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Jump school… what a great way to start the day!
Lesson learned: don’t stick tongue out.
Flow diagram below.
20 responses to “Feeling so Fly”
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YES ——> :/Got to be bolder to get your picture taken while going though a facial origami, than getting in that machine itself and float on air… They probably don’t tell you about it so you don’t reconsider before getting in… for I wouldn’t do it!
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Sooo…. when are you making the jump? Or have you already?
(That’s on my bucket list)
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Definitely recommended for the bucket list (18 jumps here, but done the old-fashioned way, insanely jumping out of a perfectly serviceable airplane).
I can see the advantage of this: long "free falls", no risk of chute failure (1 in 700!), and you don’t have to wait cramped up in a plane for the 30 minute climb. But, man, you miss the glorious view.
Facial origami. lol. You must have a particularly expressive face or the windspeed in that column is higher than typical free-fall speeds.
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I’d say the air keeping him up is putting more pressure on the underside of him then air would during normal free fall.
Just a guess.That does look like fun tho.
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I agree on the guess… also because here is directed towards him in one direction, while in real life the wind is not paying you that much attention… you happen to come across it…
Would be great to know if we are right!
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mmh, I would think that in free fall, once you hit terminal velocity (i.e. not accelerating any more), the aerodynamic drag force should be equal to the gravitational force (i.e. the body weight). To hover in a column of air should be exactly the same, therefore the wind speed should be equal in both cases.
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Interesting point. Thinking…
I don’t think so, tho, because even at terminal velocity you are *still falling*, and here the air is supporting him entirely to keep him floating…
I know that on the other hand in free fall he gets accerelation and not in this case… but still…
no? yes? more or less? LOL! 😉
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No, to hover, the wind would have to be greater then in free fall. In free fall, you are falling, here, you are being held up by the air.
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<———is a major chicken. I’d stick to the indoor skydiving. Hey this may be better than Botox. Perhaps we should study it?
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It’s interesting how intuition and "common sense" can fail you when you try to extrapolate outside everyday experience, like seeing falling objects.
Obskura has it right, of course: all else being equal, the wind speed required to keep you hovering in the chamber is the same as the wind speed you would experience at terminal velocity in free fall, where you no longer accelerate because the wind speed induces a drag equal to your weight.
All else isn’t equal though: unencumbered by the drag from a packed parachute, emergency chute and harness, the wind speed might well be higher here than the usual 120 mph in free fall.
In a totally different note, I have a Gary Larson-esque vision of the operator frobbing that windspeed control just for the fun of it.
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A disturbing origami transformation to Johnny Depp , without the facial hair. I am sorry I didn’t go with you.
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A new way to create a caricature! One would be inspired to draw you, Steve!
It sounds like much fun in a safe environment.
Here are some links for you. In English, just for you.
SkyVenture Montréal is the only one in Canada.
Videos on Vimeo (Discovery Channel is at the opening)
By the way, you might like to check this out too.
Both SkyVenture Montréal and the Cosmodôme are abut a block apart. They are north of Montréal while I am south.
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