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unclecharlie95

3 way formation, 2 wingsuits one parachute

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There is a nice article in the BPA mag this month, talking about Craig exiting higher/later, flying down to the guys and transitioning head down in front of them to get the shots! :oB|

Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

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The only thing that irks me about those jumps is the fact that Jim Slaton let out a "press release" on facebook and several other media venues saying that those suits were "specially purpose-built and not-yet available to the public". Total bullshit and that kind of stuff ought to piss you and, particularly, Robi off. Also, aren't they technically four-way formations with three wingsuits and one parachute? What was O.B. Jumping? His camera suit or a wingsuit?

Chuck

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head down - head down, or with a wingsuit on!? :S



Probably just doing a sort of carve/dive in front (in his wingsuit)


What I like to call "the sacrifice." You start off above and ahead looking backward at 45 degrees or so (James I know you do shots like this a lot). You can move further forward and further downward, but eventually you reach a limit to how steep you can fly and maintain fallrate/stability. So you go into a vertical dive, and take a couple shots as you pass directly in front, sacrificing your altitude for a unique shot. The same move Omar and I used to do in his "gravitrons."

It's funny, when I saw Craig's shot I knew that had to be what he was doing. There are two other options, either backflying or flying the "pre-sacrifice" position as close as possible to the edge, but the problem in either case is that you will get the frontside of your legwing in frame. The fact that Craig got the entire picture and vertical field of view (from Luigi's toes to the topskin of his canopy) made it clear he had to be in a vertical orientation to get his legwing out of the way.

Also, head-down in a wingsuit? ;) The afore-mentioned gravitron.
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