Problem with atmonauti article in parachutist

[DJL 232]

I finally looked at this article and I have a question. If a tracking dive travels parallel with the horizon then do you actually go UP flying birdman?

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[Vertifly 0]

I finally looked more intently at dz.com. Does this mean that you are just as assuming in real life or more?

[LouDiamond 1]

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If a tracking dive travels parallel with the horizon then do you actually go UP flying birdman?

Both trackers and wingsuits follow a decending glide slope, however,
if you compared the data from a tracking dive to a birdman flight the graphs would look noticably different. While a tracking dive graph will show more horizontal movement compared to a normal skydive, it will not show any where near as much horizontal movement as a person in a wing suit. Since gravity is the wingsuits "engine" that the suit converts into lift,we cannot actually gain altitude like an aircraft or even a glider can. We can for short moments flare the suit, similar to what one can do with their canopy, to slow our decent and one may be able to discern a slight altitude leveling off or gain but only for a matter of seconds before the suit stalls and gravity continues the suits decent on its glide slope.

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[sundevil777 93]

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I finally looked at this article and I have a question. If a tracking dive travels parallel with the horizon then do you actually go UP flying birdman?

It would make sense, but of course it doesn't, and neither does the graphic in the article. Thanks for pointing out that other obvious problem with the article.

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[DJL 232]

If the parachutist atmonauti diagram says that a tracking dive doesn't decend then I just can't argue with that. In real life I have to assume that my college physics, mechanical engineering, and aerospace engineering professors were wrong. Fuck you Newton, and curse your silly "rules"!!!

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[pchapman 261]

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Fuck you Newton, and curse your silly "rules"!!!

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[Mike111 0]