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Z-man 05-23-2012 06:34 PM

Landed it! (Skydive landing without a chute!)
 
Well, this guy finally did it, although with a wingsuit designed to slow him down to a 15 mph vertical (and a 50mph horizontal) speed.

Linky

Not bad.

-Z

motion 05-23-2012 06:41 PM

Hmmm.... I'm not too keen on calling it a landing when he crashed into 24,000 boxes.

john70t 05-23-2012 06:42 PM

Quite impressive. He probably could have even landed on water using surface effect, without the boxes.
A flaring device/flaps would have helped even more.
Water skiers do that all the time with a few skips, but it ain't pretty.

looneybin 05-23-2012 08:24 PM

i bet that hurt like hell, the box corners would be pretty hard at 50 MPH

Gogar 05-23-2012 08:26 PM

That's ballsy. The "Point of no return" is somewhere around the time he stepped out of the plane.

widgeon13 05-24-2012 02:54 AM

He'd be more famous if he did it w/o the boxes. :D

petrolhead611 05-24-2012 03:19 AM

You could NOT do that onto water falling at 15 feet/second and with a forward speed of 73 feet/second without at least injury.

911_Dude 05-24-2012 04:02 AM

Brave, but all the grace of a wet sock. Without boxes would be the trick.

Dottore 05-24-2012 04:13 AM

But has he ever read Nietzsche....?

widebody911 05-24-2012 04:15 AM

Free fall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

masraum 05-24-2012 05:42 AM

crazy stuff.

That's still a whole lot faster than I want to be going when I "land".

Quote:

Connery is an experienced stuntman, having performed nearly 900 sky dives and 450 base jumps. He has been working on designing a parachute-free landing for years.

Technically, his flight wasn't a complete free fall, as he did wear a special wing suit, similar to those worn by other base jumpers, which slowed down his descent and helped him navigate his landing. The Telegraph reports the suit brought his gliding speed down to 50mph and his vertical falling speed down to 15mph.


motion 05-24-2012 06:01 AM

Meh.... I've jumped off a race bike at 110 before. No biggie.

tharbert 05-24-2012 06:03 AM

I'd bet that line of boxes look small indeed from 2400'. The way his suit kept spilling air and rocking left and right was probably a little unnerving on final approach.

Zeke 05-24-2012 06:18 AM

Some men and women spend time finding cures for disease. This guy is looking for a cure for being alive and not crippled. I'm sure he will succeed.

bivenator 05-24-2012 09:56 AM

Lets see him do it with a beer in hand like the ATV guys in the other thread.

Hugh R 05-24-2012 10:18 AM

Stunt men jump into boxes every day. They score each side of each box first. But I wouldn't do it.

rusnak 05-24-2012 11:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dottore (Post 6765073)
But has he ever read Nietzsche....?

You mean Goethe?

flatbutt 05-24-2012 11:54 AM

video down already

911_Dude 05-24-2012 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zeke (Post 6765292)
some men and women spend time finding cures for disease. This guy is looking for a cure for being alive and not crippled. I'm sure he will succeed.

lol!

Quote:

Originally Posted by bivenator (Post 6765710)
Lets see him do it with a beer in hand like the ATV guys in the other thread.

LOL Again!


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