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For pilots instrumentation was useful. Are there airspeed indicators for wingsuit fliers and do they have stall speed estimates? With modern Bluetooth it feels

• Poiesis 10y ago
  With all due respect, there is no way in hell I would trust Bluetooth with my life.
  • sillysaurus3 10y ago
    It might be better than no sensors.
    • JustSomeNobody 10y ago
      or it might not be.
• manarth 10y ago
  > "Are there airspeed indicators for wingsuit fliers" Yes: there are devices that can be mounted to skydiving helmet, and provide audible feedback (using different tones to communicate information such as airspeed). FlySight is one example. "Audibles" are common practice throughout skydiving: usually two, mounted inside the helmet, next to each ear. They're usually set to beep at certain altitude thresholds: e.g. 5000' (break away from the formation), 3500' (deploy your parachute), 2000' (cut-away and deploy your reserve, if your main canopy is malfunctioning). The GPS devices have to be outside the helmet in order to receive signal, and they're typically used for communicating performance data rather than safety alerts. > "it ought to be possible to design a wingsuit HUD" Recon announced their Flight HUD in 2012 [1], but I don't know whether it succeeded as a product. I don't know of anyone using it. [1] https://www.engadget.com/2012/10/18/recon-instruments-offering-flight-hud-goggles/ https://www.engadget.com/2012/10/18/recon-instruments-offeri...