kallend 2,146 #1 October 3, 2012 Some information on the balloon that Felix will use: technabob.com/blog/2012/10/03/giant-balloon-for-baumgartner-skydive/ Impressive!... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,482 #2 October 3, 2012 Professor, Any opinion/concerns about the thinness of the material? What factors may affect it and how?Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #3 October 4, 2012 I just learnt something pretty impressive... Quote To put that in perspective, that’s about 280 times more helium than your average hot air balloon scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,146 #4 October 4, 2012 Quote I just learnt something pretty impressive... Quote To put that in perspective, that’s about 280 times more helium than your average hot air balloon Indeed. A lot of hot air there.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,146 #5 October 6, 2012 One of the techie articles on the jump mentioned the heat generated at mach1. My estimate based on a guess of his exit weight and the predicted speed is that some 500kW of heat will be produced. That's a lot of heat. My colleagues in the aerospace program tell me that most of this will be heating of the atmosphere in his wake, and that the heating of his body will be only a few tens of degrees, easily handled by his suit.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
