Wingsuit from Quebec

[DSE 3]

http://youtu.be/2H_G400zE2s?t=24m14s

A year old, but I hadn't seen it linked here.

[ifell 0]

Reminiscent of a model I have seen somewhere around this forum lol

[johnmatrix 21]

I'd jump that were it not for the really odd colour scheme.

[Jbag 0]

Phoenix-Fly really has made it a long way!

IHYD

[Chris-Ottawa 0]

So, this may come as a surprise to many of you, but Alain made this a reality. The design has changed considerably, but the premise is the same. He is flying a rigid wing, wingsuit. He has done 5 or 6 test flights with a small amount of funding he received from a local investor, and his flights were done from a helicopter as the design is clearly not able to exit an aircraft.

Everyone doubted him, but he continues to improve the design and I can see it soon becoming a viable option for a small niche market in the sport. Right now, he's getting comparable flight times as most of the larger wingsuits (Apache/Jedei/X2 etc), however he expects to triple this time once the design is closer to "final".

I'll see if I can get a copy of the video from one of his test flights. It really is something to see.

"When once you have tasted flight..."

[johnmatrix 21]

Hahahaaa - can't wait to see this video.

[piisfish 135]

Nice :-) looking forward to seeing the video

scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM

[Chris-Ottawa 0]

I wonder how many people frantically Googled about this guy last night to find "anything" about this. It seems so ludicrous that it can't possibly be true.

And.....it's not, or at least as far as I know. I was just trying to have a little fun and see if anyone actually believed that it could be possible. Sorry for having a giggle at this guys' expense, but I know that everyone knew this was impossible (at least with that design and this guy). I'm all for innovation, but I'm pretty sure that we're not going to see a chest mount saucer that turns into a wingsuit anytime soon.

I apologize for being a jerk...hehe

"When once you have tasted flight..."

[piisfish 135]

jerk
I didn't google it, was just expecting your video

scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM

[yeyo 1]

giselle martin and this guy would make a great team.

HISPA #93
DS #419.5

[jakee 1,254]

A match made in pie in the sky heaven

Although for all her faults, at least Giselle would have told that dickhead where to go when he started joking about life insurance.

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[johnmatrix 21]

Lame.

Your penalty is to jump the invention yourself and get video.

[uberchris 0]

i just dont understand, theres no way this guy was serious, right? i know he kept a straight face, but theres no way that it wasnt a complete fucking joke. and if he was serious, then he truly is batshit crazy and bordeline retarded.

gravity brings me down.........

[johnmatrix 21]

I remember not long ago a guy started posting here who had strapped microjet turbines to a carbon fibre wing and was trying to take off with it by going down a makeshift runway on a skateboard.
Had video and everything. I thought it was pretty awesome actually, but the dude was fully about to die.

[OuttaBounZ 0]

I remember that, Please find that video!

Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.

[johnmatrix 21]

Here's one....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGSLGKQ2QBM&