you wount believe this flying video!!!!!!

Great skill, great courage. and when that inch is miscalculated a very quick death.
 
Yes, I admire their courage.

And I guess people like that would be happy to accept that if anything goes wrong, they won't end up crippled and in pain. It's all or nothing.
 
Ground effect

Ground effect

Now when he is so close to the ground doesground effect kick into his lift?
Mike
 
Ground effect would still be there just like with any other wing, but with a wingspan that short think about how close to the ground you'd have to be to gain that extra little bit of efficiency.
 
Two golden rules for this behavior...

Know thy glide ratio, and..
Know thy topography very well,
"Lest the ground rise up and smite thee".
 
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