is a cobalt ok For wingsuit?

[judedre 0]

bout to get a new canopy looking at a cobalt 150 my exit weight is 200 lbs and have been told its not a canopy recomended for wingsuit any help would be great cheers.

[kevin922 0]

chuck (skymonkey1) might be the best to answer this, he used to jump them all the time - i think the problems i've heard is you don't know what you're gonna get you could get a colbalt that opens great or one that slams you..

[Rubik 0]

I flew with my CC85. No bad.

[Base733 0]

I have 200+ WS jumps on my Cobalt 95 loaded 1.8 with no problems. Great canopy!

[TALONSKY 0]

If you are looking for a new canopy demo a few different ones. The one that gets my vote is the Crossfire 2, love the performance and the opennings are great. I have ove 100 birdman suit jumps on mine loaded at 1.85 to 1
Kirk

[DaMan 0]

Aren't you going to look at a Samurai? Mine has been great for BM jumps (even when I do get line twists, it flies straight). Just a thought since you are right there at SoBe...

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[crawford 0]

I was one of the "Horribly Unfortunate" ones to have purchased one of the "Bad" Cobalts that Kevin Speaks of. it was a Cobalt 95 and it started out ok, but then turned nightmarish after about 70 jumps, I then went to Spinetto, I mean, Stiletto, had my first Birdman Mal, now I jump a Safire 99 loaded at 2.0:1 and it is awesome. Line twist don't matter, still straight and true. Soft every time once I figured out the Psycho pack. I would definitely place that canopy on your "Demo" list. Hope this helps.

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[SkymonkeyONE 3]

I have over 200 jumps in a wingsuit under several different Cobalts and only ever had two problems, one brake fire and one incredibly bad spinner that almost killed me. The latter was due to me jumping a 75 that had been in the pond one too many times and was quite a bit out of trim.

Chuck

[Deuce 1]

Cobalts love very fast deployments. One of my mentors jumps a Cobalt and always dumps it in full track for the best openings. When she slows down, she gets spanked.

So, if you want to dump in a full track like when the bag hits your feet, the Cobalt might be for you.

Demo one.

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[VectorBoy 0]

I have about 200 wingsuit /cobalt jumps on two cobalts, sone at 1:4 and most on the second at 1:6.

The smaller one opens like its on rails with no heading change and with one exception softly. Whenever I start to have divergent openings I can, with some help, trace it back to lazy or over vigerous throws or less than perfect body position on deployment. By divergent I mean heading changes of more than 30 degrees or line twists. At Rantoul I was experiencing a batch of bad openings that SM1 helped me cure ASAP.

When I deploy in the proper position for wingsuit deployment, just a little extra attention to detail that the wingsuit demands is all, I am rewarded by my cobalts.

[leroydb 0]

i love my cobalt 105.... (105 jumps on it so far) most of those are wing suit jumps

Leroy


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[PhreeZone 15]

Any how many cutaways on it with the wingsuit?

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[leroydb 0]

just 1

Leroy


..I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw my bath toys were a toaster and a radio...

[VectorBoy 0]

I have one also, but it had more to do with the shrivel flap on the Base PC pouch causing a total.

Once the reserve deployed pressure was off of the container and the main deployed. Both canopys played nice together.

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