How does a wingsuit work? What is the principle of wingsuit flight

As early as a few years ago, scientists concluded that the flight of bats is the most perfect in the animal kingdom, and that the flight of birds and other insects cannot be compared with bats. There is a clear difference between bats and birds, with the amplitude and way of flapping their wings mimicking wasp flight techniques when bats are slower, allowing bats to hover in the air and make quick turns in flight.

The flapping of the wings during the flight of the bat is perfectly matched with the flexibility and elasticity of the wings, and the flight of the bat can be called the most bizarre and perfect movement in the world. The bat's body rotates 180 degrees during flight and requires only half the distance of its wingspan. At the same time, compared to other animals, the bat's large wingspan also effectively ensures that it can generate the ideal lifting force with very little energy during flight.

Based on the principle of bat flight gliding, the wingsuit is made of nylon fabric with strong toughness and tension, especially the wings that are sewn between the legs, arms and torso of the flight suit, which are strong and retractable, similar to bat wings. When the pilot glides through the air, the wings of the arms and legs are spread out to form a force surface of the airflow. The updraft in the air holds up the pair of "wings" of the pilot, and the pilot can adjust the course while slowly gliding through the air by adjusting the arms and legs.

Under ideal conditions, the pilot will eventually reach a forward speed of about 160 kmh and a descent speed of 50 kmh, i.e. three metres for every metre of descent.

The principle of wingsuit flight: The wingsuit is made of a stamped inflatable airbag made of nylon material with strong toughness and tension, especially in the flight sportswear, between the legs, arms and torso sewn large pieces of strong, retractable, bat-like wings.

After the challenger takes off, he can open his hands and feet to create a wing when the air enters the fin-shaped air sacs, which inflates the costume into a wing-shaped shape, thus creating buoyancy. This allows you to fly in the air and then control the height and direction of your flight by moving your body.

Wingsuit flight is divided into two categories: powered wingsuit flight and unpowered wingsuit flight. Among them, the non-powered wingsuit flight is internationally known as the flying squirrel suit gliding sport. It refers to the athlete wearing a flight suit and parachute equipment with wings, the athlete jumps down from the plane, hot air balloon, cliff, high-rise building and other high places, the pilot uses body movements to control the gliding direction, and uses the body to carry out the movement of unpowered air flight, and at the height of reaching the safety limit, the athlete will open the parachute and land smoothly.

After the unpowered wingsuit flight enters the ideal flight condition, the flight speed can usually reach about 200 kilometers per hour, and the glide ratio of the wingsuit flight is about 3:1, that is, it advances about three meters while descending every meter.

Bats can combine the flapping of their wings with the flexibility of their wings to hover or continue to fly in the air. Based on this principle, a wingsuit flight suit was designed, made of nylon material with strength and strength. The most important part of the wingsuit is the stamped Hungry Celebration inflatable airbag.

When the Finchman Flyer lands in the air, the air quickly enters the airbag, filling the wingsuit with gas, which in turn creates buoyancy. The flyer relies on buoyancy to control the height and direction of flight by using the movement of the body in the air. In addition to this, the flyer wears a special helmet.

This helmet is equipped with 2 GPS trackers, which can tell the speed and glide rate of the pilot at the first time through the small screen in the lower right corner of the glasses.

Wingsuit flight, also known as close-range sky gliding, refers to the movement of a flyer wearing a wingsuit jumping from a high place such as a tall building, a tower, a bridge, a cliff, and a high place to carry out unpowered flight in the air. In general, the landing altitude of the flyer is limited, and it is necessary to adjust the posture and open the parachute bag in a short time. As a result, wingsuit flying is extremely challenging and adventurous, and is known as "the world's best extreme sport".

Wingsuit flight, also known as close-range sky gliding, refers to the athlete wearing a flight suit and parachute equipment with wings, jumping down from an airplane, a hot air balloon, a cliff, a high-rise building and other high places, the pilot uses body movements to control the direction of gliding, and uses the body to carry out the movement of unpowered air flight, and at the height of reaching the safety limit, the athlete opens the parachute and lands smoothly.

According to the different starting points, wingsuit flight can be divided into high-altitude wingsuit flight and low-altitude wingsuit flight. Wingsuit high-altitude flight generally refers to high-altitude wingsuit flight parachute jumping from the aircraft, and the take-off and landing methods are basically the same as high-altitude skydiving, and the pilot wears a wingsuit and needs to carry high-altitude skydiving equipment. Wingsuit low-altitude flight was developed from low-altitude skydiving.

Low-altitude fixed-point skydiving is mostly called extreme skydiving in China, also known as "back dead jumping". Low-altitude BASE jumping is a parachute jump from a fixed object as opposed to airplane skydiving. The fixed object can be a building, a TV tower, a chimney, a bridge, a power tower, a cliff, a cable car, a dam, or anything else that is tall enough.