encinoadam 0 #26 November 20, 2002 Not sure if this is the appropriate place for this or not, but I just started jumping the birdman suit this past weekend and had an interesting situation. I have 200 jumps and went through one on one instruction on how to fly (using a Classic). In spite of excellent instruction, I still managed to tumble on exit for a good ten seconds on my first jump. Closing my wings and balling up definitely helped, and a few seconds later, I was flying just fine. My subsequent three jumps went fine (even the exits), aside from a bad deployment because of my leg wing not being completely closed (it hurt!). To change gears for a moment... my experience has led me to decide to stay with the Classic for awhile instead of going for the SkyFlyer ASAP. Birdman isn't that difficult to fly. But, until I have my exits and deployments down pat (along with barrel rolls and all sorts of other stuff), I think I'll continue to have a blast with the beginner suit. Just my humble thoughts. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leroydb 0 #27 January 9, 2003 video of a flat spin ftp://ftp.skydivingmovies.com/UPLOADS/flat bird spin.wmvLeroy ..I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw my bath toys were a toaster and a radio... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
