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scottjk
Since 28 Dec 2011
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 Wed Oct 10, 12 6:06 am Red Bull Stratos Jump - LIVE |
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For those who don't know... the Red Bull Stratos jump is happening now. Scrubbed the mission yesterday due to winds. Hopefully today will work out. They have a killer website with live feed.
http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/
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Drifty2012
Since 18 Jul 2012
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Kook
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| Wed Oct 10, 12 6:58 am |
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This is very cool! 690 MPH wouldn't be that bad to do, I suppose  .
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Wind Slither
Since 04 Mar 2005
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The 503
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| Wed Oct 10, 12 9:06 am |
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The weight of that dood's giant nads must be key in reaching maximum velocity.
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bustingbladder
Since 12 Jul 2006
387 Posts
Seattle
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Gman
Since 11 Feb 2006
4911 Posts
Portland
Unstrapped
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| Wed Oct 10, 12 11:38 am |
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if you got em smoke em - one bad mofo
One of the chief concerns has been to avoid the problem that almost killed Mr. Kittinger during Project Excelsior. He was supposed to be stabilized during his fall by a small drogue parachute, but on one training jump in 1959 it did not open because the cord got tangled around his neck.
As a result, Mr. Kittinger’s body went into a spin that reached 120 revolutions per minute as he plummeted more than 60,000 feet. He blacked out and regained consciousness only after his reserve parachute opened automatically about a mile above the ground. When he came to, he later wrote, he first assumed he must have died, but then he spotted the parachute’s canopy above him and made a sudden realization: “I am impossibly, wonderfully alive.”
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Kraemer
Since 24 Apr 2006
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Sky Pilot
Unicorn Captain
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| Wed Oct 10, 12 1:36 pm |
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One of the milestones of kiteboarding___Highest jump from a kite:
"Neil Hutchinson loses his kite and falls 100 feet out of the sky. He was being towed into the air with a jetski when his shackle snapped. He lost his kite and plummeted towards what should have been a watery grave. The entire bay is shallow except for the one spot he landed. He survived with minor injuries. Filmed in Islamorada, Florida "
http://www.spike.com/video-clips/ydslew/wipeout-kiteboarding
Good thing you made it through buddy!
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scottjk
Since 28 Dec 2011
49 Posts
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| Fri Oct 12, 12 5:38 am Done Before? |
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| Someone mentioned that this has been done before... that is correct... but what hasn't been done before is a human body breaking the sound barrier outside of an enclosed vehicle. This is monumental.
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Inept_Fun
Since 14 Apr 2005
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Hood River
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| Fri Oct 12, 12 7:58 am Re: Done Before? |
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| scottjk wrote: | | Someone mentioned that this has been done before... that is correct... but what hasn't been done before is a human body breaking the sound barrier outside of an enclosed vehicle. This is monumental. |
If he is jumping from the same height how would he break the sound barrier and the other dude didnt? Mass doesnt effect the rate at which he falls right? So the only way to do it would be to streamline the suit he is in???
Also would his fastest speed be achieved before he entered the part of the atmosphere where there is air again?
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Gator
Since 15 Sep 2012
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Portland
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| Fri Oct 12, 12 9:21 am |
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I don't know what either of these guys is talking about. This has not been done before since he will jump from 3 miles higher, break the sound barrier, and break the manned balloon altitude record. I say mad props considering this guy struggles with serious claustrophobia.
Oh and there is air at all alltitudes. Even the space station has to account for atmospheric drag.
New record: 36,000 meters (118,000 ft) (expected minimum)
Previous record: 31,333 meters (102,799 ft) by Joseph Kittinger in 1960
New record: Mach 1/690 miles per hour (1,110 km/h) (expected minimum)
Previous record: Mach 0.9/614 miles per hour (988 km/h) by Joseph Kittinger in 1960
New record: 36,000 meters (118,000 ft) (expected minimum)
Previous record: 34668 meters (113,739.9 feet) by Victor Prather and Malcolm Ross in 1961
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BeerKite
Since 29 Mar 2011
471 Posts
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AKkiter
Since 31 Aug 2008
190 Posts
Montavilla
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| Sun Oct 14, 12 9:16 am |
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From what I have read, Joe Kissinger only jumped form 102K feet.
This guy, Felix B. is gonna drop from 120K.
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Inept_Fun
Since 14 Apr 2005
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Hood River
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| Sun Oct 14, 12 10:26 am |
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That was insane! I almost had a heart attack just watching him stand on the edge of that thing holy shit!!!!!
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Justsmile
Since 20 Jul 2009
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Not Portland
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| Sun Oct 14, 12 10:31 am |
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| Fing Amazing!!!!
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splaterwin
Since 17 Nov 2005
165 Posts
Vancouver
Stoked
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| Sun Oct 14, 12 11:15 am |
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Live edge of seat action, mach 1 spin looked insane.
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Icarus
Since 13 May 2009
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Hood River
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Justsmile
Since 20 Jul 2009
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Not Portland
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| Sun Oct 14, 12 5:09 pm |
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| it was pretty cool to listen to. Very controlled breathing at the start. approaches 700 mph and the rate increases. Watch him tumble for a while which made me sick and hear no increased breathing rate led me to believe he might have taken a night night for a second and then he is back in control talking a bit. Truely funny when he dropped the f bomb asking for smoke so he could see the wind coming from the east. pretty dam cool if you ask me. I am ready to go tandem with my kid and add wings so we can fly for a minute.
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beech
Since 21 Aug 2010
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Longview, WA
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| Sun Oct 14, 12 5:36 pm |
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i got dibs on the capsule... if that baby lands in my yard its MINE!!!
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