People Can Fly- Awesome!

Mon Jan 16, 2012 11:13 am » by **Cia212**

iwanci wrote:Sorry guys, this is not ‘flying’ it’s more like a controlled fall.. don’t you think?

That's true, but the technology is evolving pretty quickly. A decade ago the glide ratio was barely 1:1, now it's 2.5-3:1. I think that, with ankle-mounted jets, true flight might be obtainable...of course you'd have to develop a stabilizer to suppress yaw.

Plus a bird strike could be fatal at the speed these things fly.

Mon Jan 16, 2012 11:34 am » by **Mrmcnuggets**

cia212 wrote:
iwanci wrote:Sorry guys, this is not ‘flying’ it’s more like a controlled fall.. don’t you think?

That's true, but the technology is evolving pretty quickly. A decade ago the glide ratio was barely 1:1, now it's 2.5-3:1. I think that, with ankle-mounted jets, true flight might be obtainable...of course you'd have to develop a stabilizer to suppress yaw.

Plus a bird strike could be fatal at the speed these things fly.

oooh.. imagine hitting a falcon or something going 100mph. :nails:

Ill def be wearing a full face shield when I do this.

Mon Jan 16, 2012 11:42 am » by **Seahawk100**

cia212 wrote:
iwanci wrote:Sorry guys, this is not ‘flying’ it’s more like a controlled fall.. don’t you think?

That's true, but the technology is evolving pretty quickly. A decade ago the glide ratio was barely 1:1, now it's 2.5-3:1. I think that, with ankle-mounted jets, true flight might be obtainable...of course you'd have to develop a stabilizer to suppress yaw.

Plus a bird strike could be fatal at the speed these things fly.

Yeah, they are also working on advancing towards landing without, now necessary, parachutes.
It'll happen. This has been a fairly rapidly evolving sport. So cool.

and.. yeah, I would think that even trying to quickly avoid a bird strike could prove to be fatal.

Mon Jan 16, 2012 11:48 am » by **Mrmcnuggets**

seahawk100 wrote:
cia212 wrote:
iwanci wrote:Sorry guys, this is not ‘flying’ it’s more like a controlled fall.. don’t you think?

That's true, but the technology is evolving pretty quickly. A decade ago the glide ratio was barely 1:1, now it's 2.5-3:1. I think that, with ankle-mounted jets, true flight might be obtainable...of course you'd have to develop a stabilizer to suppress yaw.

Plus a bird strike could be fatal at the speed these things fly.

Yeah, they are also working on advancing towards landing without, now necessary, parachutes.
It'll happen. This has been a fairly rapidly evolving sport. So cool.

and.. yeah, I would think that even trying to quickly avoid a bird strike could prove to be fatal.

Wear some Carbon fiber reinforced gloves and palm that bitch out the way. :lol:

- well actually.. that quite wouldn't work either lol. Guess you just gotta have your ninja card.

Mon Jan 16, 2012 12:11 pm » by **Perronick**

Sob! I got vertigo just from watching :vomit:

Mon Jan 16, 2012 12:24 pm » by **Tjahzi**

insane ballz of steel!

Mon Jan 16, 2012 5:30 pm » by **Savwafair2012**

Watch this dude take flying to the next level

Mon Jan 16, 2012 6:14 pm » by **Niji666**

Wow! that's one of those things i love to sit and watch with my feet firmly on the floor. I wouldn't have the balls and that's me being honest. I wish i did though imagine the adrenalin rush
:cheers:

Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:53 pm » by **Savwafair2012**

Remember he is flying over the Alps

Crazyyyyy :flop:

Tue Jan 17, 2012 2:45 pm » by **Tjahzi**

savwafair2012 wrote:Remember he is flying over the Alps

Crazyyyyy

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