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Why do skydivers use Vertical Wind Tunnels for practice ?

April 26, 2017Practice skydivers tunnels vertical wind

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Why do skydivers use Vertical Wind Tunnels for practice ?

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A. Skydivers are typically limited to about 7 minutes of flight time per day. In a VWT a skydiver can get hours of flight time per day. Flight time is the competitive edge. For a four way team, skydiving costs about 10 times as much per minute as using a VWT.