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- because they're going too fast when they hit the ground? - because their sink rate is too high, and gets worse when they stall? - because 3:1 is a lousy gli
by perilunar 9y ago
- because they're going too fast when they hit the ground?
- because their sink rate is too high, and gets worse when they stall?
- because 3:1 is a lousy glide angle?
- because their wings are too small?
- drdrey 9y agoRegular BASE jumpers perform worse on all these metrics but don't die as much. All these metrics apply the same to skydiving wingsuit jumpers but they don't die as much. The real problem is that flying closer to things leads to more likes.
- jandrese 9y agoIt seems like the process went like this: 1. BASE Jumping is dangerous, because sometimes the parachute opens backwards and slams you back into the object you jumped off of. 2. Solution: Use Wingsuits to get further from the object before deploying the chute. 3. Thrill Seekers: So this means we can skim over the rocky ground and through forests right? 4. What, no! That would have the opposite effect! Absolutely not! We were trying to make fewer corpses, not more! 5. I'm gonna be a hero...