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NQ6U
02-11-2011, 02:47 PM
...I want to do this.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N9t5qOSzCU
KJ3N
02-11-2011, 03:42 PM
...I want to do this.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N9t5qOSzCU

I'd rather do this:

http://thepopfix.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/katy_perry.jpg

:snicker: :evil:
ki4itv
02-11-2011, 03:57 PM
That is without a doubt one of the most insane things I have ever seen more than one person do.
VE7DCW
02-11-2011, 08:32 PM
That is without a doubt one of the most insane things I have ever seen more than one person do.

I agree... if not insane,it's down right retarded..... the chances of going "SPLOTT" against the rock face of mountains would never appeal to me....... strange ....those stunts had a CGI feel to it in that video.. :snicker:
NA4BH
02-11-2011, 08:41 PM
I agree... if not insane,it's down right retarded..... the chances of going "SPLOTT" against the rock face of mountains would never appeal to me....... strange ....those stunts had a CGI feel to it in that video.. :snicker:

I thought he was talking about DOIN Katy Perry.
W4RLR
02-11-2011, 08:43 PM
I thought he was talking about DOIN Katy Perry.I don't find Katy Perry particularly good looking, and her singing is a cross between someone with sinus problems and the yeowling of mating cats.
KJ3N
02-11-2011, 09:54 PM
I don't find Katy Perry particularly good looking,....

I also prefer MaryAnn over Ginger.


...and her singing is a cross between someone with sinus problems and the yeowling of mating cats.

She sings? ;) :lol:
W1GUH
02-17-2011, 08:37 AM
I don't find Katy Perry particularly good looking, and her singing is a cross between someone with sinus problems and the yeowling of mating cats.

But...but...she's got a pretty good toe in that pic.
W5GA
02-17-2011, 09:58 AM
She sings? ;) :lol:
And plays the bone-o-fone.
W3WN
02-17-2011, 10:17 AM
I thought she liked to kiss girls?
KJ3N
02-17-2011, 10:40 AM
I thought she liked to kiss girls?

Where's my video camera? ;) :lol:
W1GUH
02-17-2011, 11:06 PM
Anybody have any info that says this is for real? For f's sake, I can't see any propulsion and anything, really, to provide lift. More power to the guy if it IS for real -- but that video sure looks fake.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65t-OzhlmvE
NQ6U
02-18-2011, 01:52 AM
Anybody have any info that says this is for real? For f's sake, I can't see any propulsion and anything, really, to provide lift. More power to the guy if it IS for real -- but that video sure looks fake.

It's certainly possible that it's been faked somehow but I think what the the guy is demonstrating is not true flight but more like gliding, the same way that a flying squirrel "flies."
W1GUH
02-18-2011, 09:23 AM
How it struck me, too. But some of the camera angles made it look as if he was defying gravity. Just can't tell from the video. But if gliding like that needs so little "wing" area (As close a look I could get at the guy didn't show much), why is this not more widespread? OTOH, it's a really, really fun video to watch.
W3MIV
02-18-2011, 05:11 PM
It's certainly possible that it's been faked somehow but I think what the the guy is demonstrating is not true flight but more like gliding, the same way that a flying squirrel "flies."

I don't believe it is being faked, but there are several differing situations in the video. Basically, he is performing a free-flight technique that is quite common to sky diving. Where he is in the clear, at a fairly high altitude, he is dropping rapidly as well as moving forward. You will note that much of the video has him soaring along the edges of vertical cliffs and formations where there are strong updrafts. In those sequences, where he seems to be skimming just above the ground, the updrafts are reducing his descent speed and he is using them to enhance his forward speed.

The trick is in landing. Clearly they are wearing parachutes.
NQ6U
02-18-2011, 05:25 PM
I think he might be flying in ground effect in a couple of places as well.
N2NH
02-19-2011, 01:07 AM
She sings? ;) :lol:

Funny, I never knew that either.
KA9MOT
02-22-2011, 01:48 PM
I thought she liked to kiss girls?

And why would this be a problem?
KA9MOT
02-22-2011, 01:52 PM
This guy was featured on a recent TV show. Maybe it was Modern Marvels. One thing is clear is that it is real. They also mentioned that this style of skydiving was pioneered by some Army Jumpers during the Vietnam war and at very high altitudes......something about a convenient way to insert people into countries where we had no legal presence (Cambodia). With Altitude and updrafts you can fall gracefully for miles.
KA9MOT
02-22-2011, 01:53 PM
I'd rather do this:

http://thepopfix.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/katy_perry.jpg

:snicker: :evil:

Hmmm.... I don't know who she is.....but I'd like too! :lol: ;)