MaxQ
Tripoli 2747
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Don't disagree - it is kind of glorifying fringe activity here......like the more extreme rocketry stunts.People like this give sky diving a bad name.
Stunts like this do not serve to advance the sport, just prove that this man is nuts.
If he was off target, it definitely would have given the sport a bad name.When friends bring up the topic of sky diving my normal response is "why jump out of a perfectly good plane". Don't get me wrong I am not against the sport, I would be the first out the door if the wing fell off, but this guy brings the idea of free-falling to a new level. I watched the video and felt very uneasy, right up to the point he hit the net, as it looked from his helmet cam that he was off. Just nuts, but technically pretty cool I must admit!
Here's a video...where the wings DID fall off........................When friends bring up the topic of sky diving my normal response is "why jump out of a perfectly good plane". Don't get me wrong I am not against the sport, I would be the first out the door if the wing fell off, but this guy brings the idea of free-falling to a new level. I watched the video and felt very uneasy, right up to the point he hit the net, as it looked from his helmet cam that he was off. Just nuts, but technically pretty cool I must admit!
That's crazy. I don't think I would have even liked to have been in the audience at the event. Imagine if he missed it right in front of you! SPLAT!https://youtu.be/aOBavry0K2E
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I guess if you are going to be in a mid-air collision, it's very convenient to be standing in the door with a chute on! Did everyone get out? How about the pilots? Looked like maybe not...Here's a video...where the wings DID fall off........................
Multiple views from the jumper as they had helmet cams....
[video=youtube;7p6hqMnsLFY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p6hqMnsLFY[/video]
They all got out of that one.I guess if you are going to be in a mid-air collision, it's very convenient to be standing in the door with a chute on! Did everyone get out? How about the pilots? Looked like maybe not...
Including the pilots...on sport parachute jumps, they are all required to wear parachutes, including the jump pilot..They all got out of that one.
I currently rig pilot ejection seat parachutes. But I have rigged both military and sport rigs, I also was a sky diver at one time until finances grounded me.Don't disagree - it is kind of glorifying fringe activity here......like the more extreme rocketry stunts.
Curious, do you rig for military jumps, or commercially run skydives, or both?
Yeah....I dropped out of the sport during the oil embargo, late seventies - lift tickets got a bit expensive, and I was just out of college and the job market pretty much sucked as well.I currently rig pilot ejection seat parachutes. But I have rigged both military and sport rigs, I also was a sky diver at one time until finances grounded me.
Or if he missed it and landed right on top of you - double splat.That's crazy. I don't think I would have even liked to have been in the audience at the event. Imagine if he missed it right in front of you! SPLAT!
Actually, more "Boing!" than "SPLAT!" A friend of mine who was big into airshows once had the unfortunate opportunity to see someone hit when their chute didn't fully open. Bounced (fully intact) about 50 feet back up after hitting asphalt. The human skin is pretty amazing in its ability to hold everything in, though everything else inside was pretty much toast. In his slide show, he did have a photo of the pavement at the impact site. No debris, just a dent.That's crazy. I don't think I would have even liked to have been in the audience at the event. Imagine if he missed it right in front of you! SPLAT!
So, more like a basketball than a watermelon? That would definitely make the cleanup easier, but I still don't think I'd like to see it!Actually, more "Boing!" than "SPLAT!" A friend of mine who was big into airshows once had the unfortunate opportunity to see someone hit when their chute didn't fully open. Bounced (fully intact) about 50 feet back up after hitting asphalt. The human skin is pretty amazing in its ability to hold everything in, though everything else inside was pretty much toast. In his slide show, he did have a photo of the pavement at the impact site. No debris, just a dent.
-Ken