Holy Freaking Crap - Wing Suits

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OK now this has got to be fake. No way we have Wing Suits like this

 
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I have allways dreamed of something like that, nothing less then an amazing vid.
 
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I've seen and heard about these before, but I've never seen a video like that one. I really hope it isn't fake because I would love to do this some day... What happens, though, if a flap rips o_O
 
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thats sick. and not fake. Cause i've seen wingsuit flying before(not that close though)
 
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Wow.
That thing is real?
Sane people tried that?
How is that thing controlled?
Is it even legal?
Sounds too fun / dangerous to be legal.
 
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You control where you're going by how you move. If you lift your right arm and lower your left, you'll turn left. Vice versa, you obviously go right. If you close your arms a bit, you probably fall faster and if you keep them outstretch as much as possible, you probably take longer to descend.
 
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I recall seeing this in a Tomb Raider movie, but back then I was pretty sure it was fake or at least not usable in RL.
Guess this proves me wrong.
 
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Just... wow.

And these mountains in the vid are awesome! They are... never-ending!

Seems so great to fly like that :p
 
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Awesome. I wouldn't hesitate to do that if I could xD
 
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The only reason that video is so cool is it is filmed on a mountain. You are gliding not flying and still falling - but around 90 mph rather than what you normally would be doing. It lets you get alot of horizontal speed and going down that mountain really made it look more like flying.
 
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anyone have any idea what mountain range that was?
 
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SFilip said:
I recall seeing this in a Tomb Raider movie, but back then I was pretty sure it was fake or at least not usable in RL.
Guess this proves me wrong.
Click to expand...

QFT

doeslook really bad ass, very dangerous though, one wrong turn, GG
 
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Sure it's not fake? Really looks like they used a Blue Screen to me o_O.

EDIT: Looks less fake after a minute or two xP, pretty kickass stuff! (Though the first minute definitely looks blue sreen'd, whether it was or not :p)
 
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It's not fake.

My mom showed this to me awhile ago, I really want to do it someday. :p
 
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No, this is not fake. I was watching a program on people that did this too, not sure what TV station it was. So they were professionals at doings this and one day a person who was doing this flying thing crashed and died.
 
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This stuff looks awesome, future military weapons?
 
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