unclecharlie95 3 #1 November 21, 2008 Please can people post photos of any completed or near complete big way formations they have, all flyers present and some kind of structure visible. I have a draft definition that needs testing, thank you.BASEstore.it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The111 0 #2 November 21, 2008 In another thread pretty recently somebody (you?) posted a bunch of the formations that stick out in my mind (16-ways, DeLand, Elsinore, Z-Flock). What is your new criteria?www.WingsuitPhotos.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unclecharlie95 3 #3 November 21, 2008 Yes, that was me but most of those examples were too clear cut, need some more border line cases to see how it works. Don't want to post details until i'm sure it is worthwhile..BASEstore.it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuperGirl 0 #4 November 21, 2008 Quote Don't want to post details until i'm sure it is worthwhile.. fair enough, but don't dismiss an idea immediately if it doesn't look like it's gonna work. throw it out there anyway... sometimes all you need is a second opinion to refine it into something that works quite well, you never know... one bad idea might just provide the missing piece for someone else's good yet unfinished idea. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The111 0 #5 November 21, 2008 Quote Quote Don't want to post details until i'm sure it is worthwhile.. fair enough, but don't dismiss an idea immediately if it doesn't look like it's gonna work. throw it out there anyway... sometimes all you need is a second opinion to refine it into something that works quite well, you never know... one bad idea might just provide the missing piece for someone else's good yet unfinished idea. Yeh, the other thread was filled with tons of brainstorming ideas. Throw it out there, James. www.WingsuitPhotos.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Butters 0 #6 November 21, 2008 This is a pretty big flock. Sorry, I couldn't resist."That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
notsane 0 #7 November 21, 2008 ... and it's PERFECT! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The111 0 #8 November 21, 2008 Quote ... and it's PERFECT! I did make a comment in Elsinore that real birds (who fly for hours every day) do not fly flocks nearly as cleanly as we were (who fly for a few minutes a week at most, usually). Not bad...www.WingsuitPhotos.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuperGirl 0 #9 November 21, 2008 Quote real birds (who fly for hours every day) do not fly flocks nearly as cleanly as we were the FAA doesn't acknowledge real birds' records either Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mccordia 73 #10 November 21, 2008 http://home.kabelfoon.nl/~fxcordia/photo/2008_archive/emp_15way.jpg The Empuria DZ 'record' (exclude David, in white, who's flying camera om top) 'Sorta' there...curious to know if this counts as a complete formationJC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,254 #11 November 21, 2008 Quote I did make a comment in Elsinore that real birds (who fly for hours every day) do not fly flocks nearly as cleanly as we were (who fly for a few minutes a week at most, usually). Try getting 100 wingsuiters in formation to make a co-ordinated sharp 90 right with no collisions and we'll see who's better at flocking. The birds just know that looking neat isn't what's really importantDo you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dzjnky 0 #12 November 22, 2008 Quote The birds just know that looking neat isn't what's really important Isn't it all about how many birds you can fit on a telephone wire???? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lurch 0 #13 November 22, 2008 Aha, someones been paying attention. Theres some weird kind of zen thing tied up in the concept of understanding how many birds can fit on a phone line. I knew you understood it the day half the flock wound up on the birdhouse roof, (our phone line) wondering how many we could fit before either A: one falls off or B: Franny yells at us to get off the roof again. Theres a number of relationships there including the inverse one where the odds of not being noticed and yelled at for being on the roof get twice as bad with every bird that goes up there. Or something like that. Whatever. 1 bird could stand up there for weeks, unobserved. Ever since I pranked Justin with the chain-mail perch I've been trying to think of a better one thats both hook knife proof and Franny repellent. Tug boat anchor chain, maybe, only need a couple of links... -BLive and learn... or die, and teach by example. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aarthus 0 #14 November 22, 2008 Gap may 2008 11 way 8 wayPatrick de Guillebon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aarthus 0 #15 March 4, 2009 One of my friends gave me this book : http://www.para-mag.com/eyes/ and i was surprised to find WS pics from Lapalisse in 2000 and this one (scanned) also taken in Lapalisse in 2001. looks like one of the first ws complete formation was performed by the french 4RW national team. Patrick de Guillebon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
