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01-08-2009, 02:24 PM
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| Moderator  Name: Dave Joined: Oct 2007 From: North Vancouver Posts: 1,088
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Blackice's pictures | Humans flying like Squirrels - Video Great Video footage of humans flying like Squirrels .... The closest thing to being a bird that man has come up with yet, fabric suits that look like flying squirrels ! I Wonder what the Wright Brothers would think of this. http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_...m&show_title=1 Enjoy |
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01-08-2009, 02:31 PM
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| Senior Member  | Wow, that was awesome. They looked like little sugar-gliders, lol. Seriously though, I would be way to afraid of clipping a rock with my hand or something, then retracting it out of instinct, causing me to lose my glide and crash right into the mountain side.  |
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01-08-2009, 10:30 PM
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| M3 Less  Name: Anthony Joined: Feb 2004 From: Vancouver Posts: 1,694
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motoyen's pictures | What would be bad ass is to find a really steep hill and land on rollerblades and just keep going! I wonder how much air time the suit adds to just regular falling?
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01-08-2009, 10:47 PM
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Blackice's pictures | There was a TV show on this a while back, this guy jumped, but screwed up the distance.... He landed, and soared, landed... got stuck in a tree. Had a broken arm, leg and collar bone..... It took them 8 hrs to get him out, you could hear him screaming in pain for most of the rescue ! |
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01-12-2009, 12:40 PM
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The suit can allow a ratio of 3:1 horizontal distance to freefall distance. now if they could combine the wingsuit with the roller blade suit..... lol This is pretty close to what you were thinking Moto ( fyi, this guy is dead now) Last edited by Blackice; 01-12-2009 at 01:19 PM.. Reason: Fixd Vid links | |
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