{"id":31166,"date":"2021-02-09T17:40:09","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T17:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/?p=31166"},"modified":"2021-02-17T08:22:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T08:22:23","slug":"speed-monkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/speed-monkey\/","title":{"rendered":"Speed Monkey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How fast am I flying?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This question prompted David Walden to start working on his version of an airspeed indicator for BASE<\/strong>…<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The Speed Monkey flashes red for danger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Like everyone else I get my cues from visuals, noise, feeling and body position. But how good am I really at knowing my speed? The hero in me says I’m fine; reality says otherwise.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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The more I jump, the less I seem to know, and last year I gave myself a scare by flying too slowly. In certain situations I’m quite good at convincing myself that I have enough speed… just to get over that ridgeline or pass the notch or whatever. A quick look at The List and you’ll see I’m not the only one who does this. The problem is that even though we train this stuff, we are not infallible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So after a lot of procrastinating followed by a lot of work, here is my version of an airspeed indicator for BASE.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n