Gorgo said...Those are really small parachutes. 6 sq m I think which is about half the normal size. The smallest parachute that has been jumped and landed is 4 sq m. That guy came in way fast.
The wingsuit guys always land by throwing their parachutes.
I don't think that wingsuits are inherently dangerous. Flying one close to hard stuff probably is.
parachute measurements are normally square feet courtesy of the fact that most of the early ones originated in the USA and they have just kept that as standard measurement.An average size canopy is anywhere from 120 to 170 depending on your weight and high performance(high wing loading
www.nzaerosports.com/helpnsupport/choosing-canopy-based-on-wingloading/?v=7516fd43adaa) canopies are 80 to 120 on average. The smallest parachute i have heard of been flown is a 37 by Luigi Cani so i would imagine most of the canopies being flown in the clip aren't a lot larger as the descent rate has to pretty high to keep up/down with the wingsuits as you can see in the clip some of the guys have their hands free so there is no riser input!
The rub with most of those canopies is that to land them they have to build up enough speed to generate enough lift(spiraling dive or similar) to be able to plane them out(ie horizontal glide) on landing which requires a fair amount of skill other wise they would spud in with a normal approach ..... large kahunas doesn't hurt either . nice post gorgo!!
