lol well it makes sense. Theyve had "birdman" suits for a while for gliding further. These look like they could actually carry their gear as well I wonder how capable they are at being controlled. I.E. if you did a barrel roll in one would you be stuck in one until you plowed into the ground? or could you control it enough to be manouverable as well as glide?

Thing is... its all well and good gliding in. but it gives it more time for things to go wrong, and less time for a ditched mission. What happens if 10 minutes into a flight you hear "mission scrubbed" through the headset. Can hardly turn around and naff off. Your gonna hit ground and thats that. Where as youd normally be in the aircraft still at that point

nope thats a different technique entirely.

Halo = High Altitude Low Opening.

Which means...they are dropped over the top of the target... drop as fast as possible, then open their chutes. You lose too much height if you try and drift like that, its a technique used when a bomber or similar can just drop you at a tremendous height but bang over the target.

The other HAHO involves opening a parachute and drifting for anything upto several hours however during this time you are extremely visible to the ground especially if some light is reflecting from your canopy.

This stealth wing technology means you can travel of upwards of 250mph across the sky cover several hundred miles in a few minutes, before deploying your chute and drifting the last 1000mtrs to the deck, the soldiers can also bring their weapons to bear on the enemy if they are under fire. Granted 1000mtrs is a long distance, but youll cover it in very short time, and if they can fire on you using personal weapons, then you can fire on them  Where as HAHO is susceptible to flak if you manage to get spotted.

Its almost a combination of HAHO and HALO jumping.

nope thats a different technique entirely.

Halo = High Altitude Low Opening.

Which means...they are dropped over the top of the target... drop as fast as possible, then open their chutes. You lose too much height if you try and drift like that, its a technique used when a bomber or similar can just drop you at a tremendous height but bang over the target.

The other HAHO involves opening a parachute and drifting for anything upto several hours however during this time you are extremely visible to the ground especially if some light is reflecting from your canopy.

This stealth wing technology means you can travel of upwards of 250mph across the sky cover several hundred miles in a few minutes, before deploying your chute and drifting the last 1000mtrs to the deck, the soldiers can also bring their weapons to bear on the enemy if they are under fire. Granted 1000mtrs is a long distance, but youll cover it in very short time, and if they can fire on you using personal weapons, then you can fire on them  Where as HAHO is susceptible to flak if you manage to get spotted.

Its almost a combination of HAHO and HALO jumping.

if you read what i said instead of jumping to conclusions you would see its what i said

looks cool but isnt likely to be of much use

 :shock:    :mrgreen:  I want one !

3min = 750miles

thats several hundred miles in a few min

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