3D Flying Friday

It’s Friday!  And to celebrate, I wanted to share an extreme sports video that’ll get you dreaming. What’s it like to be a bird?

(Hey, thanks Mehdi for having tipped me to this one!)

According to the Design World article that features the gem, “[the video] for the first time reveals the complex 3D airflow around a wingsuit that enables human beings to glide through the air like a bird.”

In the skydiving industry, designing and testing gear in 3D is vital (in more ways than one). 

Red Bull sponsored birdman-star Cedric Dumont knows this.  When he’s not surfing air currents or shaving mountain faces, Cedric’s running Matter Clothing, a company he founded, owns and designs for (they make wingsuits and other bird-a-fying gear).  Cedric uses 3D computer-aided design software to create his most complex products, like the MTR3 wingsuit. 

Tempted to start a flappin’? 

Skydiving is a perfect example of how something once too dangerous to even think about doing is now becoming more mainstream and safe, thanks, in part, to new technologies and carefully designed and tested innovative gear (in 3D first, where it’s safest). 

According to Michael Abrams, the author of the book shown above, “After some 3,000 years of failure, we are living in a veritable renaissance of personal flight.”

You said it, Mickey, we’ve come a long way! 

–Kate 

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