Our shiny new Icarus Trophy video explains exactly why you need to strap a massive motor to your back and take to the skies.
Nobody has as much insight into exactly what the Icarus Trophy is like as the veteran pilots from the eyeball-meltingly-good 2016 race.
Watch the video. Listen to their pearls of wisdom. Drool onto your keyboard at the visuals. Then once you've had time to mop up the mess - do it all over again.