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Misc Forums => NON LSR Posting => Topic started by: JonAmo on October 14, 2012, 11:16:36 AM
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Live from mission control it is going to happen. Felix jumping from 125,000 Feet. Live. www.redbullstratos.com
Jon
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Thanks Jon, this is amazing. I got on before the launch. :-D :-D :-D
Pete
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Nice, thanks Jon...
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I just switched over to the Discovery channel on TV, looks like the live feed is over loaded and can't handle the international traffic.
Larry
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Awesome great engineering and equipment, big balls for felix.
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Watched on news and live feed. WOW SB
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WOW!!! That kept me just as absorbed as one of the lsr live feeds. Thanks Jon. :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
Pete
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That brings back fond memories of watching live coverage of some of the early space launches.
Congratulations to Felix Baumgartner, looks like he got all the records he was shooting for except for the longest free fall jump on record, which appears to still belong to Kittenger, at 4:36. It looked like his chute deployed at 4:19.
Larry
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Yup, that was good. Classy act by Felix Leaving Joes freefall end of the record intact.
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This was riveting to watch, haven't been this excited to watch conquering science frontiers since the first moon landing! Color, live with all the data on "my" computer vs. a small B&W TV back in Switzerland during my first boys scout camp in 1969.
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Talk about falling like a rock! :-o :-o
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With the team claiming supersonic speeds were reached that was a stunning record bid. Perhaps on this occasion there can be agreement that it needs no second pass or back up :-) :-)
Felix may have been tumbling before chute release but it will be interesting to hear from him if he left his mentor with one record, just because he could.
Malcolm UK, Derby.
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Ho- hum.... he fell off a platform. There may have been some degree of skill involved in this stunt but I can't see it. Now, a new land speed record of over 400mph--- that's different!
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ (opposing views are welcome, of course)
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jeez tough crowd Neil :-D
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Ho- hum.... he fell off a platform. There may have been some degree of skill involved in this stunt but I can't see it. Now, a new land speed record of over 400mph--- that's different!
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ (opposing views are welcome, of course)
Once he gotten into some atmosphere, he stopped the spin and maintained flat and stable. That takes considerable practice and skill.
Joe
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Wow preliminary numbers are out!
The jump reached a maximum speed of 833.9 mph or Mach 1.24.
He dropped 119, 846 feet in free fall.
It also happens that this is exactly 65 years to the day after Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in the X-1 rocket plane.
Larry
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Ho- hum.... he fell off a platform. There may have been some degree of skill involved in this stunt but I can't see it. Now, a new land speed record of over 400mph--- that's different!
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ (opposing views are welcome, of course)
Neil, I have not done either one but I'd bet the pucker factors are very similar! :-D
Along the lines that penetration is not possible even with a Teflon-coated, moly-greased straight pin! :-o
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Don't forget he had 24 miles to get to that speed, and no wind resistance!
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Yup, that was good. Classy act by Felix Leaving Joes freefall end of the record intact.
I doubt that was the case. I think as Joe and I were talking about it, that the malfunction or fogging of face shield did not allow him to see his altitude. I would guess he pulled the parachute premature because he couldn't see it, and communication was spotty at that point. Of course he just might have said F it I had enough and pulled it.
Jon
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Don't forget he had 24 miles to get to that speed, and no wind resistance!
Dont think so Koncretekid, he could only get that speed within the first 40 seconds of freefall. After that exiting the stratosphere the air resistance starts slowing him down.
Jon
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He said he pulled the chute at 5,200 ft. which was 200 ft. earlier than planned. I think the reason he didn't get the record for longest time in free fall was that he covered the distance too quickly. If he'd waited for the full time he would have been well the under the altitude they considered safe to pull the chute.
Pete
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Regardless, it was bad ass. My heart-rate was pegged.