Wind tunnel testing of a novel wingsuit design

Berry, Michael A.; Fargeas, Jonathan Las; Blair, Kim B.

doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2010.04.059

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“…For instance, pioneers of proximity flying developed innovating wingsuits and airfoils to expand their body’s surface area. This allowed exploration and the opportunity to perceive the spatiotemporal field in a new way through different kind of forward motion, i.e., the ‘horizontal glide’ ( Berry et al, 2010 ; Mei-Dan et al, 2013 ). This evolution (from ‘established’ styles of BASE-jumping toward proximity flying) illustrates the intertwined nature of constraints.…”

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An Ecological Conceptualization of Extreme Sports

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Currently, there are various definitions for extreme sports and researchers in the field have been unable to advance a consensus on what exactly constitutes an ‘extreme’ sport. Traditional theory-led explanations, such as edgeworks, sensation seeking and psychoanalysis, have led to inadequate conceptions. These frameworks have failed to capture the depth and nuances of experiences of individuals who refute the notions of risk-taking, adrenaline- and thrill-seeking or death-defiance. Instead, participants are reported to describe experiences as positive, deeply meaningful and life-enhancing. The constant evolution of emerging participation styles and philosophies, expressed within and across distinguishable extreme sport niches, or forms of life, and confusingly dissimilar definitions and explanations, indicate that, to better understand cognitions, perceptions and actions of extreme sport participants, a different level of analysis to traditional approaches needs to be emphasized. This paper develops the claim that a more effective definition, reflecting the phenomenology, and framework of an ecological dynamics rationale, can significantly advance the development of a more comprehensive and nuanced future direction for research and practice. Practical implications of such a rationale include study designs, representative experimental analyses and developments in coaching practices and pedagogical approaches in extreme sports. Our position statement suggests that extreme sports are more effectively defined as emergent forms of action and adventure sports, consisting of an inimitable person-environment relationship with exquisite affordances for ultimate perception and movement experiences, leading to existential reflection and self-actualization as framed by the human form of life.

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“…The wingsuit improved lift generation by 15-20%, but increased drag by 55-60%, which resulted in a longer fall time, but shorter flight range [11].…”

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Design and Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of an Idealized Modern Wingsuit

Ferguson

Agarwal

2018

2018 AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

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“…Bununla birlikte bu yeni tasarımın kanat alnını genişletmeye çalışmış ve rüzgâr tünelinde bir manken üzerinde bu tasarımın aerodinamik performansını analiz etmiştir. Ayrıca yeni tasarımını modern wingsuit performans parametre değerleri ile kıyaslamıştır [9]. Timothy çalışmasında, wingsuit'lerin üretiminde kullanılan malzemelerin ve kumaşların aerodinamik etkilerini incelemiştir.…”

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Sabit Hücum Açısı ile Yapılan Wingsuit Atlayışlarının Aerodinamik Hesaplamalarının İncelenmesi

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2021

Journal of Aviation

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Bilgisayar destekli tasarım, analiz ve üretim sistemlerinin gelişimi ile sportif havacılık disiplinleri ilerlemiştir. Sportif havacılık disiplinleri içerisinde yamaç paraşütleri, yelken kanatlar ve planörler en bilinen ve tercih edilebilen sportif havacılık branşlarıdır. Buna rağmen son on yılda yarasa adam uçuşu olarak bilinen wingsuit uçuşları da oldukça popüler bir konuma gelmiştir. İnsanlar için kuş gibi uçuşun en doğal hali olarak tanımlanan wingsuit uçuşları, deneyimli serbest paraşütçüler tarafından yapılmaktadır. Wingsuit'ler insan bedenine aerodinamik bir şekil vermek için tasarlanmış uçuş tulumlarıdır. Kontrol edilmesi, uzun bir serbest düşüş deneyimine sahip paraşütçüler tarafından rahatlıkla yapılmaktadır. Bu çalışmada wingsuit'ler hakkında genel tanımlamalar ve wingsuit BASE (Building Antenna Span Earth) atlayışları açıklanmıştır. Ayrıca wingsuit'lerin sabit bir hücum açısı ile yapılan atlayışta aerodinamik özellikleri bilimsel eşitliklerden yararlanarak açıklanmıştır. Bu çalışmanın bu spor ile ilgilenen insanlar için faydalı olacağı ve bu alanda bilimsel çalışma yapmak isteyen bilim insanlarına ve çalışmalarına ışık tutacağı düşünülmüştür.

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Wind tunnel testing of a novel wingsuit design

Cited by 9 publications

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An Ecological Conceptualization of Extreme Sports

An Ecological Conceptualization of Extreme Sports

Design and Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of an Idealized Modern Wingsuit

Sabit Hücum Açısı ile Yapılan Wingsuit Atlayışlarının Aerodinamik Hesaplamalarının İncelenmesi

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