adamUK

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  1. Just turn up the wind speed! We fly 85% for 4 way and about 83% for 2 way/solo. There's a bigger pressure drop across a 4 way team than a 2 way team which has to be put back in by the fans. :)


  2. Possibly have a chat with intime scoring as you can run through the video and score your own times very much in the same way as rounds are judged. I don't know if their system does time markers but it'd be good to understand the time between each point.

    The big skill though is how each block or random is engineered and unfortnately you're going to need to get some coaching. There's some really nifty tricks to rack up those scores more quicky. Have a look at the Axis flight school.

  3. Fly more using your back so lean back a bit but also use your shins/legs to counter the forward movement that this will generate.

    Your back has a huge surface area so you can get a lot of lift from it.

    Also maybe think about cranking the wind up a bit. Sounds like you might be flying on your arms as well as your legs to get lift.

    As a drill try flying with your hands on your head and concentrate on using all other body parts for lift. :)


  4. iFly had some photos up a while ago of it in construction but they've rejigged their site and removed them. It looked huge.

    Topped out I reckon it'd use about 6MW of power (about 8000 horsepower). You'd need deep pockets for solo flying but you could probably do 16 way dynamic flying in there. :P


  5. Ifly have the monopoly and will do it's damnedest to ensure it retains it. Don't expect cost effective tunnels (to quote their press release) in the US any time soon. :P

    (typing this from the hurricane factory at $460/hr including taxes)


  6. Like sh*t i suppose. The angle of the glass would be so steep as to cause turbulence at the wall and a really bad velocity profile as you moved away from the centreline. The largest angle should be about 6 degrees so. Any more than that and you'll have a turbulent, lossy design.

  7. If you're going to buy that much time then seriously consider some of the European tunnels or Flystation in Russia. The price of the flights, accomodation, meals, tunnel and coaching will probably work out cheaper than just the tunnel & coaching costs in the US... especially Flystation... plus super smooth ISG loveliness and a trip to St Petersburg to boot. B|