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Wow amazing videos!! I never would have known to search for "nap of the earth". Are there regulations against this kind of flying for civilian pilots? Keep them coming! BASEline - Wingsuit Flight Computer

I tried searching for videos of planes flying close to terrain, similar to what wingsuit pilots are doing these days. I found a couple videos but not that many really. Whereas I can find 100's of wingsuit terrain flight videos. Maybe I'm not using the right search terms? I refuse believe that there aren't some crazy pilots out there... Anyone have any impressive videos of planes flying close to mountain terrain? BASEline - Wingsuit Flight Computer

Very cool. I've been working on tracking for my last 2 days at the DZ. Not exactly "exit" data, but since we're nerding out with data, I thought I would share. These are 3 of those jumps: - Red: My first jump of the day, doing what I thought was "tracking" but apparently not so much. - Orange: 5th jump of the day, and hired a coach to help (thanks Patrick!) - Yellow: First jump of 2nd day, right after reviewing video from previous coach jump. [inline trackingjumps.png] I was wearing a normal belly suit for all these jumps. I was using the Recon Flight HUD goggles to get feedback during solo tracks. The last jump got an average glide ratio of 0.7, and sustained fallrate under 90mph (confirmed with N3). Next weekend trying out my new PF track suit! BASEline - Wingsuit Flight Computer

Cool, thanks for the info everyone! Sorry I left off Sacramento... it's just a bit farther drive than the rest, but I will have to come check it out sometime. See you out there! BASEline - Wingsuit Flight Computer

I just recently moved to San Francisco, and I've checked out several DZs on the weekends, but I'm often free to jump on weekdays. Some questions for the locals: - What are the best DZs for weekday jumping? - Which ones are even open on weekdays? Fridays? - How frequently are loads going? - Any chance of finding people to jump with? (fun jumpers or coaches) - Anyone want to jump with me? (~150 jumps, would like to work on tracking skills or belly) BASEline - Wingsuit Flight Computer

Looks like Recon actually did listen to feedback from users, and just released a firmware upgrade to fix some of the most glaring issues (zeroing altitude, popups). I just got an email about it: http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=9a8408bf8508123a95be4de61&id=242eba4852&e=61188887af BASEline - Wingsuit Flight Computer

http://www.uspa.org/Portals/0/Downloads/Min_BOD_2008_09.pdf [Page 4] http://www.uspa.org/Portals/0/Downloads/Min_BOD_2009_04.pdf [Page 19] BASEline - Wingsuit Flight Computer

There was a USC Skydiving group for a while. It started out unofficial, with friends organizing random trips to Elsinore. (how I got my license!) Attempts were made to make the club more official (so we could try to get university funds / official recognition), but the school also balked at the risks of skydiving. So we officially became USC Indoor Skydiving. After that we only "officially" did tunnel trips. Better to beg forgiveness than ask permission BASEline - Wingsuit Flight Computer

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Something to think about for any skydivers considering a trip to Dubai... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23381448 BASEline - Wingsuit Flight Computer

Hey, I'm the author of BASEline. I've been working on this app ever since the Galaxy Nexus came out last year with a built in barometric altimeter, and I saw the opportunity to build an altimeter/GPS on my phone. I've been working on the project in my free time ever since. BASEline Flight Computer The app displays current altitude, fallrate, speed, polar plot, position on a map, etc. There is also a very programmable audible which can trigger alarms for breakoff, deployment, etc. You can also set an audio loop that is modified by your glide ratio like a FlySight. It also keeps a jump log of all altitude, gps, and accelerometer data which can be copied back to the computer. (The jump log is a little buggy in v1 right now, fixing that for v2 and adding Paralog support too... thanks Klaus!) My goal was to make a tool for learning about glide ratio, fall rate etc. Also since I'm a programmer and a skydiver, I'm really stoked to be able to combine the two. It's still under active testing and development, and I'm working on releasing version 2 shortly. Would love to hear people's thoughts, and/or feature requests! BASEline - Wingsuit Flight Computer

GPS is generally does not give accurate enough altitude to be useful anyway. However, the Galaxy Nexus, and the soon-to-be-released Galaxy SIII both have barometeric altimeters built-in, that sample at 5hz. Way more accurate! As soon as I saw that feature I bought the phone and immediately started developing a skydiving/wingsuiting app for it. My app allows you to program audible feedback based on any of the phone's sensors (GPS, barometer, compass, gyro, etc). Can be used for speed, glide ratio, navigation, etc. Kind of like a FlySight on crack. Test flights are underway. To be released very soon... BASEline - Wingsuit Flight Computer

Does anyone know if it's possible to run general android apps on the MOD Live? BASEline - Wingsuit Flight Computer

FYI- If you think the audio sounds funny, don't re-download it 5 times like I did. Just keep listening past 4 minutes. lol BASEline - Wingsuit Flight Computer

Perhaps a device could be programmed by performing a "model" swoop first, in order to calibrate it to your canopy and weight. Then in the future, if you deviate from this pre-determined path, the device could issue a warning. Varying windspeed might be difficult to account for though, as well as varying atmospheric conditions. It's also possible that the margin of error is so small once a swoop is initiated that it is likely too late for a gps/barometer to reliably warn you. But it shouldn't be overlooked that they could increase consistency by supplementing the swooper's visual cues. [PS- I am that hypothetical grad student. And I am working on a flight computer app for the Galaxy Nexus. This thread has been great inspiration, so keep the ideas coming if there's anything else you might like to see in a flight computer...] BASEline - Wingsuit Flight Computer

People are actively working on this! There is a whole world of possibilities for using audible feedback to improve our performance in flying. The fact of the matter is, humans were not designed to fly. Birds can innately sense changes in air pressure, with sensitivity far beyond what we can do using our own senses. Skydivers have been augmenting our limited human senses ever since the first jump with an altimeter. I think this trend will only continue now that the average cell-phone has more sensors than a IFR flight computer... BASEline - Wingsuit Flight Computer

For a skydiver, the choice is clear: wait a week or two and get the first ever phone with a barometric altimeter! Galaxy Nexus: http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/20/behind-the-glass-a-detailed-tour-inside-the-samsung-galaxy-nexu/ BASEline - Wingsuit Flight Computer