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Yeah interesting you bring that up. I remember being introduced to this Browning by this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAJM5L9hhBs

And you notice something interesting in the beginning... this guy is in GOOD shape. Like not just good, we're talking REALLY good, he's in the 0.1percentile, being able to do some pretty difficult callisthenic moves (go to 1:00 in the video to see him doing handstand pushups and flags, these can take years to learn for the common person). And I think it's one of the reasons he made the suit work... because I can't imagine someone NOT being that fit arriving to a working design, given the iterations it required to get everything right in the beginning.

However, I think we can now arrive to a design for the common man thanks to him having iterated through these first versions.



it seems most trust is in arms? Correct me if i am wrong.

If so this is equivalent to hanging off a bar (the forces are in opposite direction though).

That is certainly not an easy to maintain for long. If one arm gets tired and you cant land you are in big trouble. Also a strong wind gust might be outright deadly.


The jet is pushing you up... so it’s more like a dip rather than hanging off a bar. And a lot of core for stability.




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