View Full Version : GoPro HD Recordings of Felix Baumgartner's Record Setting Jump
montanadave
01-31-14, 16:18
Lot of folks here watched the event when it happened but I'd never seen the footage from the GoPro cams Baumgartner was wearing on his suit. Said it then, I'll say it again. The guy's got stones: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/01/felix-baumgartners-disorienting-and-amazing-fall-from-space/283512/
What a ride! What a view!
Thanks Dave for that post, saw the jump also but not this footage. Stones for sure.
Moose-Knuckle
01-31-14, 16:38
I have to wonder what it felt like to break the sound barrier without being in an aircraft; I realize that his pressure suit would mitigate some of the effects but damn . . .
montanadave
01-31-14, 16:43
I have to wonder what it felt like to break the sound barrier without being in an aircraft; I realize that his pressure suit would mitigate some of the effects but damn . . .
If it'd been me, I'm pretty sure it would have felt kind of warm and wet and squishy! :laugh:
It's still hard to watch the part where he's back on the radio saying 'I've been in a violent spin, it's hard not to pass out'. Damn... just damn.
TriviaMonster
01-31-14, 17:17
Ugh. The spinning. Skydiving was not my dumbest idea, but it was the most intense thing I have ever done. I had to basically tell myself I was ready to die to jump out of the plane, I cannot imagine my panic if I hit Mach 1+...Superman thinks that dude is crazy.
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That's pretty bad-ass. It's funny when he said "I'm hauling ass". Yeah, well about 2 minutes ago you were only going about 620 mph faster.
I've skydived in the past but it seems the higher you are, the less "relative" things seem. I've always said I'll skydive but **** that bungee jumping shit.
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So after your first jump did you get the bug to do it again?
Ugh. The spinning. Skydiving was not my dumbest idea, but it was the most intense thing I have ever done. I had to basically tell myself I was ready to die to jump out of the plane, I cannot imagine my panic if I hit Mach 1+...Superman thinks that dude is crazy.
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TriviaMonster
01-31-14, 17:22
So after your first jump did you get the bug to do it again?
No, not yet. I probably will sometime again, but I'd still be scared.
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I have a close friend that was a jumper in the late 60s til the plane crashed. He barely survived, meaning an afterlife type experience. Another story. I got the impression from him that the first jump is the hardest. After that he always wanted to be the first out. I hate ladders so it's not in the cards for me.
Voodoochild
01-31-14, 18:49
Balls of kryptonite.
FlyingHunter
01-31-14, 19:39
Amazing video. I was rather stunned to see what looked like a incredibly smooth landing on his feet, like stepping off a curb, heck -not even a deep squat... I have jumped and guessed with the weight of all the gear he would hit and roll, something, anything...remarkable feat all the way around.
Belmont31R
01-31-14, 20:08
Watched it live from start to finish. Amazing stuff. Those go pros kind of distort things but yeah he was way up there. Joe on the radio topped it all off. An amazing pairing.
Moose-Knuckle
01-31-14, 20:22
Joe on the radio topped it all off. An amazing pairing.
I loved it when Joe said; "You did awesome kid, I couldn't have done it better myself."
Magic_Salad0892
02-01-14, 06:50
"I'm coming home now."
Bolt_Overide
02-01-14, 07:29
Edited: A little too graphic for M4C. -SeriousStudent
"I'm coming home now."
Gave me goose bumps when I first heard it watching the jump live on TV.
Voodoo_Man
02-01-14, 07:56
Balls of kryptonite.
Reinforced by some sort of unobtainable indestructible metal.
That man should never have to pay for a drink or work to get pussy for as long as he lives.
Magic_Salad0892
02-01-14, 08:03
Gave me goose bumps when I first heard it watching the jump live on TV.
Same here. I was watching it on the stream, and posting in the thread here on M4C. I'll dig up the link.
https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?114662-RedBull-Stratos
Whiskey_Bravo
02-01-14, 09:18
Simply amazing is all I can say. That spin looked rough.
I'm just jealous :) Simply Epic.
Highest I've ever been is 21K. And even at that altitude, it's noticeably thinner and harder to have anything to fly with. The HALO guys know more about this than I do.
I watched it live when he did it. They cut the cameras when he went into the spin. With that suit on there's little flexibility in order to stick a leg or arm out to counteract. Even with his physical condition, he nearly blacked out. For years there had been attempts to break Kittinger's record; it took some big money, sponsor, luck, a boatload of courage, and timing (they nearly destroyed the balloon the day before) to make it happen.
I am reminded of "Starship Trooper" (book, not movie).
davidjinks
02-01-14, 10:46
Nope…You couldn't pay me enough money to even begin to think about doing something like that. Not just no, but HELL NO!
I like my feet on the ground.
SilverBullet432
02-01-14, 12:58
Nope…You couldn't pay me enough money to even begin to think about doing something like that. Not just no, but HELL NO!
I like my feet on the ground.
I'd do it!
They would have had to sedate me, strap me in, send me up, auto-eject me, and fire the chute themselves. ... and put me one of those big rubber ball suits so I'd bounce off the ground when I hit. I can't even comprehend going that fast, much less tumbling out of control. How do they even test the gear to be sure it can take the pressure?
morbidbattlecry
02-01-14, 18:37
I see now why the did release the GoPro video right after the jump. I never realized he was having problems.
I see now why the did release the GoPro video right after the jump. I never realized he was having problems.
What I didn't understand from the vid was how he went from the violent spin he was about to faint from, to no spin. What did I miss there?
montanadave
02-01-14, 19:33
What I didn't understand from the vid was how he went from the violent spin he was about to faint from, to no spin. What did I miss there?
Possibly as he reentered the atmosphere, the increased resistance allowed him to stabilize himself? Similar to how his perception of his own speed increased as he encountered more wind resistance, while his actual speed had markedly diminished.
Possibly as he reentered the atmosphere, the increased resistance allowed him to stabilize himself? Similar to how his perception of his own speed increased as he encountered more wind resistance, while his actual speed had markedly diminished.
Maybe, but unless I just missed it, they said nothing of his going from what was a very dangerous situation to stable without any remark. I was thinking perhaps he's popped his shute but it didn't see so. Maybe has he started to encounter denser atmosphere he employed some physical maneuver jumpers use to stop a violent spin like that. Seemed really the most important part of that entire jump and it didn't seem to get any attention. Any jumpers here have an idea?
montanadave
02-02-14, 10:28
Maybe, but unless I just missed it, they said nothing of his going from what was a very dangerous situation to stable without any remark. I was thinking perhaps he's popped his shute but it didn't see so. Maybe has he started to encounter denser atmosphere he employed some physical maneuver jumpers use to stop a violent spin like that. Seemed really the most important part of that entire jump and it didn't seem to get any attention. Any jumpers here have an idea?
Baumgartner spoke about his flat spin in the post-jump interview, although his comments are preceded by his acknowledgement that he doesn't really know exactly what initiated the spin or what precisely he did to stop it without reviewing the films. He does say that the pressure suit prevented him from "feeling" the sensation of speed and, additionally, effected his ability to gauge his orientation. He simply says he tried sticking one arm out, the spin worsened, he then tried the other, and eventually he corrected the spin. The flight plan had a protocol in place to release a drogue shoot to terminate an uncontrolled spin, but he wanted to use this only as a last resort, as it would have compromised his efforts to set a number of records (vertical velocity, longest free fall, etc.). The jump website states that Baumgartner's pressure suit was equipped with an accelerometer that would have automatically deployed the drogue chute had he experienced >3.5 g's for longer than 6 seconds (http://www.redbullstratos.com/technology/parachute/).
Here's the link to the interview: http://aksarbent.blogspot.com/2012/10/felix-baumgartner-explains-how-he.html
Lot of preliminary jibber-jabber, then the data, then Felix's comments. He addresses the spin around 10:30 and again around 15:00 into the clip. I assume there has been subsequent analysis of the data giving more specific information but I haven't found it yet.
The summary report states that Baumgartner was able to recover from his spin when "After trying several times to arrest the spin using arm movements, at almost 80 seconds into the descent Baumgartner reverted to the basics of his training and arched as hard as possible, which enabled him to regain control." (http://issuu.com/redbullstratos/docs/red_bull_stratos_summit_report_final_050213)
Will, you might find the summary report linked above of particular interest, as one section contains Baumgartner's biometric data during both the ascent and jump.
Apparently a huge concern prior to Baumgartner even exiting the balloon capsule was his experience of a near-panic attack during the ascent. The physiology of this and the vestibular disorientation during the jump are discussed here: http://cerebrovortex.com/2013/04/07/diving-into-the-vector-of-gravity/
Kittinger must be "spinning" in his grave.
Seriously, I'm amazed when anyone can pull off this kind of thing.
Almost as impressive, he dated German Playboy model Gitta Saxx.
NSFW copy/paste and ADD http to front of url
://images05.kurier.at/gitta-002_Playboy.jpg/htmlTaggingImage/1.270.831
And he was briefly engaged to Nicole Ottl.
http://surf.transworld.net/files/2010/11/nicole3.jpg
Baumgartner spoke about his flat spin in the post-jump interview, although his comments are preceded by his acknowledgement that he doesn't really know exactly what initiated the spin or what precisely he did to stop it without reviewing the films. He does say that the pressure suit prevented him from "feeling" the sensation of speed and, additionally, effected his ability to gauge his orientation. He simply says he tried sticking one arm out, the spin worsened, he then tried the other, and eventually he corrected the spin. The flight plan had a protocol in place to release a drogue shoot to terminate an uncontrolled spin, but he wanted to use this only as a last resort, as it would have compromised his efforts to set a number of records (vertical velocity, longest free fall, etc.). The jump website states that Baumgartner's pressure suit was equipped with an accelerometer that would have automatically deployed the drogue chute had he experienced >3.5 g's for longer than 6 seconds (http://www.redbullstratos.com/technology/parachute/).
Here's the link to the interview: http://aksarbent.blogspot.com/2012/10/felix-baumgartner-explains-how-he.html
Lot of preliminary jibber-jabber, then the data, then Felix's comments. He addresses the spin around 10:30 and again around 15:00 into the clip. I assume there has been subsequent analysis of the data giving more specific information but I haven't found it yet.
The summary report states that Baumgartner was able to recover from his spin when "After trying several times to arrest the spin using arm movements, at almost 80 seconds into the descent Baumgartner reverted to the basics of his training and arched as hard as possible, which enabled him to regain control." (http://issuu.com/redbullstratos/docs/red_bull_stratos_summit_report_final_050213)
Will, you might find the summary report linked above of particular interest, as one section contains Baumgartner's biometric data during both the ascent and jump.
Apparently a huge concern prior to Baumgartner even exiting the balloon capsule was his experience of a near-panic attack during the ascent. The physiology of this and the vestibular disorientation during the jump are discussed here: http://cerebrovortex.com/2013/04/07/diving-into-the-vector-of-gravity/
Thanx for the intel dump on that!
http://surf.transworld.net/files/2010/11/nicole3.jpg
I see girls like that every day in Panama BTW, but way OT. Just sayin'...
The High Def video is just amazing. The clarity adds to the WOW factor of the mission. It's pretty cool that Kittinger himself was CAPCOM on the Redbull Project. Both men are in that exclusive "Balls of Unobtanium" Club for sure. Let's harken back to 1961 when a young Airforce Capt. begins the series of jumps to set the record that would last over 50 years. A few videos of his jump out of an open gondola. Holy Sheeet! Check out the one finger salute he gets at the 5:00 minute mark in the first video. Epic!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw8OJJQ_hgk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJEXVGx01Cc
Check out the Wiki page on his accomplishments. Yeah, he's a badass for sure.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kittinger
Magic_Salad0892
02-02-14, 14:26
Kittinger must be "spinning" in his grave.
Seriously, I'm amazed when anyone can pull off this kind of thing.
Almost as impressive, he dated German Playboy model Gitta Saxx.
NSFW copy/paste and ADD http to front of url
://images05.kurier.at/gitta-002_Playboy.jpg/htmlTaggingImage/1.270.831
And he was briefly engaged to Nicole Ottl.
http://surf.transworld.net/files/2010/11/nicole3.jpg
The Germans have tits on the COVER of their Playboys? Wtf is wrong with us?
The Germans have tits on the COVER of their Playboys? Wtf is wrong with us?
The Germans have had tits of the cover of Stern (their version of Time/Newsweek/People) for decades.
Above nails it. Because there is basically NOTHING to fly with (you are using air rushing over your body, and changing your body position to fly), he was out of control. Coupled with a suit that removed almost any sensation, he had a hard time geting control. Eventually, he got into the upper atmosphere, and that combined with a super-hard arch got him to where he could fly and stabilize. A droug might have helped keep him on his stomach, but it might not have helped one bit with the spin. He knew the lower he got, the more he'd have to fly with.
Edit: Watching the video, he hit atmosphere at about 80K (he started to decelerate), at 60K he had enough to fly with to flip over. Not to mention he was head down and on his back, all that stuff on his suit contributed to a) his attitude; b) lack of flexibility to adjust, and c) drag that he couldn't compensate for.
Kittenger is still the man. HE did it in 1960; talk about a technology gap. The wrist collar of his suit failed and his hand swelled up the size of a football. At lease he was a skinny guy ONCE :)
Eurodriver
02-03-14, 11:03
I see girls like that every day in Panama BTW, but way OT. Just sayin'...
Will, cut that out right now. I always think I'm happy until you make a post mentioning Central America.
I see girls like that every day in Panama BTW, but way OT. Just sayin'...
Yeah, but she's from Austria so you don't have the same murder/kidnap concerns.
Will, cut that out right now. I always think I'm happy until you make a post mentioning Central America.
And who's fault is that? I'm in Panama until mid April at least. If you only knew....
Yeah, but she's from Austria so you don't have the same murder/kidnap concerns.
I'm more than happy to have people consider that a major issue here so they stay home. Less Gringo's the better as far as I'm concerned. Where I can often be found slumming it in this third word city:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b374/willbrink/Panama%20Condo%20Luxor%20Towers/IMG_0066.jpg (http://s23.photobucket.com/user/willbrink/media/Panama%20Condo%20Luxor%20Towers/IMG_0066.jpg.html)
Magic_Salad0892
02-04-14, 22:04
The Germans have had tits of the cover of Stern (their version of Time/Newsweek/People) for decades.
... There's something very wrong with us.
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