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I will add this though: Landing at 15 kt sustained winds was a piece of cake. Some people call it a vertical landing... I just called it "cool".Quote:
Originally Posted by coloccw
The issue with landing is gusting winds. There's not a lot of wiggle room when your stall speed is that low.
The issue with the Red Bull jump today was the wind on take off.
My thoughts as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fmedges
Back on topic, hopefully these guys get to do this soon. Pretty exciting stuff.
it to bad they had to scrap the trip today...less then 2kts of wind is pretty light wind
Today is the day, capsule just released!!
They have the live feed up on YouTube. Dude is out of his damn mind.
We thought about driving down to see it. That's only about 90 miles south of us; but I have a bad cold, dammit...[Rant1]
I woke up this morning and this was on. I do not think he will reach his goal (last I heard was faster than the speed of sound) but I hope he beats the old record.
That was cool!!!
If you missed the live feed, here is a recording of it.
jumped from: 128,100 feet
max speed: 833.9 mph (mach 1.24)
free fall time: 4:20 sec
(unofficial figures from FAI given at press conference)
nice job Felix!
"Sometimes you have to stand on the edge of the world to realize how small you are" - Felix (just before his jump)