pchapman 261 #1 June 26, 2007 For a little fun on the weekend I tried out the combination of my ParaCommander with my Birdman GTi. The PC was in an early 80's piggyback sport rig. Anyone else tried out a wingsuit with a round canopy? Pros: Little worry about line twists; the long accuracy rig put the BOC handle down low for an easy pull; and one can fly oneself to the desired opening point. Cons: It's a round! The opening was good, with no more force than a regular terminal PC jump. One old timer had been worried that opening shock might be higher than normal but I figured the total velocity would be OK. The swing after opening was not an issue and felt a lot more damped & slower than on a square. The round & wingsuit combination has been done before, but the only dz.com reference I could find was by Skyflyer on Oct 29, 2002: QuoteRegarding the round and wingsuit, I saw Bill Stampfle (sp.) wing-it from Smellvegan in Norway last year and land in the water with a round. Good opening and great jump. Attached: A photo of final approach, and vidcaps from an unfortunately out-of-focus ground video of the opening. Having mis-estimated how much the evening winds had died down, I just made it back to the DZ, putting it down in the parking lot. And being under a "slow" canopy I hadn't bothered to unzip my legs after popping the booties off, so I ended up tripping and falling on my face on landing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDivinRyan 0 #2 June 26, 2007 wow Nice job peter to bad I was at the Tunnel maybe next time Ill se it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dploi 0 #3 June 28, 2007 Awesome. The ability to fly to your spot really comes in handy here, eh? Could have been worse than the parking lot. Very cool. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
