick Boxes? Surely the risk with boxes is that he'll hit the first one and tumble.

He will accelerate to approximately 80mph.

He will then get into his optimum glide position where the speed will decrease to 60 mph forward speed with a 22mph vertical descent rate.

I believe boxes are being used as they will absorb the impact, and can built relatively cheaply (IIRC ~ 20k)

[rhinochopig]

stevejh said:

rhinochopig said:

Couple of questions:

What speed his landing will be and why pick Boxes? Surely the risk with boxes is that he'll hit the first one and tumble.

I suspect he's aiming to try and do a stall at the last minute so he actually hits the boxes more vertically then horizontally so it won't be so much of a 'landing' as a 'dropping'.

That's what I thought but then I read this in the article:

"The landing strip will be 350ft-long, 40ft-wide and 12ft-deep."

Which, given these lads can target and hit a balloon at 80mph, suggests an awful lot of forward motion.

[joe_90]

bob1179 said:

guy_spyder550 said:

bob1179 said:

I say good luck to him.

It really needs to be a Union Flag wingsuit though, that would be even better.

And holding a lit Olympic flame torch as he does it

Singing the national anthem on the way down.

With all the sponsors logos fking everywhere all over him milking it like a cheap we.

[stevejh]

rhinochopig said:

stevejh said:

rhinochopig said:

Couple of questions:

What speed his landing will be and why pick Boxes? Surely the risk with boxes is that he'll hit the first one and tumble.

I suspect he's aiming to try and do a stall at the last minute so he actually hits the boxes more vertically then horizontally so it won't be so much of a 'landing' as a 'dropping'.

That's what I thought but then I read this in the article:

"The landing strip will be 350ft-long, 40ft-wide and 12ft-deep."

Which, given these lads can target and hit a balloon at 80mph, suggests an awful lot of forward motion.

Good point. On second thoughts I believe Jeb Corliss is planning to land on a long slide type affair so you're probably right. I imagine he wants as big a target as possible - just in case. I suspect once he hits the first box he won't be doing too much sliding anyway.

[andy_s]

Mad bugger. Arabest to him!

[Puggit]

blueg33 said:

Strange. You are always gonna land parachute or not!

Landing and walking away is another matter

[Jasandjules]

blueg33 said:

Strange. You are always gonna land parachute or not!

Landing and walking away is another matter

Seen a fair few people not walk away even with a parachute...........

[andy_s]

[Oakey]

If you could find a big enough hill / mountain with a nice slope that wasn't too steep and full of rocks, etc, theoretically, could you aim your angle of approach the same as the slope and eventually slide down it and come to a calm stop? Obviously I mean if you jump out of a plane with a wingsuit and don't use your parachute, I'm not just randomly talking about rolling down hills.