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’re gliding. A large surface moving fast will produce a lot of force when air hits it. You correctly assume that this generally just slows you down, but if you angle yourself in a way that all the air gets redirected in a certain direction, you’ll start to accelerate in the opposite direction (to the expelled air) instead.
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