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The same is true of pilots. To land a plane you basically have to fly it right on the brink of stalling, and if you accidentally stall it a few seconds before t
by teraflop 10y ago
The same is true of pilots. To land a plane you basically have to fly it right on the brink of stalling, and if you accidentally stall it a few seconds before touchdown, you're in big (though hopefully survivable) trouble. So it's very important to learn to recognize how the aircraft behaves in that transitional regime.
Likewise, the idea here would be for wingsuit pilots to practice stalls and recovery while skydiving at a safe altitude. That way, when BASE jumping for real, they can recognize and prevent stalls before they happen so that recovery is unnecessary.
- sebcat 10y agoA pilot can correct by giving more power. Someone in an unpowered suit with ~3:1 glide ratio starting to recognize a stall while flying over terrain is already dead.
- arjunnarayan 10y agoCan you train them over water, so the stall is not fatal?
- manarth 10y agoTrain out of an aircraft…exit at 15000', and train down to 5000'. That would give plenty of time (and altitude) to recover from a stall, and safely deploy a parachute.