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Ski jumping with wingsuits

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I think that would be so cool to see. It would probably have to be customized, and they wouldn't go as fast down the ramp, but think of how far they would fly! They would have to extend the sloped part of the hill I would think.

I wonder if the rules for ski jumping specifically do not allow anything connecting legs or arms to body?
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I wonder if the rules for ski jumping specifically do not allow anything connecting legs or arms to body?

yes, also ski size is related to "wingloading" because ski jumpers tended to become anorexic.
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I've been thinking about that since I first saw a video of a wingsuit.

I think that the extra drag the suit would create during the downhill portion might be a problem.



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But, won't more weight give you a higher exit speed...?

they tried all combinations. Lightweight with a lot of surface is the best in this domain. So they determined a size/weight ration for the maximum ski size you can jump.
scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM

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> I wonder if the rules for ski jumping specifically do not allow anything connecting legs or arms to body?
Yes, you got the point. On your own obviously you can experiment any sort of suit you like, even a wingsuit.
But from what I heard, I can tell you that the rules involving the ski jump suits are very tight, they have got very tight specifications, if the suit is larger/thicker/bigger/"prohibited fabric"/whatever, the jumper gets disqualified (heard a TV commentator the jumper "Joe Jumper" in the competition of "White Mountain" got disqualified because of a "wrong" suit).
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My son and I were watching the ski jumpers and noticed thier body posistion isn't much different than a skydiver in a track - De-arched torso, etc. I noticed some of the jumpers had thier palms down and some had them turned in. I wonder why?

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