Comments on: Man skydives 2,400 feet without deploying parachute and lands safely http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/man-skydives-3400-feet-sans-p.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 15:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/man-skydives-3400-feet-sans-p.html#comment-1439111 ocker3 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 06:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163499#comment-1439111  But that's the problem, 'use' can be taken a few different ways, did he 'use' the parachute if he wore it in case of emergencies?  But that’s the problem, ‘use’ can be taken a few different ways, did he ‘use’ the parachute if he wore it in case of emergencies?

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/man-skydives-3400-feet-sans-p.html#comment-1438394 Nathan Hornby Thu, 31 May 2012 18:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163499#comment-1438394 Clever bastards, those Geese. Clever bastards, those Geese.

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/man-skydives-3400-feet-sans-p.html#comment-1438392 Nathan Hornby Thu, 31 May 2012 18:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163499#comment-1438392 @ito Haha, cow-workers. Your comment, back atcha. @ito

Haha, cow-workers. Your comment, back atcha.

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/man-skydives-3400-feet-sans-p.html#comment-1438389 Nathan Hornby Thu, 31 May 2012 18:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163499#comment-1438389 KPH? This isn't bloody France. KPH? This isn’t bloody France.

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/man-skydives-3400-feet-sans-p.html#comment-1438387 Nathan Hornby Thu, 31 May 2012 18:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163499#comment-1438387 Although I agree that I wouldn't want to jump into boxes, I imagine foam would just launch him back into the air like a giant trampoline. Although I agree that I wouldn’t want to jump into boxes, I imagine foam would just launch him back into the air like a giant trampoline.

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/man-skydives-3400-feet-sans-p.html#comment-1438380 Nathan Hornby Thu, 31 May 2012 18:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163499#comment-1438380 In all fairness though he didn't USE his parachute. He just wore it. In all fairness though he didn’t USE his parachute. He just wore it.

]]> By: Ito Kagehisa http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/man-skydives-3400-feet-sans-p.html#comment-1438193 Ito Kagehisa Thu, 31 May 2012 16:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163499#comment-1438193 Oh, thanks, Antinous, now I have to explain to my cow-orkers why I'm laughing out loud when I'm supposed to be talking to Cisco hardware support.  Everybody knows those guys aren't funny! Oh, thanks, Antinous, now I have to explain to my cow-orkers why I’m laughing out loud when I’m supposed to be talking to Cisco hardware support.  Everybody knows those guys aren’t funny!

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/man-skydives-3400-feet-sans-p.html#comment-1437631 awjt Thu, 31 May 2012 00:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163499#comment-1437631 For the extra boing factor???  Nice. For the extra boing factor???  Nice.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/man-skydives-3400-feet-sans-p.html#comment-1437371 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 May 2012 20:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163499#comment-1437371 Tell him to stop being such a lazy bastard and go marry a Kardashian. Tell him to stop being such a lazy bastard and go marry a Kardashian.

]]> By: twency http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/man-skydives-3400-feet-sans-p.html#comment-1437151 twency Wed, 30 May 2012 16:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163499#comment-1437151 Britain uses MPH.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_per_hour Britain uses MPH.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_per_hour

]]> By: Ito Kagehisa http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/man-skydives-3400-feet-sans-p.html#comment-1437061 Ito Kagehisa Wed, 30 May 2012 13:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163499#comment-1437061 <blockquote>I can't think of a single place on earth that has a natural soft landing spot like this</blockquote>Cranberry bogs, peat bogs, etc.

I can’t think of a single place on earth that has a natural soft landing spot like this

Cranberry bogs, peat bogs, etc.

]]> By: Ito Kagehisa http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/man-skydives-3400-feet-sans-p.html#comment-1437059 Ito Kagehisa Wed, 30 May 2012 13:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163499#comment-1437059  I know the gentleman who designed the Mars airbag system; he has dozens of aerospace patents but he's not in Wikipedia... because he's been officially deemed "insufficiently notable."  I know the gentleman who designed the Mars airbag system; he has dozens of aerospace patents but he’s not in Wikipedia… because he’s been officially deemed “insufficiently notable.”

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/man-skydives-3400-feet-sans-p.html#comment-1437014 awjt Wed, 30 May 2012 10:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163499#comment-1437014 You'd need re-deployable airbags because like the Mars Landers, you'd BOING back up a bunch of times until you could just roll You’d need re-deployable airbags because like the Mars Landers, you’d BOING back up a bunch of times until you could just roll

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/man-skydives-3400-feet-sans-p.html#comment-1437013 awjt Wed, 30 May 2012 10:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163499#comment-1437013 man, you daredevil!!!  10 feet!  I'd be too scared.  Mine would have to be 2399 man, you daredevil!!!  10 feet!  I’d be too scared.  Mine would have to be 2399

]]> By: Michael Smith http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/man-skydives-3400-feet-sans-p.html#comment-1437000 Michael Smith Wed, 30 May 2012 09:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163499#comment-1437000 I would want to land backwards. I dislike having my neck broken by head on impacts. I would want to land backwards. I dislike having my neck broken by head on impacts.

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/man-skydives-3400-feet-sans-p.html#comment-1436901 pjcamp Wed, 30 May 2012 03:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163499#comment-1436901 Doesn't this seem like one of those situations where a backup parachute has no meaning until one has already hit the ground? Which would make the world's most awesome YouTube video. SPLAT! poof. Doesn’t this seem like one of those situations where a backup parachute has no meaning until one has already hit the ground? Which would make the world’s most awesome YouTube video.

SPLAT!

poof.

]]> By: Anon_Mahna http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/man-skydives-3400-feet-sans-p.html#comment-1436845 Anon_Mahna Wed, 30 May 2012 01:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163499#comment-1436845 Do it if you dare, Leaping from the sky, Hurling through the air, Exhilarating high, See the earth below, Soon to make a crater, Blue sky, black death, I'm off to meet my maker Do it if you dare,
Leaping from the sky,
Hurling through the air,
Exhilarating high,
See the earth below,
Soon to make a crater,
Blue sky,
black death,
I’m off to meet my maker

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/man-skydives-3400-feet-sans-p.html#comment-1436789 ocker3 Wed, 30 May 2012 00:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163499#comment-1436789 How has Noone broken into a chorus of "he jumped from 40,000 feet without a parachute"??? How has Noone broken into a chorus of “he jumped from 40,000 feet without a parachute”???

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/man-skydives-3400-feet-sans-p.html#comment-1436786 ocker3 Wed, 30 May 2012 00:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163499#comment-1436786  I've had very detailed arguments about some news reports saying "without using a parachute", I think we settled on "without deploying a parachute"  I’ve had very detailed arguments about some news reports saying “without using a parachute”, I think we settled on “without deploying a parachute”

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/man-skydives-3400-feet-sans-p.html#comment-1436769 Preston Sturges Tue, 29 May 2012 23:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163499#comment-1436769 The rocking that he's doing at :28 reminds me of how geese come into land - they seem to  lock their wings wide and rock from side to side to spill the air, and that brings them down slower and  at a steeper angle than their maximum glide. It seems to be a way to execute a controlled stall.  The rocking that he’s doing at :28 reminds me of how geese come into land – they seem to  lock their wings wide and rock from side to side to spill the air, and that brings them down slower and  at a steeper angle than their maximum glide. It seems to be a way to execute a controlled stall. 

]]> By: robcat2075 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/man-skydives-3400-feet-sans-p.html#comment-1436768 robcat2075 Tue, 29 May 2012 23:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163499#comment-1436768 In one of the paragliding mags several years ago i read a story about an old (50's era) Soviet design for a flying suit for deploying paratroopers.  The idea being that they could jump a long distance from the target and glide the rest of the way to avoid their plane being detected. It wasn't certain if it had ever been tested. In one of the paragliding mags several years ago i read a story about an old (50′s era) Soviet design for a flying suit for deploying paratroopers.  The idea being that they could jump a long distance from the target and glide the rest of the way to avoid their plane being detected.

It wasn’t certain if it had ever been tested.

]]> By: Brad Zimmerman http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/man-skydives-3400-feet-sans-p.html#comment-1436748 Brad Zimmerman Tue, 29 May 2012 23:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163499#comment-1436748 Kids:  try this at home!  Cardboard boxes are as good as a parachute and they also can be turned on their sides to make Duplicator machines. Kids:  try this at home!  Cardboard boxes are as good as a parachute and they also can be turned on their sides to make Duplicator machines.

]]> By: Culturedropout http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/man-skydives-3400-feet-sans-p.html#comment-1436700 Culturedropout Tue, 29 May 2012 23:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163499#comment-1436700 "Insane individual dressed as a flying squirrel leaps from perfectly good helicopter, fails to use perfectly good parachute he's wearing, and is saved by an act of god (and a whole bunch of cardboard boxes)."  There - fixed that for you.  :-) “Insane individual dressed as a flying squirrel leaps from perfectly good helicopter, fails to use perfectly good parachute he’s wearing, and is saved by an act of god (and a whole bunch of cardboard boxes).”  There – fixed that for you.  :-)

]]> By: timquinn http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/man-skydives-3400-feet-sans-p.html#comment-1436689 timquinn Tue, 29 May 2012 22:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163499#comment-1436689 Seriously though, ahem, the next step here is airbags. One could learn to land by popping the bags at the last second and rolling minimally to a standing run while you shed your bags. Stealthy! Eventually this will seem routine. Seriously though, ahem, the next step here is airbags. One could learn to land by popping the bags at the last second and rolling minimally to a standing run while you shed your bags. Stealthy! Eventually this will seem routine.

]]> By: timquinn http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/man-skydives-3400-feet-sans-p.html#comment-1436685 timquinn Tue, 29 May 2012 22:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163499#comment-1436685 Combine this with the tiny new commercial space craft and we can begin to see the future of being an astronaut. It ain't the romantic job it once was. Combine this with the tiny new commercial space craft and we can begin to see the future of being an astronaut. It ain’t the romantic job it once was.

]]> By: DevinC http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/man-skydives-3400-feet-sans-p.html#comment-1436643 DevinC Tue, 29 May 2012 22:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163499#comment-1436643 But what implications does this have for wingsuit combat? But what implications does this have for wingsuit combat?

]]> By: Christopher W Lynch http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/man-skydives-3400-feet-sans-p.html#comment-1436620 Christopher W Lynch Tue, 29 May 2012 21:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163499#comment-1436620 I'm sure the altitude was read off of the copter's altimeter...so it was probably the height at which he exited the aircraft rather than distance flown. I must admit, though I was surprised to hear the talking head use MPH rather than KPH I’m sure the altitude was read off of the copter’s altimeter…so it was probably the height at which he exited the aircraft rather than distance flown. I must admit, though I was surprised to hear the talking head use MPH rather than KPH

]]> By: thecleaninglady http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/man-skydives-3400-feet-sans-p.html#comment-1436607 thecleaninglady Tue, 29 May 2012 21:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163499#comment-1436607 Man in a flying suit lands safely in a specially prepared landing area. Man in a flying suit lands safely in a specially prepared landing area.

]]> By: jimh http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/man-skydives-3400-feet-sans-p.html#comment-1436600 jimh Tue, 29 May 2012 21:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163499#comment-1436600 I think the real risk factor isn't being injured at the landing, but not being able to hit the landing zone. Failsafe parachute for aborting the mission is perfectly understandable, IMO. I think the real risk factor isn’t being injured at the landing, but not being able to hit the landing zone. Failsafe parachute for aborting the mission is perfectly understandable, IMO.

]]> By: Artor http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/man-skydives-3400-feet-sans-p.html#comment-1436590 Artor Tue, 29 May 2012 21:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163499#comment-1436590 Damn- I was hoping to see him pull up, stall at the last moment, and drop to his feet. The minecraft safety wall was kinda disappointing. The wingsuit video of flying down alpine slopes or through a Chinese mountain are much more interesting. Damn- I was hoping to see him pull up, stall at the last moment, and drop to his feet. The minecraft safety wall was kinda disappointing. The wingsuit video of flying down alpine slopes or through a Chinese mountain are much more interesting.

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