eorge Nincehelser
Cc: Texas Cavers
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Flying suits & video
The best and only real way to do this is for somebody to strap a
fiberglass boogie board to the chest of his flying suit and go for it on
a ski slope!
I've even seen video of a guy flying over ski slopes at a
The best and only real way to do this is for somebody to strap a fiberglass
boogie board to the chest of his flying suit and go for it on a ski slope!
I've even seen video of a guy flying over ski slopes at a 10 to 12 foot
MAINTAINED (surface) altitude - land falling away at something probably
clo
I'm not sure why the guy thinks he need $2,000,000 for this. I'm sure you
could do a proof-of-concept quiet cheaply. Just start working with a
prototype suit and a crash-test dummy.
With a runway and some sort of advanced personal landing gear (like straping
a skateboard to your chest) you migh
This is probably a very good test for the theory of evolution also.
On 12/10/07 3:20 PM, "CaverArch" wrote:
> There is a New York Times cover article today on the folks experimenting with
> flying suits (as on the viral video of late) that discusses their ultimate
> objective: to dispense with t
would have tried this, certainly not without a parachute. I
would expect a higher rate of mortality with participants.
Fritz
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From: CaverArch [mailto:cavera...@aol.com]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 3:20 PM
To: Mixon Bill; Cavers Texas
Subject: [Texascavers] Flying suits & video
There is a New York Times cover article today on the folks experimenting with
flying suits (as on the viral video of late) that discusses their ultimate
objective: to dispense with the parachute, and yet survive. Several potential
methods are discussed, none of which are very sane at this early
