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Postby a99 » Mon Aug 15, 2022 3:00 am
Can be new sport? Wingerbungee?
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Postby JakeFarley » Mon Aug 15, 2022 3:06 am
That might be one for the Darwin award when the hydrofoil gets tangled in the bungee and cuts it.
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Postby OzBungy » Mon Aug 15, 2022 7:41 am
There was no hydrofoil, just a guy on a wing and bungie and a helper.
Looks like a perfectly good and safe way to test out a theory. It was flying quite nicely until he got to the end of the bungie. The glide angle doesn't look too bad, maybe comparable to early paragliders (3:1 maybe less)
I'd like to see someone do a balloon jump with a wing .... and a parachute. I'm guessing the glide would improve with a bit more airspeed.
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Postby BWD » Mon Aug 15, 2022 1:24 pm
Balloon jump?
Have seen this, or similar. Cant find video now.
Glide was not good.
High airspeed made wing unstable, poor control and high Gs ripped wing out of hands, popped chute and survived.
I doubt many would try this stunt twice.
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Postby Slappysan » Mon Aug 15, 2022 6:41 pm
OzBungy wrote: ↑Mon Aug 15, 2022 7:41 am
I'd like to see someone do a balloon jump with a wing .... and a parachute. I'm guessing the glide would improve with a bit more airspeed.
It's been done, there is a video of it. Wing flew fine for a while but then went in to a death spiral very nearly killing the guy.
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