Interesting! Thanks Dafrca!
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| Author: | dafrca [ Sun Jun 25, 2006 3:58 am ] |
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Ran across an interesting article about a ram-air wings mounted on a man, combined with a parachute. He could be dropped miles from his target, fly closer and parachute the remaining distance. Not Sci-Fi, it is now. dafrca |
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| Author: | dafrca [ Sun Jun 25, 2006 4:01 am ] |
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Another Shot... |
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| Author: | dafrca [ Sun Jun 25, 2006 4:02 am ] |
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Last Image... |
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| Author: | Tas [ Sun Jun 25, 2006 4:14 am ] |
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Interesting! Thanks Dafrca!
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| Author: | primarch [ Sun Jun 25, 2006 4:36 am ] |
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Hi! Freaky. Reminds me of the rocketeer, but with wings. Sometimes reality is crazier than sci-fi!  Primarch |
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| Author: | Legion 4 [ Sun Jun 25, 2006 6:16 am ] |
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Wow ! ? That would be perfect for SF Spec Ops insertions ... Maybe they are already in use ! ? In the "old days", SF would drop at high altitude with O? tanks, fall/sail to the target. ?Opening their square highly maneuverable chutes, when the DZ is in site ... very cool !  Thanks Daf ! 
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| Author: | vanvlak [ Sun Jun 25, 2006 7:06 am ] |
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Poor chap, they stuffed him and put him in a museum....  Oh, wait, no, that's a new scale for FW models, right?  Ok, only kidding - interesting, but I sure wouldn't like to try it out. Wouldn't a high altitude drop be as good for insertion? |
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| Author: | Legion 4 [ Sun Jun 25, 2006 7:13 am ] |
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Based on my experience, I'm guessing the ram air wings would have a longer range then a HALO jump ... But I don't know the exact specs ... |
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| Author: | dafrca [ Sun Jun 25, 2006 7:26 am ] | ||
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Real Life is often stranger then fiction.  dafrca |
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| Author: | dafrca [ Sun Jun 25, 2006 7:33 am ] | ||
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Here is a quote from one source: As it is now, the system allows operation units to jump from a height of about ten kilo-metres and to cover a distance of up to 40 kilometres carrying up to 100 kilogrammes of equipment. Parachutists can thus penetrate into areas that are difficult to reach without their transport planes having to fly into a danger zone. At the same time, tracing this almost 100% silent parachute system using air or ground-based radar systems is extremely difficult. Night operations or operations under adverse weather conditions are possible. | |||
| Author: | dafrca [ Sun Jun 25, 2006 7:41 am ] |
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Found one more shot: |
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| Author: | vanvlak [ Sun Jun 25, 2006 11:21 am ] |
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Thanks for the info Dafrca. Ummm... the Orks would love it.... I'd like to see it fly - it looks like it could be a handful to control. 
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| Author: | jb1 [ Sun Jun 25, 2006 12:10 pm ] |
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...where is the stewardess? |
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| Author: | Evil and Chaos [ Sun Jun 25, 2006 12:14 pm ] |
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I remember a few years ago someone used a similar piece of kit to this (Only no micro-jets, it was a full glider) to fly across the English Channel and land in france. As a near-silent insertion method with no radar signiture worth mentioning, it'd be a lot more secretive than HALO jumps, since the transport plane would never get near the drop-zone to be detected. |
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| Author: | Legion 4 [ Sun Jun 25, 2006 3:19 pm ] |
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THanks Daf and E&C, you are correct on those points ... Today all I jump from is bed ... and slowly at that !
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