Gibolin

Oh thank you! At least some support for once, and from a fellow Swiss!!! I'm a bit tired at the moment I must admit. I've tried to get the project to be known through medias (paramag, gravity, 24heures, le Matin Bleu, etc) hoping for some positive reactions and a bit of help from the outside, but... nothing happened. So maybe it's time to "close the chapter" in my life and go forward for some other topics. Talents can be used in many different ways... But thanks though! If you know any opportunities to take this project out of its grave, just let me know ok?! Blue Sky! Gibolin from Switzerland

Hey Butters: work for years on a projet on your own, struggle for making the dream come true, discover that people are interseted to use your work but for free and support a family at the same time, then you will make a valuable comment about the question... All I want to keep doing the research (because there still is a lot to be developped! I was already thinking about ptototype nr 4 while achieving nr 3) is some financial support, not on the back of my family anymore. It's completely different from "wanting to make money". I would give everything to someone passionnate and sincere, but no businessman who will take advantage. Do you understand the difference? Hope so... Best regards!

I've translated the french text in the blog! Is it so bad English that it sounds French?! Gibolin from Switzerland

Two kids and a wife to spend some time with, after 8 years of patience from their side. They now deserve my full attention I guess... Also: flying a prototype of that performance can't be done with only 650 jumps safely. A prototype is not a serie wingsuit. It's not been tested enough to say it's safe. It's something totally new, with new reactions, exploring parts which had never been explored before. Incredibly wicked, but scary too... Gibolin from Switzerland

Hi mate! That's the best and most intelligent answer I've ever got. So first of all, thanks for posting! Ok, my approach is based on the scientific method, which comes from my studies. Of course I could take the best pilot I know, but I don't know the best pilot in the world, unfortunately. I also can't fly anymore for family reasons. I've spent so much time building the suit that I could not fly it safely anymore, because its performances were too risky for me! The prototype is ...a prototype actually! So it's not safe enough to be able to be lent to anybody. If any accident would occur with it to anybody, I would not pardon myself and it would be a load on my shoulders for the rest of my life... Of course I've been thinking about the Tracking Derby, beating all records and the rest, BUT: I was totally out of breath after all that time working alone. No more energy for that, out of money, had to sell my chute, etc... All I needed was in fact some help from the outside, which I haven't found. I never wanted to sell anything. I did not do all this work for making money. I seriously don't care about money. All I wanted was to COLLABORATE with pros, helping the wingsuit manufacturers to improve their suits with my innovations. I've had "candy bars" in front of me some times from manufacturers, but never anything but words... I'm an amateur, but now after such a big work, I've got experience. Nobody took me seriously. Too bad. I still think I had an original approach, starting from the human anatomy that is my job. I could isolate items every prototype after the other, keeping the best for the next one and adding new stuff to test it. Don't look at pics, the prototype is black, like Alinghi's sails, to avoid showing too much. The best part is inside the suit. The prototype is what it is. It just shows in reality the ideas and conceptst. The concept can lead to future ways of designing wingsuits. It would have been too risky for me to start from zero, without using what was safe at the moment. Again, I've been totally working on my own, with some help for the safety from good friends such as Yves Rossy and Olivier Vietti-Teppa. But with my prototypes, I now am sure about what is effective in a wingsuit, what really works, and what doesn't, because I've done it from point A to Z. So with that, you could redesign wingsuits of the market and easily improve them, or at least have interesting discussion about which direction to follow for the future. I wish I could have been able to be included in a wingsuit design research team as a pro. I have now a wife and 2 kids. But it didn't occur. So again, if anybody can propose me a contract with a part telling my concept will not be taken for business purpose without my agreement, I'm ok! But again, nobody could do this even after talking for ages with them. It's a dead end... I wish I could have shared my passion and allow flyers to fly better with the results of my researches. But some people think only about money... they sell jeans and t-shirts just as wingsuits ! javascript:%20addTag(':P') That was a cool time doing all this. I had a lot of fun with all the friends who have helped me in this incredible adventure. Now I've sold my dear paragear, and invest the money into a book and a DVD of this cool adventure, for the people who have helped me. At least, there are a few whom I could share something with about this great time. I have no more energy/time for proving anything with that suit of mine. I need a partner to push the project further. Anybody interested? I'm opened, just let me know! Blue Sky to all ! Gibolin from Switzerland

8 years of hard work by myself, self investment, hours and hours of incredible problems to solve. So I'm a bit tired of all those "expectations" from people who don't do nothing to get the topic better... I could pay for one test, no more. No more wish to spend another dollar into proving I'm "right". So if anybody wants to propose a fair deal to me: the prototype is in my cellar. Otherwise, I'm fed up talking with people who want everything of my work without giving ANYTHING in return. I've been waiting twice for a promise for a lend for a wingsuit from a manufacturer (for only 5 test jumps, then posted back!), for a comparison test I would have paid with my money. Never came... Test 2 different prototypes with the same pilot, the same day, the same tools for measuring, in the same flight protocole. Then you will have a scientific interesting result. "Show the results 1st, then we can discuss". Pfffff.... Talking about results that you can't compare in the proper scientific way?! What'd be the point? I've proposed the comparison test to the most important wingsuit manufacturers. They had to lend my pilot their best suit of the moment. No one did "play the game" unfortunately. Now help me 1st, then I'll share my knowledge. Want to make money on my back? Just F@ck off!... Clear enough? ;-) Let's keep on the good spirit. unfortunately, there is too much money everywhere nowadays. it's ruining the dream... I've achieved my dream. I did Deug's work go the next step.You want to keep on pushing the limits of the wingsuit flying? Let's talk seriously then... I've found a way to fly fast, far, in an incredible comfortable way (muscular energy savings coming from my physiotherapist's knowledge. 8 years of researches...). My blog: www.gibolin.ch Fly high mates! ;-) Gibolin from Switzerland

I wish I could tell you more about it mate, 'cause it's a passionnate subject I've been working on for the last 8 years! I can't tell too much for the moment because I'm dealing with a manufacturer those days, trying to transfer my ideas into industrial production. In 2 words; I've been taking this point as a basis: the human body has anatomical limits for flying (I'm also a physiotherapist). From that point, I've been helped by a physicist for the max performances and a very experienced jumper for the security (Yves Rossy), and also the knowledge of my 2 previous prototypes I've learnt to fly with at 1st. A sail manufacturer has also helped me for the materials and realisation. The goal was to achieve a WS with great performances and more comfortable than the previous ws of the market, due to muscular strenght. And we did it! Another new design of WS won't be a ws anymore because of the anatomical limits of the human body. But there would be other options though... . So this Giboline 3 prototype has improvements in the balance and so the position you'll have in the air, among many other things that I can't tell for the moment. Sorry. Keep your good spirit and aloha! Btw: the Giboline 3 has been shaped the same way as a surfboard, and with the same spirit!... Gibolin from Switzerland

Awesome! As soon as the prototype has proved to be safe enough to fly with someone nearby, it'll be possible (with a videoman fast enough)! But there is also another consideration: the brand wars. If I want a manufacturer to get interested into taking my concept into industrial production, I need to stay "discreet" about some technical details on pics and videos (that's why they are still so "boring" to watch ;-). The 1st press release was done to "wake up" the WS community. After that, all the rest of the work is to be done (a big task!). To be continued... Gibolin from Switzerland

I'll try my best, trust me! Gibolin from Switzerland

That's encouraging, thanks mate! Gibolin from Switzerland

Keep your money for the time you will wish to fly a "Giboline" someday, if this one comes. I'm working on it mate! Blue Sky, fly high and most of all: have FUN! Aloha! Gibolin from Switzerland

Le déflecteur does is really big! It's inflatable and is working pretty good ! Gibolin from Switzerland

The thing on my helmet is precisely what's gonna measure in a very precise way my glide ratio!... Gibolin from Switzerland

Great explanations Colm, thanks a lot. I think I'd better try to make some money to buy myself a day with engineers in a pro windtunnel to discuss and measure all this. Your answer gave me the will to do it ! For now, I'll test my prototype in the air for more than the two jumps I've already done and try to collect some datas with the help of a good friend whose project is also a bit crazy. Have a look at his website. His name is Yves Rossy. We just live next door! www.jet-man.com Enjoy! Gibolin from Switzerland

Hi colm! Your questions bring me some more questions: what is the Reynolds number and in what is it interesting for wingsuit building? How can you determine the coefficient of lift. I tried to measure the angle of attack of my 1st prototype by filming a good friend of mine flying in front of me while both freefalling. Then I've measured the angle on my TV screen!...I also tried to measure it with a dummy attached to the center of gravity, so the forces would compensate themselves after a while and kinda reach "terminal velocity" and be stable. BUT the angle changed with the speed (and my old car will never reach terminal velocity!), so my test was not accurate. furthermore, gravity pulling was a force disturbing the test at 90° (hope you understand my poor English. I speak normally Swiss-French...). I wish I could use a GPS with altitude recorded during the freefall to have the trajectory. Combined with my angle from the video, I should have the correct angle of attack. Does it seem correct to you? In my opinion, windtunnel tests should be performed with dummies having the correct angle of attack, otherwise you only have a part of the answer after the tests... Keep being creative! Boris "the Gibolin" Gibolin from Switzerland

Hei ! What kind of measures were you taking in the windtunnel? Have you been testing the same measures on the 3 kinds of wingsuits: S-Fly, Birdman, yours? I wish I could do the same with my new prototype, the "Giboline 2". I'm also asking myself why you take the measures with that "flat angle": you never fly head down with a wingsuit... Hilsen fra Boris det "Gibolin" (fra Sveits)! Gibolin from Switzerland

The tail deflector is an inflating system. It should allow a better comfort in the plane and better mobility. I can now make almost any inflating shape with a system based on foam model shaped by hand, then covered with ZP material and finally sewed. I'm experiencing also other new materials. The Mylar on the extrados of the wing for instance is not doubled yet for flexibility reasons. It's not a "rigid wings" wingsuit. Security is my 1st concern (will be daddy pretty soon!)... Gibolin from Switzerland