I want one.
Proposed Wing-Suit for US Military
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December 9, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Useless, but awesome.
December 15, 2009 at 10:59 am
what’s so useless about being awesome?
December 9, 2009 at 8:23 pm
This reminds me of the Ninja Turtles. Also ugly and this is really functional?
December 15, 2009 at 10:36 am
Possibly for HALO jumping, though it looks cumbersome. Looks unpowered.
December 15, 2009 at 10:54 am
And if it were powered, I’d imagine it’d be heavy as all hell, and burn your feet. Not to mention, what would happen if you run out of fuel?
December 15, 2009 at 11:09 am
Nope, that awesome has already been achieved.
www.komonews.com/home/video/18978769.html?t=a&video=pop
December 15, 2009 at 10:58 am
gravity powered, ya’ll
December 15, 2009 at 11:00 am
this is waaaaay cooler than parachuting in somewhere
December 15, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Little problem with the surface area to weight ratio. I’m thinking the final result will look more like a hang glider in size. Also, what happens when you drop below your stall speed? Either that thing deploys a parachute or the guys going to have to hit the ground running at like 50 miles per hour.
December 15, 2009 at 12:55 pm
most likely unpowered. i would guess that this would allow someone to jump further from the target, and using this they could guide their fall better
December 15, 2009 at 2:58 pm
man, I was going to come in here and bitch about how apparently no one read the article this came from, but it wasn’t even in the post. If I remember correctly, this is for high altitude jumps, and gives you about 30 miles of glide space before you pull your shoot.
December 15, 2009 at 8:03 pm
Well that makes more sense. Not that modern parachutes don’t give you lots of precision landing anyway, but I can understand a few insertions that would benefit from these. Special ops, stuff like that.
December 15, 2009 at 7:12 pm
Where are their legs?
December 15, 2009 at 9:04 pm
No crash landings…unless you want to breakyourneck/paraplegic!