Human flying squirrel suits allow a somewhat controlled plummet to earth

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Base jumpers and budding equipment designers are scrambling to create what amounts to a human flying squirrel rig. The wearer will be able to huck off a typical base jumping cliff, but rather than pulling a chute after a period of free-fall, they will be able to spread their wings, and glide gracefully to a landing.. or so they hope.

Notice the guy testing this particular design is still wearing a traditional parachute during testing. One of the advantages of such a design is that it can easily be stored in a small backpack during the approach, and whatever climb is necessary to reach the launch point. This benefit is undoubtedly negated however by the large cases required to cary the wearers balls in..

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