The next big thing....?

[SkyAnt 0]

Ram air canopies, AAD's, Full face Helmets, Audibles.
Whats going to be the next big thing?

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
Edmund Burke (1729-1797)

[BigM 2]

ME getting my AFF! Now THAT would be a BIG thing!

"When I die, I want to go like my grandmother, who died peacefully in her sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in her car."

[Raistlin 0]

A radically new kind of canopy with lifting force? :)

[piisfish 135]

airbag for low turns/missed hook turns

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

[mr2mk1g 10]

A more advanced canopy design with ability to climb short distances... there is already such a thing in development - called the R.A.G.E. by paratec - the mpeg's I have of it made me think it was a con, but it's real.

[TheBile 0]

The next big thing will be someone posting the same question in multiple forums.

Gerb

I stir feelings in others they themselves don't understand. KA'CHOW !

[falxori 0]

am i the only one who's getting deja vu feeling from this thread?

O

"Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero."

[CSpenceFLY 1]

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ME getting my AFF! Now THAT would be a BIG thing!

That would be a scary thing

[SkyAnt 0]

am i the only one who's getting deja vu feeling from this thread?
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Didn't you just say that?

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
Edmund Burke (1729-1797)

[SkyAnt 0]

Don't look at me. You replied to both.
I do that to get different opinions.
Which....... usually works.

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
Edmund Burke (1729-1797)

[quade 3]

I'm gonna say the next -really- big thing would be a jet pack in conjuction with a wing suit or maybe hard wing.

No. It still won't be landable, but will give you maybe 5 minutes of flight time before you have to deploy. I think this is where hard wings would have an advantage over wing suits because it's physically difficult to maintain position for that length of time. There may actually need to be an intermediate step where a design in made that is a hybrid between a hard wing and wing suit. Something that could fit comfortably and practially in the back of a Twin Otter -- being no more bother than say, a skyboard. Something that maybe exits "soft" but when it inflates doesn't require so much effort by the skydiver to hold it in position.

quade -
The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[Frenchy68 0]

Bird type suit that allows one to land without having to deploy a canopy...

Nick

"For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return."

[piisfish 135]

here it is (part of it)
www.prospective-concepts.ch/html/flash6_en.htm
projects-air-flying man
he has now rigid extensions
next step will be the turbines...

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

[slotperfect 7]

Crosspost from The Bonfire. Please choose the best Forum for your specific topic and post it there. Don't waste bandwidth or fragment people's attention by double posting it.

Thanks.

Arrive Safely

John