mp3 0 #1 February 4, 2009 Hi, im not a skydiver yet...but is it possible for me to strap a wingsuit on me on a tandemjump? would it work, anyone done it before? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #2 February 4, 2009 sure, i'd also put a skyboard on, then you get the best of two worlds.. oh, make sure i get to do video, not only in air, i'd also like to get the reaction of the peeps on the ground! DO NOT FEED THE TROLLS! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mp3 0 #3 February 4, 2009 what is a skyboard? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yoink 321 #4 February 4, 2009 No, it wouldn't work. It'd also be monumentally stupid. Next. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #5 February 4, 2009 u might have seen those guys that jump from planes that have a "snowboard" on their feet and do crazy spins n'stuff!? not a lot of people do it anymore nowadays, i dont know how old you are, but in the nineties it was kinda rampant.. to seriously answer your question, no, u cant put a wingsuit on. it takes a bit of practice to get into wingsuiting, and doing one tandem is not sufficent.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chubba 0 #6 February 4, 2009 You will get to experience "tracking" in your AFF jumps though, this will be your first taste of human flight and I assure you it's Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJL 232 #7 February 4, 2009 Quotewhat is a skyboard? It's when you take a ironing board and someone else irons. See here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MV7-tMrbiM"I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skwrl 56 #8 February 4, 2009 Last I heard, there was one WS manufacturer that was working on a tandem wingsuit, but it has been "on the drawing board" for a long time with (to my knowledge) no sign of launch. Personally, I don't think it would work well at all, and likely to cause incredible problems while not giving the "experience" of wingsuiting. If slow fall rates are what you want, tandems are a bad platform to start on (you need a drogue to slow the pair to standard freefall rates). If forward motion is the goal, you'd have the same drogue holding you like an anchor. A better approach woud be to get your license, put in your 200/500, and do it the right way.Skwrl Productions - Wingsuit Photography Northeast Bird School - Chief Logistics Guy and Video Dork Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CSpenceFLY 1 #9 February 4, 2009 Quote No, it wouldn't work. It'd also be monumentally stupid. Next. Somehow I got a mental picture of a bunch of guy trying to figure this out on the next long weather hold. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cpoxon 0 #10 February 4, 2009 It's possible but highly unlikely for a first time jumper.Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yoink 321 #11 February 4, 2009 Holy crap! I stand corrected. It is possible! I stand by the 'monumentally stupid' though!! The idea that both the tandem pair would be wearing suits didn't occur to me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Butters 0 #12 February 4, 2009 Quote Holy crap! I stand corrected. It is possible! I stand by the 'monumentally stupid' though!! The idea that both the tandem pair would be wearing suits didn't occur to me. I believe it's been done with only the passenger wearing a wingsuit, only the instructor wearing a wingsuit, and both the passenger and instructor wearing wingsuits. I may be wrong ..."That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkeenan 13 #13 February 4, 2009 QuoteI believe it's been done with only the passenger wearing a wingsuit, only the instructor wearing a wingsuit, and both the passenger and instructor wearing wingsuits. I may be wrong ... That's sure a lot of legstraps to attach. Don't lose count._____________________________________ Dude, you are so awesome... Can I be on your ash jump ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Waldschrat 0 #14 February 4, 2009 The only real Tandem Wingsuit, i know, is the http://www.nitrorigging.com/tandus.htm but its looks like, she is temporally not available.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mp3 0 #15 February 4, 2009 thank`s everyone...my uncle is a tandeminstructor...so i will present this ideas to him Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJL 232 #16 February 4, 2009 Tell your uncle that he has sand in his vagina if he doesn't bring you on a wingsuit tandem."I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peej 0 #17 February 4, 2009 Quote Tell your uncle that he has sand in his vagina if he doesn't bring you on a wingsuit tandem. Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrewwhyte 1 #18 February 4, 2009 Quote The only real Tandem Wingsuit, i know, is the http://www.nitrorigging.com/tandus.htm but its looks like, she is temporally not available.... The Rigor Mortis II. Sign me up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Para_Frog 1 #19 February 4, 2009 I fly a Rigor Mortis I - it's actually a very nice suit. Made my first WS jump on it and it flew like buttuh. (Not recommended for entry-level btw, I'm ninja) Just ordered a FlockusII. Nick's slightly insane and a tad annoying, but the asshat makes a bomb-proof, well performing suit. Don't know about the whole Tandus concept, but I can guarantee he'll at least test fly one....dragging a drogue through the Florida skies.- Harvey, BASE 1232 TAN-I, IAD-I, S&TA BLiNC Magazine Team Member Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJL 232 #20 February 5, 2009 Oh, and tell him that you discussed this with skydivers on dropzone.com and we know what we're talking about."I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #21 February 5, 2009 QuoteTell your uncle that he has sand in his vagina if he doesn't bring you on a wingsuit tandem. QuoteOh, and tell him that you discussed this with skydivers on dropzone.com and we know what we're talking about. worth repeating, as it's really important!“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
