F*** Yea!!!!!!!

[HAZ-MAT]

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[mattpilot]

insane

 

[TonyC]

My sentiment exactly - - insane.




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[FN FAL]

Yea, I have seen different postings of this stunt.

More power to him...I wouldn't do it and I have three base jumps off the bridge in BKY WV and over 500 skydives. It just doesn't make sense to me to take this kind of risk...but he's free, white and over 21.

 

[FracCapt]

Sorry to disappoint you guys, but it's not exactly what it appears to be. I have spoken with Greg at length about this, and he was not in nearly as much danger as it seems by the video. Greg is based out at Eloy, AZ, where I have spent a little bit of time...and I must say, Greg is a sh!t hot freeflyer...and taught me quite a bit.

 

[FN FAL]

Sorry to disappoint you guys, but it's not exactly what it appears to be. I have spoken with Greg at length about this, and he was not in nearly as much danger as it seems by the video. Greg is based out at Eloy, AZ, where I have spent a little bit of time...and I must say, Greg is a sh!t hot freeflyer...and taught me quite a bit.

I thought there might be a catch to this story, like hidden safety wires and and a harness under the sweatshirt....but they show him hanging on to the leg strap in one scene, then they show him dangling by his feet from the leg straps in another. Must just be the majik of video editing.

 

[potrack]

Notice how guys who do this kind of stuff always have pony-tails?

 

[dash8driver]

I thought there might be a catch to this story, like hidden safety wires and and a harness under the sweatshirt....but they show him hanging on to the leg strap in one scene, then they show him dangling by his feet from the leg straps in another. Must just be the majik of video editing.

each of those scenes of him hanging by other parts of his body are different jumps. this clip was made up of multiple jumps. notice the rainbow canopy when he's hanging by his hand, and a black/white/red canopy when he's hanging by his feet?

he was probably attached to the rig via a strap through his long sleeve shirt or long pants that fastened to a body harness he was wearing underneath his clothing.

 

[FracCapt]

each of those scenes of him hanging by other parts of his body are different jumps. this clip was made up of multiple jumps. notice the rainbow canopy when he's hanging by his hand, and a black/white/red canopy when he's hanging by his feet?

The shot with the initial deployment is with that same canopy it shows him hanging by his feet, also. There is even a third canopy in there - I think all it shows with that canopy is him in the harness, flying the canopy.

Of course, there were some "safety nets", so to speak...but regardless of that, it's an insane and dangerous stunt. They DID have a cutaway and reserve handle rigged to the legstraps, but luckily it was never needed. They chose the Spectre for a reason.....slow openings, stable flight, and not prone to diving from harness inputs like an elliptical.

 

[FN FAL]

Notice how guys who do this kind of stuff always have pony-tails?

Pony-tails for men, is kind of like the "intellectual's" mullet...

 

[Vavso]

the sad thing is ..

thwe way the world is now he will probably wind up breaking his neck and bilking his HMO, Uncle Sam or stiffing a hospital for the medical bill or fall on some innocent guy walking his dog .

 

[FN FAL]

thwe way the world is now he will probably wind up breaking his neck and bilking his HMO, Uncle Sam or stiffing a hospital for the medical bill or fall on some innocent guy walking his dog .

I hear what you are saying about the insurance or stiffing the hospital, but I beg to differ on the innocent guy walking his dog. Only babies are innocent...and even they bear considerable watching.

 

[SMOE]

He's one slip away from a Darwin Award...

Never could understand why anyone would willingly leave a perfectly good airplane. For me, it's gotta be burning with all engines out!

 

[Airpiraterob]

this is a perfect example of a stupid person.
he may have alot of jumps. he may have alot of experience in handling equipment. he may have alot of talent and balance and know how in this arena.

so did the french connection in their field of aerobatics! and they had one little oops and now they're not around anymore to entertain us! they were perfectly experienced.

experience is no substitute for safe parameters.
this guy will die.....its about when and guaranteed he will have lost his grip on that harness. bounce. and then the opened canopy he forgot to hold onto will fall on him and cover whats left so noone has to look at it.

 

[AA717driver]

F*** NO!!!!!!! TC

P.S.--Hey, FN, I go to BKW a lot. My wife's relatives are from there. She had to leave 'cause she married someone outside the family.

 

[skyking1976]

That dude is nucking futs!

 

[Foxcow]

That guy is a retard. If he happened to die, no biggie...

 

[Foxcow]

It just doesn't make sense to me to take this kind of risk...but he's free, white and over 21.

that makes life all that much better

 

[Dubya]

that makes life all that much better

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[FracCapt]

experience is no substitute for safe parameters.
this guy will die.....its about when and guaranteed he will have lost his grip on that harness. bounce. and then the opened canopy he forgot to hold onto will fall on him and cover whats left so noone has to look at it.

A bunch of us were sitting around the fire pit at the DZ one cold Jan night in Eloy talking about this....one of the group was somebody that was in on the stunt....he told us that if he had fallen(despite safety measures in place to avoid that), it wouldn't have been a big deal...there was another backup. He didn't specify what, exactly...but...only one things makes sense....and you'd be amazed how small and nearly invisible you can make an emergency rig...especially when covered by something.

In any case...not anything I would try..

 

[FN FAL]

A bunch of us were sitting around the fire pit at the DZ one cold Jan night in Eloy talking about this....one of the group was somebody that was in on the stunt....he told us that if he had fallen(despite safety measures in place to avoid that), it wouldn't have been a big deal...there was another backup. He didn't specify what, exactly...but...only one things makes sense....and you'd be amazed how small and nearly invisible you can make an emergency rig...especially when covered by something.

In any case...not anything I would try..

Squares will get you there, but rounds will get you down!

I suppose he could be hiding a base rig or slim profile emergency rig under that sweat shirt.

What famous skydiver died in the last few years filiming a commercial or stunt scene for a movie and went in wearing three canopies?

 

[FracCapt]

What famous skydiver died in the last few years filiming a commercial or stunt scene for a movie and went in wearing three canopies?

I can't say I know who you are referring to. I can think of a couple videographers going in with a M/R entanglement or a reserve fouled on a camera helmet....but can't think of anybody that went in with 3 canopies. Obviously it was something along the lines of an intentional cutaway if 3 canopies were worn.

 

[FN FAL]

I can't say I know who you are referring to. I can think of a couple videographers going in with a M/R entanglement or a reserve fouled on a camera helmet....but can't think of anybody that went in with 3 canopies. Obviously it was something along the lines of an intentional cutaway if 3 canopies were worn.

Yes, it happened within the last 5 years or so...I believe it involved a base jump from a cable car for a soft drink commercial.

I'll do my homework and see if I can find the details...it's kind of fuzzy recolecting the incident right now. I do seem to recall he was famous in skydiving and stunt work and that he did have three canopies on. I'm not familiar with the rest of the details.

I'll try to come back to this later this weekend. I'm sure when I post the info, you'll remember the name. I think one of the complexities was that the emergency rig was under some clothing...so it realates to this thread about the stunt jumper we have been talking about.

 

[OhDannyBoy]

perfectly good airplane.

You've obviously never flown jump planes.

 

[OhDannyBoy]

Bird-Suits

Have you seen the Mt. Flying footage? Who's going to attempt to land one of those things w/o deploying canopy? Can't wait to see that!

 

[FracCapt]

Have you seen the Mt. Flying footage? Who's going to attempt to land one of those things w/o deploying canopy? Can't wait to see that!

I don't think it will successfully happen in the next 10-15 years. I fly a wingsuit(currently the highest performance suit sold to the public), and I can get the vertical speeds down to 40-50mph sustained, and I can actually STOP the vertical speed for a couple seconds by diving and then flaring...but the forward speed is still 60-100mph.

Even if it does occur successfully, it will NOT be something that many wingsuit flyers can accomplish - and if it is done, it will be done with extreme danger. The wings are just too small, and can't be made large enough to do so without external supports, which increases the weight, which necessitates larger wings, which increases the need for supports, which increases the weight, etc...it's a vicious cycle.