Divalent 147 #1 May 26, 2011 Or was it successful? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOV-Fn4Iu6A Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #2 May 26, 2011 Where's the CReW part? And I think by definition CReW cannot be solo. Well, maybe if you cutaway your main, you can do CReW with your cut-away main while under reserve. Then again, if it's BASE, you're probably jumping a BASE rig, which has only 1 canopy. Am I over-thinking this? I need more coffee. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Divalent 147 #3 May 26, 2011 Quote Where's the CReW part? Right there at the start, where he tried (and succeeded?) to dock on his own canopy. (But I'm not familiar with the rules, so maybe he didn't hold it long enough?) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanuckInUSA 0 #4 May 27, 2011 It's not BASE nor is it CReW. It's a Ground Launch off of a well known BASE exit point. I am glad to see the canopy inflate. That was as close to a disaster as you want to get. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyjumpenfool 2 #5 May 27, 2011 Quote And I think by definition CReW cannot be solo. How about a two out situation? You could do a Main/Reserve side by side, plane, or a down plane? That'd be possible for 1 person. No?Birdshit & Fools Productions "Son, only two things fall from the sky." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airdvr 210 #6 May 27, 2011 Someone needs to teach the cameraman how to use that thing.Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #7 May 27, 2011 from the BASE forum, it is a Burrito TARD scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
obelixtim 150 #8 May 27, 2011 Quote Someone needs to teach the cameraman how to use that thing. Someone needs to teach that guy to launch!!....Lucky boy, that was a Darwin attempt for sure.My computer beat me at chess, It was no match for me at kickboxing.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davjohns 1 #9 May 28, 2011 NOT a BASE jump. That's a paraglider pilot on launch. The reason I fly hanggliders in stead of paragliders is that my wing can not collapse like that. It looks like he was doing a windy cliff launch. The wind is hitting the clif and turning up the face. As soon as the nose of his wing hit that updraft, it started to fold up. It's difficult for hanggliders. I didn't know paras could even do it...I know it just wouldnt be right to kill all the stupid people that we meet.. But do you think it would be appropriate to just remove all of the warning labels and let nature take its course. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanuckInUSA 0 #10 May 28, 2011 Quote That's a paraglider pilot on launch. Except that is not a paraglider. It appears to be a specialized "Bullet" speed flyer canopy. In the past when I was more current I have thought about doing this exact same type of launch. But after watching this video, the risk of something going wrong is pretty high. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dzjunky77 0 #11 May 28, 2011 +1 It is a speed wing. I got a few ground launches myself! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
obelixtim 150 #12 May 28, 2011 We were launching off cliffs back in the late 70's, learned all about it the scary way. I've seen a 4 way CRW team doing rotations off the cliff face. It is easy to lanch a parachute off a cliff if the conditions are favourable.....Thats where parapenting/paraascending came from in the first place as a distinction from hang gliders... That is not the way to launch a parachute off a cliff. I don't think those guys had any idea how to do it, it seems they've just taken their skydive canopies up there and decided that was the best way to do it. Totally brainless.... That guy was lucky not to roll down the cliff like a rock in a snot rag....My computer beat me at chess, It was no match for me at kickboxing.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ifell 0 #13 May 29, 2011 Failed speed wing launch (not a skydive canopy), needed brake input to keep the wing inflated. Obviously should spend some time just "kitting" that wing before launching it. But hey stupid is funny Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Calvin19 0 #14 May 30, 2011 LADIES, Calm your shit. I have done more speed-wing cliff launches than most pilots out there, and a fair bit of them off that well known BASE jumping exit point. THIS "INCIDENT": I know the pilot, he is a good guy. Not super experienced but not a muppet either. (like I originally thought when I saw the video). One factor people are not seeing here is that this is a modified speed glider, there is semi-rigid structure in the wing, IMO it is not the way to build any kind of 'fly frame' (obviously), but I consider the pilot here to be a test pilot. The modifications may or may not have contributed to this 'incident'. SHORT of the modified glider, there were several factors. 1-NO HALF ASSED LAUNCHES. Once you commit to the launch (on a cliff launch, whenever you start moving) you go 110% until you are well off the ground. Tis launch is one of the easiest cliff launches out there, but it has a little bit of uneven terrain. Either way, go 110%. probably the most important thing. 2-The glider (007 OZONE Bullet 10m) is notorious for it's less forgiving aerodynamics. The pilot could have given a little more brake input during launch run to allow the AOA to stay high enough to avoid a frontal, The modification may have been an issue there. 3-Cliff rotor. It did not look like there was more than a kt or two of wind, but I was not there. Either way, a minimal cliff rotor can be plowed through if done correctly. The pilot rode it out like a rock star. MOST IMPORTANTLY, muppets: this is not skydiving. this is not BASE jumping. Cliff launching speed gliders is significantly more dangerous and technical than your average Moab BASE jump. A few of the BEST speed glider pilots (some of the ones who design and test the gliders) have died on cliff launches. Don't be a muppet, get small canopy flight time skydiving, take paragliding lessons. ---Matt Hecker, BASE #987, USPA D 29712, P4 USHPA, I also instruct and guide speed flying/riding. -SPACE- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dzjunky77 0 #15 June 3, 2011 N-12 ?? or N-14?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dzjunky77 0 #17 June 3, 2011 Douggs Speedflying in New Zealand http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iloveskydiving.org%2F&h=27ccf Just wanted to share it with ya! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Divalent 147 #18 June 3, 2011 Quote http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iloveskydiving.org%2F&h=27ccf And what are we supposed to do with that? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dzjunky77 0 #19 June 3, 2011 Sorry...dont post on here much! Guess I need to make it sticky? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hookitt 1 #20 June 3, 2011 Quote Sorry...dont post on here much! Guess I need to make it sticky? No, it's a facebook redirect to http://www.iloveskydiving.org/ The video you're referring to is somewhere on that website but we don't know where.My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dzjunky77 0 #21 June 3, 2011 Ugh....ok. Let me try again! Sorry guys and gals.....dont post on here much! http://www.iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/douggs-speedflying-in-new-zealand/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
david3 0 #22 June 3, 2011 Quote Ugh....ok. Let me try again! Sorry guys and gals.....dont post on here much! http://www.iloveskydiving.org/view/videos/douggs-speedflying-in-new-zealand/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dzjunky77 0 #23 June 4, 2011 Ty David..........I know speedflying is dif sport but love it .........love them both! Got a few lauches! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LongWayToFall 0 #24 June 4, 2011 I love 1:20..... hahahah Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
