unclecharlie95 3 #1 December 12, 2008 Check out photos of Jeb and Tim flying their Stealths in formation with Luigi under canopy here: http://www.phoenix-fly.com/gallery.htm Nice flying boys!! And great photos from Craig O'Brien and Jeff Nebelkopf too!BASEstore.it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mccordia 73 #2 December 12, 2008 Awesome stuff..JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeemax 0 #3 December 12, 2008 That looks awesome Phoenix Fly - High performance wingsuits for skydiving and BASE Performance Designs - Simply brilliant canopies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pierre3636 0 #4 December 12, 2008 lui is the man! ~ time is ~ time was ~ times past ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cpoxon 0 #5 December 12, 2008 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! Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unclecharlie95 3 #6 December 12, 2008 head down - head down, or with a wingsuit on!? BASEstore.it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mccordia 73 #7 December 12, 2008 Probably just doing a sort of carve/dive in front (in his wingsuit) Although shooting these pictures as a freeflyer (getting 1 shot in per jump) would make definetely it a lot cooler than it already is.. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Butters 0 #8 December 12, 2008 I love the new hybrids ... bringing together swoopers and wingsuiters (swoopers of the clouds and cliffs). "That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 3 #9 December 12, 2008 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robibird 2 #10 December 12, 2008 facebook sux anyway according to what Jeb told me O.B. was jumping smaller suit and had difficulties to keep up, so he ends up doing one jump for one shoot, flying over them and than head down in front to get the shoot..... lovely picture thank you guys and congratulation Robert Pecnik [email protected] www.phoenix-fly.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 3 #11 December 12, 2008 OB deserves a gold medal for his camera flying then. Seriously. He definitly had the hardest job on those jumps. Perhaps you should hook him up with one of those "unavailable to the public yet" Stealths so he can take even better pics?Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The111 0 #12 December 12, 2008 Quote Quote head down - head down, or with a wingsuit on!? 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.www.WingsuitPhotos.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites