angelfood 0 #1 June 12, 2013 I'm not a flyer, but I'm writing a book with a character who does. I'm wondering how much vertical drop is needed before forward flight is possible? Is there some link/URL that gives very basic info about selecting terrain that is possible to wing suit fly from? Thanks in advance!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johenrik 0 #2 June 12, 2013 It depends on your skills and suit of course, but I usually feel my suit start flying pretty good after about 3 seconds. That should be about 50 meter of altitude. You should of course have quite a the room for margin of error and I usually don't jump anything that doesn't have a rock drop of 6-7 seconds (150 meters or so) but I am a pussy. Although a cliff in Norway with 4 seconds (about 75 meters) have been jumped quite a lot. This is pretty sketchy and your exits need to be perfect. People like to say that they fly a ratio of 3:1 (3 meters forward to one meter down) but most people fly about 2:1. Of course again all this depends on the suit and pilot. Also making lots of turns will cause your ratio to be worse. -Jo Henrik Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
