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  1. October 8th, 2012, 06:42 AM #1
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    Default ***Absolute Insane Record Breaking Supersonic Skydive to occur TODAY!***

    EVENT DATE CHANGED TO SUNDAY, 14 OCTOBER 2012 @6AM MOUNTAIN TIME!


    Anyone else following the potential Multi Record Skydive that Austrian Felix Baumgartner is going to attempt? It was scheduled to happen today (10/8) but wx issues delayed it by one day. If you haven't heard about this, you should get acquainted with it. Its friggn bOnKeRs man! The entire jump will be streamed online tomorrow!

    An Austrian daredevil is gearing up to make the world's highest skydive, a daring leap from 23 miles above Earth that promises to break more than one record if all goes according to plan.

    Veteran skydiver Felix Baumgartner, 43, will make the jump on Tuesday (Oct. 9) at the earliest, thereby becoming the first person ever to freefall faster than the speed of sound. His skydive will also be the highest ever, superceding a record set in 1960 by U.S. Air Force Captain Joe Kittinger by more than 3 miles (5 kilometers).

    A helium-filled balloon will lift Baumgartner, sitting inside a custom-built capsule, to an altitude of 120,000 feet (36,576 meters). At that altitude, which registers in the upper echelons of the stratosphere, the atmosphere is a mere inkling of its sea-level self, exerting a pressure less than 0.5 percent of its value near the ground. Even if gradually acclimated, humans cannot survive long above 26,000 feet without an oxygen tank, so a much loftier Baumgartner will definitely require supplemental oxygen.

    When the skydiver steps out of his capsule and plunges into the void, he'll accelerate for approximately 30 seconds before reaching his peak speed, explained Michael Weissman, a physicist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Weissman estimates that Baumgartner's speed will max out just above the sea-level speed of sound, which is about 760 miles per hour (1,225 kilometers per hour).

    Jump Physics:

    The Physics of Daredevil's Amazing Supersonic Skydive | Felix Baumgartner Space Jump | LifesLittleMysteries.com

    Jump Synopsis:

    Felix Baumgartner prepares for skydive from space - YouTube

    Main Site:

    Home | Red Bull Stratos

    Jump Animation:




    Link to Live Feed starting tomorrow (10/9) @ 6am Mountain time:

    Live Broadcast | Red Bull Stratos

    This is going to be all kinds of badass man. I wish Felix the best of luck and Godspeed!
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  2. October 8th, 2012, 06:43 AM #2
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    Test Jump #1 @ 71,580 feet:

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  3. October 8th, 2012, 06:44 AM #3
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    Test Jump #2 @ 96,640 feet/ 536 mph:

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  4. October 9th, 2012, 05:06 AM #4
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    1/2 hour to balloon launch! Should take around 3 hours for the balloon to reach the desired altitude if 120,000 feet.
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  5. October 9th, 2012, 06:09 AM #5
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    Weather Hold until 10am EST (7am PST)
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  6. October 9th, 2012, 08:24 AM #6
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    The jump is back ON and they're making ready the Balloon and capsule!

    Youtube feed is here>>>

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...v=vkJ5ItzEq3M#!

    The YT feed is a much better quality and refresh rate than the Redbull home page live feed.
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    Looks like they scratched it for today.
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    Yep *sigh*. Wind is too strong and it sounds like the balloon has a small puka in it.


    From what I hear, there is a small 5 hour window tomorrow for the launch, dive and recovery of the rig and thats that for 2-3 days because of low pressure system moving in. BOO!

    Other than KickEm and X-Wing, you all can go back to posting in your highly relevant "fatman trying to eat a kid" thread. *palmface*
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    Delays, delays, delays. Felix isnt just pussing out, is he?
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    Quote Originally Posted by JETS GARAGE View Post
    Delays, delays, delays. Felix isnt just pussing out, is he?
    Nah, no way. Dude has already made a 72,000 and 96,000 foot drop. He's way in.

    I started watching the feed this morning at daybreak in NM and the wind was ripping on camera. The WX balloons in the shot were everywhere. To be honest, I was surprised they even started to fill the balloon with the wind blowing as hard as it was. I think it was 12 to 18 knots at the time they pulled the plug. It wasnt ground level winds that killed the try, it was the winds between the 500-2000 foot mark. If they were to get caught up in that, It could have pushed him waaaaay off course. Weather is Weather and there's such a finite space to make it happen. They'll pull it off. I remember reading Redbull had over $45 million bones of R&D and 4 years of time, so it will happen today, tomorrow or next week.
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