Video: Landing a Wingsuit on water without chute...BS or Real

[TikiMan 0]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2xmAWS4akE

[normiss 749]

Seriously?
Are you high???

[Zlew 0]

looks pretty fake to me. 2:25 looks badly faked.

[Remster 30]

Totally legit.

Remster

[normiss 749]

Stop encouraging them.

[wmw999 2,370]

I have a friend who says that if you bubble the water to reduce the surface tension issues, it'd be very possible.

Of course, you'd be really, really, deep in bubbly water then, wearing a parachute and a wingsuit

Wendy P.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[TikiMan 0]

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[airtwardo 7]

Dontchya just HATE it when the camera goes all nuts JUST when ya need it the most?!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[mjosparky 4]

Do you think he was wearing enough cameras?

Sparky

My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

[oldwomanc6 40]

airtwardo

Dontchya just HATE it when the camera goes all nuts JUST when ya need it the most?!

Looked like a penguin to me.

lisa
WSCR 594
FB 1023
CBDB 9

[nutellaontoast 0]

Yes. Definitely looks like real BS to me.

Don't let the fact that I sound like I think that I know what I'm talking about fool you. I know that I don't know what I'm talking about

[airdvr 204]

In High School near us was a place called Holiday Sands. It's a lake/water park. I'm sure everyone has one nearby. This particular park had a huge slide into the water. After blazing up I decided it would be cool to go head first and skip off the water. One of the most painful things I've ever done. I think the impact with the water forced the blood out of my heart.

Please don't dent the planet.

Destinations by Roxanne

[speedy 0]

Remster

Totally legit.

No it's not, it's fake just like the guy who landed on cardboard boxes.

Dave

Fallschirmsport Marl

[Joellercoaster 6]

I'mma steal that

--
"I'll tell you how all skydivers are judged, . They are judged by the laws of physics." - kkeenan

"You jump out, pull the string and either live or die. What's there to be good at?

[chuckakers 422]

wmw999

I have a friend who says that if you bubble the water to reduce the surface tension issues, it'd be very possible.

Of course, you'd be really, really, deep in bubbly water then, wearing a parachute and a wingsuit

Wendy P.

If stacked boxes can do the job, I bet aerated water could too. It works for high-divers.

Let's get Purple Mike to give it a shot.

Chuck Akers
D-10855
Houston, TX

[dpreguy 14]

"aerated water?"
I don't know if the video is real or fake, but you can't aerate /bubbly water a lake.

[normiss 749]

Why not?

[chuckakers 422]

dpreguy

"aerated water?"
I don't know if the video is real or fake, but you can't aerate /bubbly water a lake.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6zFJ3tJ85E

If you can do it in a pool, you can do it in a lake.

Chuck Akers
D-10855
Houston, TX

[normiss 749]

Exactly.

[jimmytavino 16]

you can DO just about anything.... if you have big imagination big equipment big financing and big balls... as for the video..and proximity wingsuiting in general... i think the visuals and world travel HAVE to be breathtaking...!!! ) that's quite enough , thanks... For all those who are juiced, with " Youthful Enthusiasm ", regardless of age the choice is yours... to Launch... But let's BE careful out there... Now i Know that wingers can get some pretty good forward momentum going, but you can bet your ass, that they are also making ALOT of vertical footage,, in the Down direction.. This guys entry angle is SOOoo shallow, as to be discrediting to "the effort " ... and a "slight" slight, to the cardboard Box Man...whose name now escapes me.... My Mamma told me " believe half of what you see, Sonny, NONE of what you hear "

[DSE 5]

dpreguy

"aerated water?"
I don't know if the video is real or fake, but you can't aerate /bubbly water a lake.

Sure you can.
Whether it's useful for a landing or not is another topic.
I predict we'll see a real occurrence of this in the coming year.

[Dean358 0]

Note the product placement shot at 1:16 for some stupid brand of shaving cream. Sure looks like a deceptive viral marketing video to me. *sigh* Nothing against commercials, mind you, but the levels of dishonesty in this shit is right up there with so-called "reality tv."

www.wci.nyc

[aj4218 0]

Reminds me of a thread I started back in 1997 - http://tinyurl.com/jvl6q5c

Al

[rrmtopo 1]

Def fake, but the part where he is "skimming" the water reminded me of the aerodynamic phenomena known as "wing in ground effect". When skimming the surface of the ground (or water), starting within one wingspan of that surface, induced drag is reduced thus increasing lift. Anyone who has flown a high wing Cessna and a low wing Piper has felt the difference. It would be interesting to run the numbers to determine what wing-loading would be required to get the suit stall speed low enough to be survivable (repeatably) when in ground effect on water. Add the aeration as a safety factor. Interesting, especially since the current suits have a fairly small span, that's a really small margin for error.

[obatzda 0]

haha great video that realy made me laugh, cant understand why there is so much anger in the comments?

yea its a fake but its a funny one, next one please groundland a wingsuit on a bellyskateboard.

thanks