Paratroopers Fly 200 Km after jump

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Finn McCool

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Paratroopers could fly 200km with new wings system
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Mon, 29 May 2006, 09:31


London: A new military parachute system which fits wings on soldiers could enable them to travel to 200 kilometres (124 miles) after jumping, Jane's Defence Weekly defence magazine said Friday.

The system, which involves the development of new modular carbon-fibre wings, will mean that aircraft can drop parachutists from 30,000 feet (9,150 metres) into an area of operations without flying into a danger zone.

Trials of the modular wing are being developed by the German firm Elektroniksystem und Logistik and Draeger. They are due to finish by the end of 2006, with the entire parachute and wings combination expected to be available during 2007.


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Peter Felstead, editor of Jane's Defence Weekly, said the new system has been in use with the German army since 2003, but the development of the new wing means soldiers can travel much further than the current 48 kilometres.

"The new wing will also reduce the impact of wind conditions on the jumper and allow operatives to travel up to 40 kilometres carrying loads of around 100 kilogrammes," Felstead said.

"The system is reportedly 100 percent silent and extremely difficult to track by air on ground-based radar systems."

Jane's Defence Weekly reported that the next stage of the development will utilise small turbo-jet drives, as used on unmanned aerial vehicles, allowing jumpers to be carried longer distances without jumping from such extreme heights.

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Very interesting. If they make this work, it would revolutionize paratrooping, not to mention spec ops. They have a model of one in the article.
 
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ahho

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lol the new bird man is introduce :roll:

but yeah, like the original post said, this will help paratrooper to land at night time without the noisy plane flying through enemy territory.

Just wondering, how does the chinese fan propelled parachute can travel before landing??:)
 
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Siddharth

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If i am not wrong similar type of wings were used to cross english channel by a parajumper.

practical to tactical:nana:
 
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ger_mark

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It's actually meant to be a supply system for troops behind enemy lines, besides the "pilot" that thing has a payload of 100kg of equipment

and it has a small Turbojet Engine wich was developed for UAV's and it's computer guided and stabilized
 
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Finn McCool

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SteelBird said:
Three small questions:

1) Does the wing have a propeller?

2) How fast can it goes?

3) Is it reusable?
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It does not have a prop. It has a turbojet engine like Germark said. I don't know how fast it goes, but I'm assuming that it goes as fast as a smaller UAV. And, yes, it looks reuseable to me. No reason to believe it isn't. The only problem would be that you couldn't use it, land, then take off again. You would have to get back in a plane, take off and jump out from 30,000 feet again.
 
MIGleader

MIGleader

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wow, Hollywood might want to buy a few of these. It'll make the next james bond movie "sky high".

Anyhow, the device looks too expensive to be one-time only. I would estimate the cost for a single one of these to be $100,000 at least.

no, it doesnt have propellors. Props are too noisy. This thing uses small turbojet engines.
 
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ger_mark

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you don't need to go 30k feet with the new version, few hundret meters re enough for it, so helicopter is enough
 
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MrClean

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I think this is pretty cool. Doubt that it's something that will be used in any large numbers, probably aimed more at the SOF guys than actual paratrooper gropus like US 82nd AB. But hey, I could be wrong. Seeing a company sized groups of soldiers zooming through the air would be a sight to see.

I don't think the ones that they are taking about have jet engines. It said thefuture versions will however. But the ones that were just now successfuly tested are glider type things that are strapped to your back, and you are dropped out of a transport at 30,000 feet and you can glide 150-200kms and then I suppose you land by deploying a parachute. Definately has the look of something out of a James Bond movie.

If you ask me it looks like a whole lotta fun, if you know what you're doing. You couldn't convince me to jump out of an airplane with one of those strapped to me though, no way.
 
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