Friday 2010-09-10 Dev. update and Discussions

[philip.ed]

I think you'd scream without thinking the minute your chute didn't open or you realised you were going to die. but let's not get morbid here


Oleg, will the chute snag in trees? So can a pilot get himself stuck in a tree? It'd be great to land in a tree, and have a clip of the chap getting bustled by the home-guard....
"good afternoon..."

(how many times can I say tree in one sentence?! Eries'll get a hard-on)

[swiss]

Originally Posted by philip.ed

I think you'd scream without thinking the minute your chute didn't open or you realised you were going to die. but let's not get morbid here

Just found on YT:

http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=QNBZ...eature=related

They don't scream.

[fireflyerz]

Ya dont know what your talking about, its a fact that some do and some dont, and if they do they can be heard from miles away by people on the ground....FACT.

OUUTTCHH. I actually didn't mean that serious i just didn't like so much that the face of the pilot was still the same.

[proton45]

Originally Posted by philip.ed

I think you'd scream without thinking the minute your chute didn't open or you realised you were going to die. but let's not get morbid here

I was once in a pretty bad car accident and I didn't scream...I saw a car loose control on the ice and drift in my lane (head on), and in those 5 to 7 seconds, I only thought to myself, "this is going to hurt". First, let me say that at the time I knew it was going to be a pretty bad collision....and in fact I spent a couple months learning to walk again. So I dont think that screaming is an automatic reaction that everyone has...

come on, lets not debate about my joking post pls.

But let me ask the question:

Will the figures have some motion in their face or is he always looking static?

[Splitter]

That second sky diving accident has to be faked. If it's not then...still an owie but better than the alternative.

I remember a video of a stunt man hanging on the undercarriage of a small plane, no chute. When he lost his grip, just a curse word grunted out, no scream. I also don't remember hearing about screams from the jumpers at the World Trade Center and that was about a 10 second fall. I think unless I was working on something like a fouled chute, I would be screaming.

Heck, I've jumped out of a perfectly good airplane twice and had to consciously suppress a scream. Seriously, the scariest thing I have ever done by choice, glad I hit the men's room before take off . On the tandem jump, the little gal that I was attached to pretty much shamed me out of the plane by name calling and cursing lol. BTW, once the chute opens, it's one of the best feelings in the world...but I won't be doing it again. I love getting tossed around the sky in a small aircraft and have no fear there, just not that parachute thing.

Thanks for the videos even though they gave me the willies. I'm guessing I am going to have a few of those "falling" dreams over the next few nights so, ah, thanks for that...

Splitter

[Richie]

Someone was saying something about the water looking to dark not remembering that it will change colour probably by depth and cloud cover

http://fooblog.mexxoft.com/2010/06/

[philip.ed]

Originally Posted by proton45

I was once in a pretty bad car accident and I didn't scream...I saw a car loose control on the ice and drift in my lane (head on), and in those 5 to 7 seconds, I only thought to myself, "this is going to hurt". First, let me say that at the time I knew it was going to be a pretty bad collision....and in fact I spent a couple months learning to walk again. So I dont think that screaming is an automatic reaction that everyone has...

A good point; actually I think you have nailed the reaction there. A scream is more when something happens like when someone makes you jump etc
Perhaps in this type of situation, the adrenaline kicks in to try and decide whether to 'fight or flight' as it were.

Quite interesting really, but maybe we're thinking too hard about such a small aspect?

Originally Posted by Dwg

LOL that made me laugh so much. You're a talented guy.