What do you think of the Phoenix Fly Stealth WS?

[newone 0]

has anyone tried the new wingsuit by PF called the "stealth"?

That suits looks great to me but also huge and similar to Tony's Super mach 1.

It sure looks floaty but what about forward speed?

I'm just curious to hear comments about this new suit.

thanks

Eric

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[jakee 1,379]

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It sure looks floaty but what about forward speed?

The Phoenix-Fly press release talks about mega flocking range, floatiness and ultra-low fall rates with 'moderate' forward speed.

Doesn't sound like it's intended to be a horizontal rocket ship.

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[unclecharlie95 3]

Hi Eric,

i'm sure more people will post their thoughts once some suits get out there to demo. Should be soon.

Long flights,

J

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[newone 0]

Ok!

Thank you for your input

[pierre3636 0]

like that cut away from what I can make out....

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[pierre3636 0]

anybody done some jumps on this suit yet ?

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[martin245 0]

Hi,

I have not jumped it yet but I have seen it flying recently from a cliff (in Italy from the ITW). The range seems to be HUUUGE, the flights and the shown performance was really impressive. Seems like a nice toy for experienced flyers.

Martin

[pierre3636 0]

nice taking big floaty suits off cliffs

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[Helmut 0]

Its also up on Morpheus's site

Stealth

[normiss 733]

they need to find sexier models...without miniature erections would also be nice on the eyes...
I'm just sayin....

[Airowpoint 0]

I like the logo
It's too bad that there is still a misconception that a big wing surface makes a floaty suit. This suit as well. With a longer legwing it would have more forward speed. I think it's in the right direction though.

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[mccordia 74]

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It's too bad that there is still a misconception that a big wing surface makes a floaty suit.

That mostly depends on what the fabric is doing...if its a big wing surface producing lift, or a just a big surface producing a lot of drag

No related to the Stealth btw. Would seriously be concidering it atm. if I could spare the cash, as it looks like an awesome suit to throw around the sky on belly, side and back!

JC
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[monkycndo 0]

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it looks like an awesome suit to throw around the sky on belly, side and back!

I flocked with James in the Stealth at Eloy. That suit had a huge amount of range.

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[VectorBoy 0]

I flocked with James in the Stealth at Eloy. That suit had a huge amount of range.

[pierre3636 0]

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I like the logo
It's too bad that there is still a misconception that a big wing surface makes a floaty suit. This suit as well. With a longer legwing it would have more forward speed. I think it's in the right direction though.

well wedont know that yet since no one has posted anything about the suit ... all i have seen is from the website which makes it sound floaty....per website " STEALTH was designed with experienced wingsuit skydivers in mind. In the flock it has an unmatched range. When maxed out the suit seems to hang in the air for an eternity, with a moderate forward speed but an extremely slow vertical speed."

personally it makes sense that it would be super fast forward like sm1. floaty in my book is sugarglider and when i fly a sm1 or blade or V2 they all feel substaially faster than a sugarglider.

but lets wait for people to comment after the demo's have been jumped.

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[unclecharlie95 3]

I think it is important to clarify what is fast / slow in terms of horizontal speed.

The V2 will comfortably fly at around 100 mph horizontal speed when flying for distance.

The Stealth will comfortably fly at around 65 mph horizontal speed when flying for distance.

The actual speed will of course vary depending on your body shape, weight and flying position.

When I try flying the Stealth faster it also descends faster, I heard the same from some SM1 pilots also.

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[PhoenixRising 0]

When I try flying the Stealth faster it also descends faster, I heard the same from some SM1 pilots also.

[yuri_base 1]

James, what glide ratio you're observing in Stealth? And what is your glide ratio in Vampire?

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[yuri_base 1]

Justin, what glide ratio you're observing in SM1?

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[unclecharlie95 3]

Vampire average around 2.4, Stealth average around 2.2.

I get peaks on both suits in the 2.5 to 3.0 range but they don't really count, as previously discussed.

(But in the end it is stamina that counts!

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[yuri_base 1]

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Vampire average around 2.4, Stealth average around 2.2.

So for Stealth for L/D=2.2 the sustained horizontal speed is 65mph and vertical 30mph?

What are your sustained horizontal and veritcal speeds for Vampire's L/D=2.4?

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[unclecharlie95 3]

Yuri you can work it out

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[PhoenixRising 0]

Yuri,

I did a jump recently from 14,000 feet. We did a downwind jumprun opening the door at exactly 6.5 miles. I exited the plane at 6 miles and opened over the dz at 3000 feet. I had a steady tailwind of 12 knots all the way down. That was one of my farthest flights, as there were no turns and i flew for distance.

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[jakee 1,379]

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I did a jump recently from 14,000 feet. We did a downwind jumprun opening the door at exactly 6.5 miles. I exited the plane at 6 miles...

Sweet

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