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Shooting the breeze.

graceful

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graceful

WA, 773 posts

7 Nov 2008 4:20pm

would it be possble to make(not me)a suit, wing suit stlye but bigger,that you could glide on the spot/around in high winds??

grumplestiltskin

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grumplestiltskin

WA, 2331 posts

7 Nov 2008 5:11pm

Well it would need to have wings the size of a hanglider in order to work.
Then it would need to have aluminium struts to hold it all together and allow you to have some semblance of control.

Come to think of it, they have already invented it ..... its called a hanglider

theDoctor

NSW

5786 posts

theDoctor

NSW, 5786 posts

7 Nov 2008 7:23pm

ever seen that jimi hendrix movie... rainbow bridge...?

there's a scene in that where this skinny hippie dude is jumping forward into this howlin wind on an island in hawaii and he's being held up for like a second or so...

maybe all you need is to be a skinny drugged out hippie

Mobydisc

NSW

9029 posts

Mobydisc

NSW, 9029 posts

7 Nov 2008 8:26pm

Or you could stick a jet engine on your back. I think thats been done too.

Seeing that video of those guys jumping off cliffs with suits on makes me think what you want is impossible. They still fell like stones, probably losing 20 meters altitude for every meter of travel.

General

471 posts

General

WA, 471 posts

8 Nov 2008 2:14pm

you could always give this ago

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7637327.stm

Squid Lips

708 posts

Squid Lips

WA, 708 posts

9 Nov 2008 9:55am

hahaha, in that first frame of the video it's showing there he looks like a transformer

Sailhack

VIC

5000 posts

Sailhack

VIC, 5000 posts

9 Nov 2008 12:05pm

I like how that reporter used the term "home-made jet-propelled wing".

Kind of reminds me of the John Denver tragedy, and how it was reported....with his "home-made experimental aircraft".

not a good mixture of words, in my opinion!