wingsuit

[iranianjumper 2]

i intend to choose a wing suit between to these brands :
- Scorpion - Tony suit
- Barracuda power - Intrudair
i am looking for any suggestion or advise which can help me to have right choice

[skydave89 19]

It would help if you add what type of wingsuit flying you mostly do. Skydive or BASE? Acro? Flocking? Performance comps? Proxy? Etc.

[skow 6]

If your profile data is right - I'd advise you to buy something way smaller to gain good experience and skills before trying them.
I think both Tony and Intrudair suggest around 150-200 wingsuit jumps before trying the models you mentioned - if you really have only 200 jumps I guess you don't have more than few WS jumps?

[Freeflaw 0]

Scorpion eh? One of the most temperamental suits I have yet flown. Scorpion or Barracuda...you are either trolling or retarded. Good luck :D

[wasatchrider 0]

come on guys maybe his dz is relaxed on ws rules. By the time I had 200 jumps probably 175 were in a wing suit. Maybe try em out see what you like. Intrudair you will pay half the cost if you don't have to pay the vat tax.

BASE 1519

[iranianjumper 2]

skydave89

It would help if you add what type of wingsuit flying you mostly do. Skydive or BASE? Acro? Flocking? Performance comps? Proxy? Etc.

up to now i had 66 wingsuit fly and i intend to use wingsuit for speed and distance too .
maybe in future , when i gain more experience i am going to use it for wingsuit base .

[timski 80]

NEXT LEVEL!!!

[johnmatrix 21]

I haven't flown either of them but the Barracuda looks more suitable for your experience level and I suspect is cheaper too.

[dthames 0]

iranianjumper

***It would help if you add what type of wingsuit flying you mostly do. Skydive or BASE? Acro? Flocking? Performance comps? Proxy? Etc.

up to now i had 66 wingsuit fly and i intend to use wingsuit for speed and distance too .
maybe in future , when i gain more experience i am going to use it for wingsuit base .

Speed can cause issues and this one place that lack of experience and a big suit can get you in a hurry. I only have a little experience in this area but enough to know surprises are lurking there. Look at Steve as he completes a speed run and makes a tiny mistake. https://youtu.be/u2e58U1m3Po?t=41s Somewhere there is outside video of this and as I recall, he went from fast and normal, to a fast roll, followed by spinning.

Someone has already made a statement about the Scorpion's stability. Be careful out there.

Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

[SethInMI 145]

dthames

Look at Steve as he completes a speed run and makes a tiny mistake.

https://youtu.be/u2e58U1m3Po?t=36s
I hadn't seen that video, wow things went south fast. I backed the start time up by a few seconds in the link above. And dthames, if you just watch the video to the end, you see the outside video perspective.

Fun and exciting!

Seth

It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

[GoneCodFishing 23]

That outside view is good

I like this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvoh1Z2iR20

[Anachronist 2]

As long as we're sharing videos of assholes making assholes of themselves, I submit my personal favorite. The icing on the cake was the pilot explaining that "I went to my back on purpose to get more stable."

Video starts right after exit, pull was at 10 or 11k.

Suit was an R Pro

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