The Wingsuit is pretty much self explanatory. Made up of ultra light yet durable material and incorporating sciences such as physics and aerodynamics, the wing suit was designed to give the wearer the ability to fly and glide through the air with the ability to control speed, and direction, with precision that enables you to land unscathed. So who is the market that the designers of the wingsuit are aiming to reach with their product? Some would call them crazy people, while others might call them brave, but we can all agree that these are thrill seekers who's thrill is often found in dangerous situations often using high trajectory of the body through space. A niche market indeed. Naturally when designing for those who seek the thrills of danger we must incorporate danger as a factor in the design process. While the wingsuit itself is not dangerous, the environment in which it is meant to be used in (some 10,000 feet above ground, sometimes with mountainous peaks below) is very dangerous indeed. Safety then becomes an equal factor to danger in the design. With two opposing forces holding the same weight, one can only imaging the kind of troubleshooting that was done during the design process. The designers of the wingsuit had the incredible task of designing something that will intentionally facilitate danger while providing the necessary safety features to insure that the user will live to fly another day. After all, any product would fail without repeat buyers.
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