eli5 When people jump with wingsuits what happens?

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They seem to have a lot of velocity forward, almost like they are flying. I cant understand how they seem to gain so much momentum forward without anything to propel them while they are falling/flying.

In my head they should just fall straight down but slower than they would without the wingsuits. Bc even if you jump forward off a cliff no way you gain that much momentum. And they don’t fall so slowly that even a little bit of forward velocity is enough to get as far as they do.

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they do diagonally, both down and forward.

for an illustration, make a paper airplane, go to some high spot (parking garage), angle the plane somewhat downward, and release (without pushing it). You will see that it will go forward as well as down.

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