drakeshelby 0 #51 August 6, 2004 highest altitude : 31000ft (done it twice) lowest altitude : 1200ft (done it more than twice. . . ooops) drakeshelbydrakeshelby Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
relyon 0 #52 August 6, 2004 QuoteWingsuit glide is as much freefall as Luigi's 39 sq ft canopy jump was freefall. Try landing the wingsuit ... Bob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ne146t9 0 #53 August 6, 2004 Highest 15,500 AGL Lowest 2200 AGL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
voodew1 0 #54 August 6, 2004 Why are people who don't have wingsuits so jealous of those of us that do and maximize our moneys worth of FREEFALL The pimp hand is powdered up ... say something stupid Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skypuppy 1 #55 August 6, 2004 aircraft high 14,500 low 500 Base freefall 270ish bagging 130ishIf some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diablopilot 2 #56 August 6, 2004 Bill's got a couple. Oh and I don't care what anyone says. I log my freefall time on wingsuits.---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DShiznit 0 #57 August 6, 2004 H: 16,500 L: 2,500 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BASE813 0 #58 August 6, 2004 Skydiving H: 17,500 L: 1,100 (freefall on my main) BASE H: 3,000 L: 210 freefall I would love to do some skydives from above 20k...... I just think the play time would be so cool........ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
usedtajump 1 #59 August 6, 2004 Highest 19,000' (no O2) Lowest 800' (Aircraft, not static line)The older I get the less I care who I piss off. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
goose491 0 #60 August 6, 2004 Highest Jump (high altis from twin Otter): Just over 20 grand (hoooahhhhh!) Lowest Jump (emergency exit from C182): around 1800ft. (whoa-mama!) My Karma ran over my Dogma!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyIvan 0 #61 August 6, 2004 Highest: 14,000 Ft. Lowest: Just right now, getting out off bed.__________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
beavdog 0 #62 August 6, 2004 Highest w/o2: 23,500ft AGL w/o o2: 17,500ft Lowest: 1,800ft Here's to the Breezes that blows through the Trezzez..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,384 #63 August 6, 2004 > Why are people who don't have wingsuits so jealous of those of us >that do and maximize our moneys worth of FREEFALL Cause we all wanna be like you! --bill von (BM-I 03) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,384 #64 August 6, 2004 >Try landing the wingsuit ... Will be done pretty shortly. A BASE jumper has already landed a wingsuit and survived (although it messed him up.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
relyon 0 #65 August 6, 2004 "Will be done" and "has been done" are two very different things. People have survived freefall impacts with no parachute, but I don't see too many people willing to get on a 10 minute call for a no-rig skydive. I don't consider a jump that ends with an ambulance ride or worse very successful. Do the math: a 160 lb exit weight, 10 sq ft wingsuit, and a 20-knot landing speed will require a lift coefficient of around 2.6 at sea level. That's higher than a commercial jet at touchdown and greater than 95% of all experimental high lift research to date. Do you really think some genius at Birdman is going to invent a suit that performs better than the billions spent high-lift research over the past 80+ years can attain? Bob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DShiznit 0 #66 August 6, 2004 Quote Will be done pretty shortly. A BASE jumper has already landed a wingsuit and survived (although it messed him up.) So it hasn't been posted on the other area, when can we get some details? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 3 #67 August 6, 2004 Quote>Try landing the wingsuit ... Will be done pretty shortly. A BASE jumper has already landed a wingsuit and survived (although it messed him up.) I don't think he landed a wingsuit so much as fucked up and hit the ground. Big difference.My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,384 #68 August 7, 2004 >I don't think he landed a wingsuit so much as fucked up and hit the > ground. Big difference. He jumped, landed with a wingsuit but without a deployed parachute, and survived. It can be done; now we just have to figure out how to make it hurt less. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 3 #69 August 7, 2004 Quote>I don't think he landed a wingsuit so much as fucked up and hit the > ground. Big difference. He jumped, landed with a wingsuit but without a deployed parachute, and survived. It can be done; now we just have to figure out how to make it hurt less. Like I said, he fucked up and hit the ground. If he had intended to land the suit why was he wearing a rig? You make it hurt less by using a parachute. A landable wingsuit (jumpsuit) will not be seen in your life time.My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #70 August 8, 2004 Highest: 23,000 feet (Mullin's KA) Lowest: 2,100 feet (Mullin's KA)"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
captain1 0 #71 August 8, 2004 Highest altitude. I think it was about 18,500 feet from a KingAir in Titusville, FL. Lowest, at the age of 10. My much older brother picked me up and threw me off a 100 ft. ledge into a waterhole in Box Canyon, Encinitas California back in 1981. The bastard, I still kick his ass to this day over that incident but lovingly. However, I grew hair on my chest that day back in 1981. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skypuppy 1 #72 August 9, 2004 "Will be done" and "has been done" are two very different things. People have survived freefall impacts with no parachute, but I don't see too many people willing to get on a 10 minute call for a no-rig skydive. I don't consider a jump that ends with an ambulance ride or worse very successful. So true. As one of the most successful and experienced wingsuit BASERs Yuri defined the problem during his seminar at bridge day - when you're flying your wingsuit efficiently, you just don't have no landing gear... I don't think too many self-satisfied wingsuit jumpers or basejumpers really want to mess up their pretty faces that much...If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KrisFlyZ 0 #73 August 9, 2004 Quote> Why are people who don't have wingsuits so jealous of those of us >that do and maximize our moneys worth of FREEFALL Cause we all wanna be like you! --bill von (BM-I 03) I can certainly understand Bill's argument. I will also log my wingsuit time as FF time. O.k, I should have said longest skydive and it would have been the PC thing to say. I intended to arouse the interest of some of the DZ.comers that were not aware of the extented skydive times that one can get in a wingsuit. That is why I posted that number in a high altitude / low altitude thread. Is tracking in any suit with booties really freefall? Anyways.... Highest Altitude : 22900 (Mullins KingAir...love this aircraft) Lowest Altitude : No changes Longest skydive : 3 minutes 31 secs. Kris. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flow 1 #74 August 9, 2004 Highest: 20 000ft Lowest: 2000ft Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DShiznit 0 #75 August 11, 2004 QuoteHe jumped, landed with a wingsuit but without a deployed parachute, and survived. It can be done; now we just have to figure out how to make it hurt less. details available yet? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
