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Post by jonesy on Oct 9, 2012 7:21:03 GMT 12
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Post by flyjoe180 on Oct 9, 2012 7:44:52 GMT 12
How does he slow down to deploy a parachute?
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Post by jonesy on Oct 9, 2012 7:49:17 GMT 12
Slow down? Parachute? ;D
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Post by flyjoe180 on Oct 9, 2012 7:51:43 GMT 12
There is always something that people forget ;D
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Post by dakman on Oct 9, 2012 8:16:26 GMT 12
I heard that TV1 will show it early tommorrow our time
if he jumps
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Post by kiwipathfinder89 on Oct 9, 2012 8:36:46 GMT 12
There were quite a few ads on television this morning for it - shame I won't be up to watch it, to see if he does makes it.
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Post by Ykato on Oct 9, 2012 8:43:50 GMT 12
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Post by patmurphy on Oct 9, 2012 20:39:15 GMT 12
Apparently, he sets off from his capsule and rapidly accelerates to beyond the speed of sound due to the thin atmosphere at 120K  Then gradually slows down as the air gets thicker to around 150mph, then he hopes the chute opens ;D |
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Post by Bruce on Oct 9, 2012 21:02:48 GMT 12
I'm a bit worried about the idea of live streaming the jump - If the suit fails and we end up with falling Felix flakes or a pile of strawberry jam, (and I sincerely hope it wont, but there is a large element of risk) then it would be pretty traumatic for the viewers  |
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Post by corsair67 on Oct 9, 2012 21:55:01 GMT 12
How does he slow down to deploy a parachute? What a silly question! He spreads his hands out, and that slows him down! ;D By this time tomorrow he'll either be an absolute legend, or chicken feed........  |
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Post by efliernz on Oct 10, 2012 6:15:55 GMT 12
Too much wind and called off today.
I note that there is a 20 second delay on the video feed. I suspect they do that so that if they notice the images from all his body-cameras start to spread out... time for an ad break!
Pete
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Post by jonesy on Oct 10, 2012 10:29:13 GMT 12
Too much wind and called off today. Pete Chicken.... |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 10, 2012 11:00:06 GMT 12
So when will this be screened now?
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Post by efliernz on Oct 10, 2012 12:04:25 GMT 12
Weather is looking sub-standard for tomorrow. Who knows...
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Post by TS on Oct 10, 2012 13:20:41 GMT 12
Apparently, he sets off from his capsule and rapidly accelerates to beyond the speed of sound due to the thin atmosphere at 120K Then gradually slows down as the air gets thicker to around 150mph, then he hopes the chute opens ;D Ahhhh he won't feel a thing on the way down it's only the sudden stop at the end, if the chute does not open........(minor detail) |
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Post by flyjoe180 on Oct 10, 2012 16:00:12 GMT 12
I was in Christchurch on a stop last night when it was originally scheduled to air and went to watch the jump but it was postponed. I hope the 20 second delay is well controlled, by the time they realise what is going on 20 seconds isn't much time to respond. I think of that footage of the recent police chase in America where the pursued bloke shot himself and the coverage did not cut out in time.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 11, 2012 9:22:51 GMT 12
Oh well, that is modern television ratings for you.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 15, 2012 5:20:10 GMT 12
TVNZ has once again proven what a complete joke they are. I have been watching this historic coverage since 4.45am, and just as it is getting really interesting they turn off the coverage to play their childish news programme, and switch the live coverage to some obscure digital channel that I cannot receive. Meanwhile TV2 plays some evangilist shit that could easily have been pushed aside for the live coverage. Unbelievable.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 15, 2012 6:38:57 GMT 12
Well that was a huge heart stopping thrill seeing Felix step off that platform. A great achievement! What an amazing thing to watch live on TV, only ruined by that yapping dog Petra who wouldn't shut the hell up, and the continuous cutting over the live feed by inane pointless weather reports and other trivia.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 15, 2012 7:01:23 GMT 12
It's a pity that Felix did not achieve all the records he wanted, he seems to have pulled his chute early and missed out on the longest freefall, the record being retained by Joe Kissinger?
He's also apparently not the first person to travel at the speed of sound without an aircraft as the commentators were claiming, as TVNZ's news site says "On January 25, 1966, Bill Weaver, a US test pilot aboard an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft, was ejected from his damaged plane at Mach 3.18 - more than three times faster than the speed of sound - and survived." I guess he's the first to do it intentionally though.
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Then gradually slows down as the air gets thicker to around 150mph, then he hopes the chute opens ;D
