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Title: Human flight
Post by: ghi on May 20, 2018, 03:51:25 PM: Interesting video, from time 2:40 shows the average lifespan in this sport .

https://youtu.be/FQd3a6g2Tvg

https://youtu.be/KDPW_g2AhAU
Title: Re: Human flight
Post by: pembquist on May 20, 2018, 03:59:27 PM: Not worth the risk. Maybe if it had a glide ratio better than a brick wrapped in chicken feathers and could climb, otherwise no.
Title: Re: Human flight
Post by: Drano on May 20, 2018, 05:42:39 PM: Quote from: pembquist on May 20, 2018, 03:59:27 PM
Not worth the risk. Maybe if it had a glide ratio better than a brick wrapped in chicken feathers and could climb, otherwise no.
It's a simple question of weight ratios! I mean, a 5oz bird could never carry a 3lb coconut!

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Title: Re: Human flight
Post by: Meatwad on May 20, 2018, 05:46:54 PM: But it could grip it by the husk
Title: Re: Human flight
Post by: colmbo on May 20, 2018, 06:20:23 PM: Wingsuits have a glide ratio as high as 2.5:1......far better than your boa adorned building material.
Title: Re: Human flight
Post by: jimbo71 on May 21, 2018, 02:18:50 PM: * chugs a red Bull > fist bumps > woo hoo! :x > :uhoh > greasy spot on side of mountain > get a 3 - second postmortem spot in a YouTube video....
Title: Re: Human flight
Post by: 1stpar3 on May 21, 2018, 02:28:13 PM: :furious DO NOT ask me to hold yer beer! Remember how that worked out the LAST time? :devil When you coming back? :old:
Title: Re: Human flight
Post by: bozon on May 22, 2018, 03:10:00 AM: Quote from: colmbo on May 20, 2018, 06:20:23 PM
Wingsuits have a glide ratio as high as 2.5:1......far better than your boa adorned building material.
Glide ratio of 2.5 is not flying - it is falling at an angle.

Anyway, good thing that they wear helmets. Safety comes first.
Title: Re: Human flight
Post by: 100Coogn on May 22, 2018, 03:34:34 AM: Quote from: bozon on May 22, 2018, 03:10:00 AM
Glide ratio of 2.5 is not flying - it is falling at an angle.

Anyway, good thing that they wear helmets. Safety comes first.
:rofl

Coogan
Title: Re: Human flight
Post by: ghi on May 22, 2018, 07:17:35 AM: Quote from: 1stpar3 on May 21, 2018, 02:28:13 PM
:furious DO NOT ask me to hold yer beer! Remember how that worked out the LAST time? :devil When you coming back? :old:
Hey stpar, i don't have time to play; up here is the time of the year when bears accumulate fat , i'll be back during hibernation. :)
Title: Re: Human flight
Post by: Nypsy on May 22, 2018, 07:29:17 AM: Leave the poor dog on the ground!
Title: Re: Human flight
Post by: ghi on May 22, 2018, 07:59:37 AM: Quote from: bozon on May 22, 2018, 03:10:00 AM

Anyway, good thing that they wear helmets. Safety comes first.
:rofl :rofl
Title: Re: Human flight
Post by: Volron on May 22, 2018, 09:44:03 AM: The comments in the video were funny. :rofl
Title: Re: Human flight
Post by: Puma44 on May 22, 2018, 11:02:29 AM: Quote from: bozon on May 22, 2018, 03:10:00 AM
Anyway, good thing that they wear helmets. Safety comes first.

Yeah, safety. :rofl
Title: Re: Human flight
Post by: pembquist on May 22, 2018, 01:12:56 PM: If your a little short on funds you can get a rough approximation by hanging out next to a high speed rail track and jumping across in front of a train at the last fraction of a second. You still need to shell out for the GoPro though.
Title: Re: Human flight
Post by: Puma44 on May 22, 2018, 01:14:06 PM: :rofl :bolt:
Title: Re: Human flight
Post by: save on May 30, 2018, 10:11:29 AM: Quote from: bozon on May 22, 2018, 03:10:00 AM
Anyway, good thing that they wear helmets. Safety comes first.

Comment of the year :rofl :rofl