FF vs. RW suit for skydiving?

[Burner410 0]

Hey everyone..........quick question. I'm just starting out and doing alot of RW with friends I jump with and was looking to get a suit. Can I still do RW with a FF suit or will the fall rates differ so drastically that it won't work? If I did buy a FF suit for a awesome deal, could I take that same suit and have it modded as a RW suit w/ grips and booties? Thanks

Blue Skies

[jerry81 10]

Quick answer; yes, you can do rw in a ff suit. You're talking fun stuff, not team training and competiotions, I assume?
And b), you could add grippers to a ff suit, booties would be harder. It would still be a different material and a different design and wouldn't 'function' as a real rw suit would, though. Maybe you can find one of those at an awesome price too if you look around some more.

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[DrewEckhardt 0]

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Hey everyone..........quick question. I'm just starting out and doing alot of RW with friends I jump with and was looking to get a suit.

You want the same neutral fall rate as your friends. If they wear tight jumpsuits and you're not extra heavy, you'll need a tight suit. RW suits tend to be tight.

If they wear baggy suits or you weight 250 pounds, you'll need something baggier.

[Burner410 0]

hey thanks for the help guys! much appreciated!

[AggieDave 6]

To help aid in a successful skydive, dress for success.

You wouldn't wear a tux to a football game and you would wear a beer hat, no shirt and be painted in your football team's colors at a wedding. Sure, both work ok, but wouldn't it be better if you were dressed properly?

Same with the skydiving. You can do RW in a FF suit and you can even FF in a RW suit (kinda sucks, though), but the suits are built differently for a reason. You might enjoy it more if you could eventually get a RW and a FF suit.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[GravityGirl 0]

Get the right suit for the skydive.

That doesn't mean you have to buy two brand new jumpsuits.

We have a pretty good turnover at our DZ and a lot of jumpers here buy a used RW suit to start off with.

PM me if you want to see if we have a match for you.

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[kallend 1,635]

I've been on some excellent RW skydives with guys and girls in freefly suits.

(I should mention that they were, for the most part, National or World Champions in freeflying)

A freefly suit with grippers is a good idea anyhow, in view of the popularity of VRW.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[Burner410 0]

Thanks for everyones imputs.....my basic thinking stemmed from FF really looks kick ass, but I've started out and continually do RW with friends so I wasn't sure if I could have the best of both worlds all wrapped up in one suit, but I think after reading your comments it doesn't appear to be so! Oh well....so much for trying to save a few extra bucks so I could buy more jump tickets

GravityGirl.........sent you a pm!