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indoor skydancing for humans

10 Apr 2017 09:14 #53587 by slim36
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Now humans can fly with the help of indoor skydiving wind tunnels. Good training for future empowerment.
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11 Apr 2017 00:43 #53590 by ace191
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They have two of these in the Phoenix area. One in Scottsdale and the other is in Eloy, AZ ( a MAJOR sky diving destination). Trust me, it is not as easy as she makes it look!
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11 Apr 2017 15:28 #53592 by lfan
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ace191 wrote: They have two of these in the Phoenix area. One in Scottsdale and the other is in Eloy, AZ ( a MAJOR sky diving destination). Trust me, it is not as easy as she makes it look!


^^ What Ace said! I've been in one twice and it amazes me how "easy" the instructors fly around inside there with you. Mine could do a lot of the shit in the video like walking up the walls and stopping on a dime when flying. Really wild stuff. Thanks for posting!

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11 Apr 2017 23:54 #53594 by ace191
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She is the best by far I have ever seen, but then again, she is the champ! They have a flyaway in Las Vegas where I made a fool of myself many years ago. As I recall, it was made from a DC 3 propeller, a 600 hp electric motor and a big grate. What really gets me is that most people wear a baggy flight suit which makes you look like Rocky the flying squirrel and she is in spandex.

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12 Apr 2017 00:17 #53595 by Raa
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Not say, but lets be glad most people are wearing the flight suits. You REALLY don't want to see me in spandex. ;) Just saying. LOL
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12 Apr 2017 19:31 #53607 by shadar
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ace191 wrote: She is the best by far I have ever seen, but then again, she is the champ! They have a flyaway in Las Vegas where I made a fool of myself many years ago. As I recall, it was made from a DC 3 propeller, a 600 hp electric motor and a big grate. What really gets me is that most people wear a baggy flight suit which makes you look like Rocky the flying squirrel and she is in spandex.


I'm thinking that skin-tight Spandex flight suits only work on tall but very thin people, like the gymnast in the video. A frictional force (from the wind) versus weight issue.

The rest of us need more surface area to catch the wind to stay comfortably aloft. A bunch of oversized people beached on the lower grate isn't much fun.

But there is also Raa's argument, which is probably even more important for some of us. <grin>

Far more importantly, when are we going to see someone in there wearing a high quality Supergirl costume?
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13 Apr 2017 16:44 - 13 Apr 2017 16:45 #53616 by LustMonster
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shadar wrote: Far more importantly, when are we going to see someone in there wearing a high quality Supergirl costume?


I suspect that capes would not be allowed in these things, for safety/liability reasons. Edna Mode did make some valid points!
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13 Apr 2017 20:23 - 13 Apr 2017 20:25 #53624 by shadar
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LustMonster wrote:

shadar wrote: Far more importantly, when are we going to see someone in there wearing a high quality Supergirl costume?


I suspect that capes would not be allowed in these things, for safety/liability reasons. Edna Mode did make some valid points!


Too bad... it would be great chance to watch someone perfect the use of capes and skirts in such a wind. Or fail epically while trying. Either way, very entertaining.

Perhaps some things are best left to our imagination. Still... seems like a lost opportunity. I'm betting Sarge's uniforms would do better than most. Although I doubt they came with a "won't blow off in flight" guarantee.

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13 Apr 2017 21:15 #53626 by Sarge395
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I don't have any capes. Unless really short they cover up too much. Grin.

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13 Apr 2017 21:41 - 13 Apr 2017 21:42 #53627 by slim36
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Here's another super in training. I'm sure they start with gymnastics, so the flying in wind tunnel is similar to floor tumbling with lift.
Could imagine a swarm of bottled up velorians in a tube doing warmups before the launch door opens and they fly out into battle. Supers could also (carefullly) generate laser light effects maybe wearing safety goggles to protect the wind tunnel

a wingsuit or cape would probably increase the weight limit for flyers. I think they are worried that any loose clothing or personal items would turn into Foreign Objects or Debris and damage the equipment.
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13 Apr 2017 22:02 #53628 by shadar
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Sarge395 wrote: I don't have any capes. Unless really short they cover up too much. Grin.



Understand completely. Even without a cape, the billowing of a short skirt (with hands on hem to hold it more or less down) would create a huge amount of lift that would send them soaring. To avoid hitting the top, they'd have to release the skirt to spill the lift and let the hem rise over their waist as they fell to grab another "skirt-full" and soar upward again. <Sigh>

Obviously, I'm overthinking this. <grin>
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13 Apr 2017 22:49 #53630 by slim36
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Dive out of a good plane behind Wonder Woman?
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14 Apr 2017 00:30 #53632 by ace191
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As a proud owner of one of Sarge's Supersuits, I think it would do just fine in the wind tunnel. At worst, it might rip the skirt. Wind speed is most likely between 80 and 120 mph. Drag goes up a little over V squared. There is a big difference
Between: 8x8=64
And: 12x12=144
More than twice the force at 120 as there is at 80 mph.

Here is an idea. Let's start a go fund me site to see if we can get this gal to fly in one of Sarge's Supersuits.

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14 Apr 2017 02:05 #53633 by slim36
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1st female red bull skydiver
some wingsuit indoors

a powergirl wannabe

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