duritsch22
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As a skydiver, I expect you can calculate how long it would take to ascend to 11,000ft. Work it out from the P2 spec & see how it compares to the video.
That would be way to hard to calculate given the fact that many different type of aircraft are used and many different numbers of skydivers are on a load. If you take a Cessna 208 Caravan (turbo prop ) with 12 skydivers , it might take about 15 min to get to 13,500. That could vary depending on the pilot might take a wide climb as to stay out of traffic, he might have a hangover, all kinds of variables . The phantom on the other hand is going straight up but a loaded Caravan has a bit of a gradual climb and the winds aloft can make the ascent labor intensive on the aircraft. When skydiving with a group, I don't have the time to sight see as I'm busy doing relative work in the dive. When I do solo skydives I have 60 seconds to take it all in, do a slow 360 and enjoy. The drone video , at 11,000 looks about like what I see at that altitude. My fall rate is about 115 MPH stable. So, what altitude does everybody think the Phantom actually achieved ? |
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