16 years ago
On 25th of April Mike Küng performed the first indoor head over jump with paraglider in the Tropical Islands Hall (Berlin, Germany). He jumped from 94 meters above the ground and flew 40 seconds after a perfect opening. Related photo gallery: Mike Küng - indoor jump
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Hmm would my local bridge be high enough?:D
If Mike flew for 40 seconds with a sink of no less than 1.5m/s (slow 360 turn) and jumped from 94m, it took him 94m - (40s x 1.5m/s) = 94m - 60m = 34m to make the glider fly.
Timing from movie gives:
At the time that the glider had slowed the speed down enough that I would be happy to land in the water to the actual landing was 34s. This gives a needed hight of 43m + time to land.
In other words... My local bridge could give me a potential good splash:D Based on the minimum data available and high errors.... so don't base your actions on this calculation:D
While the event is very nice and Mike did a nice performance, jumps with paragliders from fixed objects have been done for a long while and quite often already...
Now i understand why people call him Mad Mike Kung!
Found a new sport, BASE Paragliding? :p