Timeline for Landing Wingsuit on Solid Ground or Water
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| Oct 20, 2023 at 12:56 | comment | added | Steve Pemberton | @Koterpillar - Probably because intuitively we think of landing on soft dirt as being safer. However there will likely be a lot of violent tumbling, whereas the "rollout" on ice may actually work out better in many cases. It would be interesting to analyze or at least think about the advantages and disadvantages of landing on ice. | |
| Oct 19, 2023 at 21:35 | comment | added | Michael Hall | @Koterpillar, I mentioned it in mine this afternoon... | |
| Oct 19, 2023 at 19:44 | answer | added | Michael Hall | timeline score: 4 | |
| Oct 19, 2023 at 11:29 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Oct 18, 2023 at 15:27 | vote | accept | catalyst | ||
| Oct 18, 2023 at 6:19 | comment | added | Koterpillar | I'm surprised ice isn't mentioned in any answer yet. | |
| Oct 18, 2023 at 6:00 | comment | added | catalyst | A storm regularly comes with unpredictably gusty winds, which would mean you have to get lucky to catch the right gust. I cannot draw a specific line, but something like conditions that naturally happen about once a month should count. | |
| Oct 17, 2023 at 20:23 | comment | added | Bergi | What makes a storm irregular but rainfall and wind regular? Where do you draw the line? | |
| Oct 17, 2023 at 19:20 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Oct 17, 2023 at 18:01 | answer | added | user21228 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 17, 2023 at 14:20 | comment | added | Steve Pemberton | @quietflyer - I think they got the point across that they are looking for a soft landing on normal flat ground or water. But your links were good. The cardboard box one reminded me of a behind the scenes documentary about a Sean Connery movie (I forget which one) where he falls from a collapsing bridge into a ravine. Connery did the stunt himself, they placed a whole bunch of cardboard boxes at the bottom of the ravine that he fell into. It's apparently a common stunt technique, surprising how well it worked. | |
| Oct 17, 2023 at 14:11 | answer | added | Jpe61 | timeline score: 10 | |
| Oct 17, 2023 at 13:41 | comment | added | quiet flyer | Is it allowed to make the landing into a gigantic pile of empty cardboard boxes? Because that is what has in fact been done. Landing into boxes: youtube.com/watch?v=DEP8juRSBRo . Landing into a net: youtube.com/watch?v=7hG44arJ00s | |
| Oct 17, 2023 at 13:34 | answer | added | Zeiss Ikon | timeline score: 11 | |
| S Oct 17, 2023 at 13:13 | history | suggested | Amazon Dies In Darkness | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Fixed a couple typos
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| Oct 17, 2023 at 13:10 | comment | added | Amazon Dies In Darkness | BTW, this was done roughly a decade ago (very rough estimate!), but it involved landing on a specially designed ramp. Still, an incredible feat. | |
| Oct 17, 2023 at 13:09 | comment | added | Amazon Dies In Darkness | I'm curious too... I'll give it an edit to fix a couple minor typos and an upvote to boot. | |
| Oct 17, 2023 at 13:08 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Oct 17, 2023 at 13:06 | comment | added | Jpe61 | While not the most obvious "aviation category", right out of bat I cannot see why this would not be a fitting question here. I most certainly would like to see answers to this one. | |
| Oct 17, 2023 at 12:04 | history | edited | catalyst | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| S Oct 17, 2023 at 11:18 | review | First questions | |||
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| S Oct 17, 2023 at 11:18 | history | asked | catalyst | CC BY-SA 4.0 |