How many skydives before WS?

[hjumper33 0]

Ive heard of a couple people having wing blowouts on prodigys, whether this is misrigging or just bad luck I dont know, but I think if it was my first WS jump, that would panic me at least a little. I think the classic and gti are great for FJCs (not having flown a PF product besides a V2)

[The111 0]

The Prodigy will not have wing blowouts if rigged properly (and the rigging is simple). I just think a Classic is easier to fly.

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[Bill_K 0]

Being a very, very new WS flyer I'm not really qualified to say diddly, but I can tell you this much, I preferred the Aerobat over the Prodigy that I jumped this past weekend. I ended up putting five on the Aerobat and only one on the Prodigy. The Prodigy just felt twitchy and unstable to me. I like the Aerobat because I could dig my toes in and really drive the leg wing out and the wings felt more rigid and stable to me. At times on that jump with the Prodigy I was slightly afraid that I might end up in a spin or just generally out of control. I waited after that until I could go back to the Aerobat and just kept jumping that as time and other student needs allowed.

[chrisgray 0]

I would also add that student suits should not have grippers. This is another reason the Aerobat felt more comfortable to fly.

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[mbondvegas 0]

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The Prodigy will not have wing blowouts if rigged properly (and the rigging is simple). I just think a Classic is easier to fly.

While I agree that there are easier to fly suits than the prodigy (the phantom for instance), I think the prodigy is still a good suit for low timers as it really simplifies some of the complications associated with a wingsuit.

Also it is totally possible to blow a wing in a prodigy EVEN when properly rigged (I had a couple blowouts early on, including my first WS jump. I later repaired one of my buttons that was weak and was probably the problem.) but a blown wing in a prodigy is easy to deal with...just drop the other gripper and all is well.

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While I agree that there are easier to fly suits than the prodigy (the phantom for instance), I think the prodigy is still a good suit for low timers as it really simplifies some of the complications associated with a wingsuit.

While the prodigy is definately better on first-timers menatly (they are much more at rest knowing they can reach risers etc on opening) the need to hold grippers and the legwing/legs that can easely overpower the armwings (when those are not held correctly during flight or at pulltime) definately make for quicker headlow dives then on other comparable beginner suits..

I still prefer using a classic for first flights..

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[BlindBrick 0]

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The Prodigy will not have wing blowouts if rigged properly (and the rigging is simple).

Not trying to be conforntational Matt, but that statement is flat out wrong. I beleive that there's at least three of us on this board that have lost a wing despite it being rigged correctly.

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