Re: Cheat the Gravity
Reply #10 –
Large, helium-filled balloons would work. You have the choice, depending on how much helium you have available, of choosing to soften your landing, choosing not to land at all, or going up from the top of the building.
Some time back I saw a video where a man can fly indefinitely-- inside a building specially designed for the purpose. A large fan is mounted in the "floor" with a screen over the top for safety. The fan runs to produce wind at approximately a man's terminal velocity. You jump into the airstream, and depending on how you configure yourself you can fly up, down, side to side and so on within the fan's stream. It looked like it should be a lot of fun-- I could be persuaded to give it a try.