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Red Bull Stratos Skydive Rescheduled for today

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Re: Red Bull Stratos Skydive Rescheduled for today

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Post by dexter313 »

pilgrim689 wrote: post #50
dexter313 wrote: post #41

Felix's helmet heating apears to be broken. They've also cut the radio talk between Felix and Joseph.

yea I heard that too, and then the live feed stopped working as they were talking about the problem... freaked me out! But the feed is back on now.... Was the heating fixed? (edit: the feed cutting was probably just me, just saying it was an unfortunate time for it to do so) edit 2: They just said that the problem is specifically for the visor (to prevent fogging and icing), not the whole helmet... They still haven't…

Video was never cut, but the radio is still off.

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Post by mindstab »

pilgrim689 wrote: post #50
dexter313 wrote: post #41

Felix's helmet heating apears to be broken. They've also cut the radio talk between Felix and Joseph.

yea I heard that too, and then the live feed stopped working as they were talking about the problem... freaked me out! But the feed is back on now.... Was the heating fixed? (edit: the feed cutting was probably just me, just saying it was an unfortunate time for it to do so) edit 2: They just said that the problem is specifically for the visor (to prevent fogging and icing), not the whole helmet... They still haven't…

Last I saw his breath was still fogging the screen so not yet

Re: Red Bull Stratos Skydive Rescheduled for today

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Post by melling »

arrrg wrote: post #37

Could someone explain to me whether this is a marketing stunt and nothing more or whether there is some substance behind this? Put another way: Will any scientists or engineers (at least potentially) learn something interesting from this? It's cool no matter what, but it would be even cooler if there were some substance behind it.

50 years ago today humans went faster than the speed of sound for the very first time. Now we're slightly jaded where we think there's nothing to learn by having a human fall faster than the speed of sound in a suit?

Re: Red Bull Stratos Skydive Rescheduled for today

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Post by mindstab »

pilgrim689 wrote: post #50
dexter313 wrote: post #41

Felix's helmet heating apears to be broken. They've also cut the radio talk between Felix and Joseph.

yea I heard that too, and then the live feed stopped working as they were talking about the problem... freaked me out! But the feed is back on now.... Was the heating fixed? (edit: the feed cutting was probably just me, just saying it was an unfortunate time for it to do so) edit 2: They just said that the problem is specifically for the visor (to prevent fogging and icing), not the whole helmet... They still haven't…

yeah and not he seems to be poking at his suit

Re: Red Bull Stratos Skydive Rescheduled for today

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Post by ginko »

aparadja wrote: post #48

Does someone know the reason behind the poor quality of audio coming from Felix? You'd think they had the resources to put in a decent microphone, and data transfer -- judging by the high quality video -- shouldn't be a problem.

I often wondered about a possibly connected thing about airplane pilot's microphones:

Why is it that pilots, when addressing the fliers over intercom always have terrible sound quality? You'd think that airlines could afford a high-quality microphone considering the cost of the plane and the pilot's time. Air traffic control should appreciate quality audio as well.

There could be some ruggedness requirement to these microphones that takes precedence over audio quality. Maybe they must withstand decompression?

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