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Good Times
10-14-2012, 09:19 AM
Not sure if anyone else is watching this but Felix Baumgartner is one crazy dude!

If you want to join in on the 120k jump...

http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/

crazy!
Seanz0rz
10-14-2012, 09:35 AM
last thing i heard from mission control was that his face plate heater was inop.

hopefully the knob is just backwards and he can still jump!
Robinhood4x4
10-14-2012, 09:39 AM
thanks for the link.
Robinhood4x4
10-14-2012, 11:02 AM
I knew that it happens, but it's interesting to actually see the balloon expand as it rises.
Good Times
10-14-2012, 11:59 AM
talk about a leap of faith!

would I do that... umm NOPE! that's too insane for me. :)
YotaFun
10-14-2012, 02:44 PM
Me and my buds watched it, it is def insane!
The minute he leaped from the capsule I felt my own stomach go into my throat!

I'll jump out of a plane at a reasonable height, but that guy def has some huge cojenes!
Good Times
10-14-2012, 06:12 PM
Avy,

what's the difference between jumping out of a plane and where he was? if the parachute doesn't deploy you're gonna be flat one way or another regardless of what height you jump out of. :)

that's one thing I can't do. way to scared of heights.. haha
YotaFun
10-14-2012, 07:21 PM
The difference,
Its a shorter trip lol!
And there is more factors involved there then with a plane jump.
Suit failure to be one.

I am alright with heights but that was just an insane view
Robinhood4x4
10-15-2012, 06:45 PM
So question:

If redbull offered to you a chance to jump out of a balloon from 128,000ft, including all necessary training for free, would you do it?
YotaFun
10-15-2012, 06:56 PM
Oooo, Though question there Steve!

I think if there was a lot of training and I mean like you go through the steps in your sleep kinda of training maybe.

To be on the edge of the world like that would probably just give me a heart attack before the jump but it would be epic.

What about you Steve would you?
Ric
10-15-2012, 07:48 PM
So question:

If redbull offered to you a chance to jump out of a balloon from 128,000ft, including all necessary training for free, would you do it?

not just a yes, but a HELL "F-ing YES"
Good Times
10-15-2012, 07:52 PM
nope...

this is almost like playing russian roulette I think. There's so many things that can go wrong that if things do go wrong up there, you're pretty much on your own and screwed!

life is too precious to want to be playing crazy games like this.

:)
04 Rocko Taco
10-15-2012, 09:13 PM
But you know what hey say Lance...

"Every man dies, but not every man truly lives"

Maybe crazy games are where its at.
Robinhood4x4
10-16-2012, 06:33 AM
What could possibly go wrong? You have a parachute!

I don't know if I would do it. Maybe if it were a little closer to the ground where you'd have more aerodynamic control.
Good Times
10-16-2012, 01:33 PM
You think you'll have more aerodynamic control closer to the ground vs high up there? I think I would just poop in my gear and pass out and probably go splat!

Did you see him tumbling? omg I can hold in my guts but that there was something else. That's just too much craziness going on. I think I'll just stay on ground and watch ya'll go crazy!
Robinhood4x4
10-16-2012, 06:54 PM
Yeah, that's what they were saying one of the biggest dangers was. He could go into a spin and the g forces would be so high that he would black out.

At a lower altitude he would have control over that. Plus, bet the parachute would deploy automatically at some altitude.
Crinale
10-17-2012, 09:29 AM
all those upper atmosphere jumps have a backup parachute hooked to an altimeter, so that if the jumper passes out and doesn't pull the main chute he still has a chance of survival.
4x4mike
10-17-2012, 12:40 PM
True. I also read somewhere that when he jumped he did a set number of barrel rolls to reduce the chance of going into a flat spin. Flat spin would result in passing out. Even with an automatic 'chute they said it wouldn't deploy correctly or work if he was in a 300 rpm flat spin.
04 Rocko Taco
10-17-2012, 11:07 PM
Flat spins killed goose from Top Gun, must be dangerous.
kafene
10-18-2012, 12:47 AM
nope...

this is almost like playing russian roulette I think. There's so many things that can go wrong that if things do go wrong up there, you're pretty much on your own and screwed!

life is too precious to want to be playing crazy games like this.

:)


Lance,

You can do this one with NO training.

http://mashable.com/2012/10/17/slim-jim-executes-the-worlds-shortest-freefall-video/
Good Times
10-18-2012, 06:26 AM
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

that's too funny
Crinale
10-18-2012, 04:10 PM
Thats amazing! I don't think I've ever fallen from that short a distance!