If he or she is wearing a wingsuit, then the suit's airfoil will provide lift. For more information on the physics of flight, read How Airplanes Work.Ī skydiver exiting an aircraft will instantly experience the pull of gravity - the force of weight. Drag, like lift, is the force exerted by the fluid against a horizontally moving object. Thrust occurs when flapping wings or an engine push an object forward. While lift and weight cover vertical movement in the air, thrust and drag cover horizontal movement. So, why is this flying and not just falling in a wacky costume? Read on to discover how physics, design and decades of experimentation have allowed wingsuit flyers to own the skies. But, until the moment they pull their parachute chord, wingsuit flyers can soar horizontally at high speeds and perform aerial acrobatics - all while descending at a rate much slower than that of a typical skydiver. While hang gliders can coast in for a safe landing, wingsuit flyers have to deploy their parachutes and float the rest of the way to the ground - they simply can't reduce their speed fast enough for a safe landing without the use of a chute. Like both of these activities, wingsuit flying requires the flyer to either jump out of an aircraft or off a precipice to achieve a high enough altitude.
In a sense, wingsuit flying is a cross between skydiving and hang gliding. Resembling something between a flying squirrel and a snow angel, the wingsuit allows skydivers and BASE jumpers to leap out into the void, spread their arms and soar through the air.
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