Landing wingsuit without parachute

**bennymac** · 05-23-2012, 07:25 PM

http://news.sky.com/home/strange-news/article/16233460

**DasBlunt** · 05-23-2012, 07:35 PM

Ballsy as fuck.

Turbulence? Its a fucking wing suit , you would think they would choose a turbulent free day?

By the way, there is a thread about this in Ski-Snowboard.

**phishstx** · 05-23-2012, 07:36 PM

Wasn't this one of Jeb Corliss' goals once he returns to wingsuiting? Definitely nuts, but I wonder if it's possible without a "runway" of boxes or padding. Is it possible to scrub enough speed and use the terrain to land somehow?

**DasBlunt** · 05-23-2012, 07:38 PM

Originally Posted by phishstx

Wasn't this one of Jeb Corliss' goals once he returns to wingsuiting? Definitely nuts, but I wonder if it's possible without a "runway" of boxes or padding. Is it possible to scrub enough speed and use the terrain to land somehow?

That is what they both want, next.

**fool** · 05-23-2012, 07:59 PM

Pretty awesome video: thanks for the post.

Originally Posted by phishstx

Wasn't this one of Jeb Corliss' goals once he returns to wingsuiting? Definitely nuts, but I wonder if it's possible without a "runway" of boxes or padding. Is it possible to scrub enough speed and use the terrain to land somehow?

Kind of like an auto-rotation (helicopters). Seems plausible, but a number of factors would probably have to be right. That would be pretty cool though.

**Ski to Be** · 05-23-2012, 09:59 PM

The margin for error is so small that I just can't believe these guys do this stuff. After a huge snowstorm I would think that 4 feet of fresh snow in a flat area would be their best chance of pulling that one off.

**Tuckerman** · 05-24-2012, 05:31 AM

I think they will need some kind of braking system in the suit.

**St. Jerry** · 05-24-2012, 05:42 AM

I was amazed at some of the comments here....

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...hout-Parachute

**Skidog** · 05-24-2012, 08:15 AM

was it really "landing" or more falling from the sky at a high rate of speed into some boxes? I mean yeah dude had to hit right on those boxes but still...had those boxes not been there we wouldnt be using the word "landing" at all we'd all call it crashing, and someone would likely be dead.

**Blurred** · 05-24-2012, 10:30 AM

Originally Posted by Skidog

was it really "landing" or more falling from the sky at a high rate of speed into some boxes?

There's always some naysayers around here.

Is a plane really landing or is it just falling from the sky at a high rate of speed?

**Skidog** · 05-24-2012, 11:55 AM

Originally Posted by Blurred

There's always some naysayers around here.

Is a plane really landing or is it just falling from the sky at a high rate of speed?

it lands much more gracefully than that guy did..and when it doesnt we call it a crash dont we?

**MTT** · 05-24-2012, 12:11 PM

I expected to see a wingsuit landing on water before this.

**Skidog** · 05-24-2012, 01:25 PM

Originally Posted by MTT

I expected to see a wingsuit landing on water before this.

At the speed he appears to hit those boxes..water would be like concrete...

**hafilax** · 05-24-2012, 01:58 PM

IMO, this is the first step in the holy grail of landing a wingsuit without a parachute anywhere. Gymnasts practice tricks into foam pits; aerialists practice jumps into bubbled water. Why can't they practice wingsuit landings into boxes? You think he's just going to go for it?

To me it looked like a test of a custom low speed wingsuit. It looked pretty unstable to me. He seemed to be adjusting a lot. To land standing up you would need a really low stall speed. I don't think you can design a suit that will be fun to fly and also capable of landing. That would require being able to change the flight characteristics on the fly.

**Blurred** · 05-24-2012, 02:58 PM

Originally Posted by hafilax

Why can't they practice wingsuit landings into boxes?

Like usual on this message board, armchairs who don't have the balls to leave their parents basement continuously criticize people pushing the limits of man.

It says more about their pathetic life more than anything else.

**jfost** · 05-24-2012, 03:19 PM

Originally Posted by hafilax

IMO, this is the first step in the holy grail of landing a wingsuit without a parachute anywhere. Gymnasts practice tricks into foam pits; aerialists practice jumps into bubbled water. Why can't they practice wingsuit landings into boxes? You think he's just going to go for it?

To me it looked like a test of a custom low speed wingsuit. It looked pretty unstable to me. He seemed to be adjusting a lot. To land standing up you would need a really low stall speed. I don't think you can design a suit that will be fun to fly and also capable of landing. That would require being able to change the flight characteristics on the fly.

if he pulled a ripcord and additional material came out to assist in a stall-type manouver, that would kind of jack up the "without a 'chute" nature of this deal, but what do I know?

***posted from my parents' basement***