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by branboy on April 26th, 2006

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Is it true there is a skydiving glide suit?

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  • by Alatea on April 30th, 2006

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    I believe they are called wingsuits.

    Wingsuit flying is one of the latest sub-disciplines in skydiving. A wingsuit is a specially made jumpsuit that has fabric wings between the legs and under the arms. Using a wingsuit enables the skydiver to reduce his fallrate to less than half of the usual terminal velocity of approximately 200 km/h. Vertical speeds of less than 40 km/h have been achieved momentarily, without opening the parachute. The suit also enables the wearer to travel longer distances horizontally; glide ratios of 2:1 are commonplace. While still very experimental, powered wingsuits, often using small jet engines strapped to the feet, allow for even greater horizontal travel.Currently, there are two basic wingsuit types. The tri-wing Wingsuit which has three individual ram-air wings attached under the arms and between the legs. The mono-wing wing suit design incorporates the whole suit into one large wing.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wingsuit

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    • Maybe you heard them as "bat suits" they are cool I would love to try one of those bad boys!!!

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      by Hypocrisy_Central on September 17th, 2009

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