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What about a used one? Your jump number isn't very hight yet, and since i expect you to jump quite a lot there might be soon the time you want to get a smaller, more responsive canopy. If you buy everything new, maybe even by the time everything is ready it might not be the right thing for you. Think about a used one: you don't loose a lot of money, on new gear on the first jumps just like a car the value goes down quickly. Since it's gonna be a beginners rig you can sell it very easily and quickly to get another one. And that way you can also see if you actually like that kind of container without having too much risk, you're gonna sell it again anyway. Talk to your instructors about it. Blue Skies :-) Edited because i'm too stupid to write corrently ;-)

Thanks guys. You got some really good points here i didn't even think about that much. It's true that most of the time i got tandems around me and the landing area is long, but not very wide. I actually like the safire 139 for wingsuiting a lot, very reliable openings, and onheading. It's also true that this is not just about my safety, but even more about the safety of other people. I never want to put anybody else at risk because of my decisions. So i might just stick with my current canopy as a backup. Since my main discipline is freeflying, it's great to have a swoop canopy. But on the days without any other freeflyers, nice clouds or wingsuit flocks it might be nice to have a more docile canopy for some nice wingsuit action. Thanks a lot for your input again guys, really appreciate it!

Well it wasn't really my intention to sacrifice safety just to jump a smaller canopy. I'd rather get another second canopy i can wingsuit with a good feeling than having to pull higher because i'm just not sure how the canopy will react on opening. I will keep my eyes open for another canopy, thanks for that input! This seems to be the best way. Maybe a storm 120 or bigger might be a good choice for a wingsuit canopy. Blue skies

Sure it is. But this would rather stop me from getting the new crossfire than keeping the canopy i'm jumping at the moment, so in that case it's a good thing ;-)

Thanks for the advice. I had that idea too of getting a second set of pod, pc and risers with another older, cheaper canopy so i can just quickly switch whenever i want to wingsuit. This might be the way i will go. The point is that i'm a student and i really don't have soo much money, so i can't afford having another canopy just lying around. Still i wanna jump in the safest possible way. I jumped my canopy now for around 320ish jumps, doing a lot of canopy exercises, and i was told by many instructors if i want to continue to swoop safely i should get a canopy made for swooping, that's why this is the way i'll go. Thanks for the great advice.

Hi guys, one serious question: since i really get a lot out of that canopy and swooping it is pretty dangerous because of the short recovery arch (safire 2 139, wl 1.4), i really wanna get a canopy with a longer recovery arch and less front riser pressure. It wasn't long till i fell in love with the crossfire 2 119. Wingload would be around 1.72 (losing weight right now ;-) ). I'm mostly freeflying but wingsuiting is still one of my favourite disciplines. Do you guys have any experience wingsuiting fully elliptical skydiving canopies at around 1.72? My ws is an Intrudair Piranha 2, so something small-medium sized. Pulls are quite stable, never had any linetwist on my safire. I know these canopies aren't really good for wingsuiting, but is it possible without having dozens of cutaways, can you jump it in a safe way? I just don't wanna have 2 canopies, jumping just one with the other one lying around. I really appreciate any serious answer! Blue skies :-)

Very sad story, hope she'll heal quickly and fully, but what a weird description. Did I just seriously hear that you have to press a button to deploy your reserve?

1. tandem is always a good idea. don't go straight to aff, skydiving is a lot different than you might think, not in a bad way, but quite a lot of people just don't seem to be able to handle it. might be wasted money, i've already seen quite a few people giving up their course. i was almost one of them although i had my first old skydiving rig to play with when i was eleven and spend my entire freetime learning everything about skydiving till i was 17 ;-) if you're really eager to start maybe a first jump course isn't a bad idea, you're assisted in freefall, but alone under canopy except for the radio. this takes much more nerves. so if i were you i would go with at tandem at first, can't go wrong with that, just get a feeling of the air! 2.Gear-forget about that now, after aff talk to your instruktors and get and own helmet and altimeter, that's it till you get your licence 3. i don't know anything about that Blue skies

Haha, that's good fun, don't know if that will help you in real life though, get to know your canopy and how it behaves and you won't even have to think about how to fly regarding the wind and you'll end up in the right spot

Hey, depending on your weight i can highly recommend a tonfly 620 or 619 (620 slower, 619 little faster). They are great suits, I own a 619 and I'm really happy with it. I'm also pretty sure you could get them with grippers, I think there is that option to choose. Otherwise take a look at the sonic aerial, a friend of mine got it, looks like a pretty good mix between a freefly and an RW suit, more for freeflying though.

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Hi, first congratulations on taking the first steps to skydiving. Wingsuiting is a really nice discipline in this sport and you can have a lot of fun. But remember that there are so many other disciplines like freeflying, formationskydiving... that are just as much fun. Take your time, don't rush, and you'll find yourself wingsuiting soon enough. Indeed the rules are 200 jumps, at least here in Switzerland you could start before that, but probably no dropzone would allow you to do so and it would really be a stupid idea. Because of the extra surface every movement has a much greater effect and before you start you have to get a feeling for the wind and how it affects you so you could save yourself in case of instability. Also don't buy any helmet yet, you'll get one in your course and afterwards talk to your instructors what is best. Start with the course and everything else will just happen at the right time. Blue skies!

You're probably talking about these guys here: http://www.skyflash.org/

I jumped this canopy because I worked at a dz as a packer and this one was the only one available I could jump for free. Since I worked as a packer long enough I basically know every trick to slow down openings, but nothing really helped here. Almost every opening felt like it would break my neck, I only saw a snivel on this canopy once for half a second. since it wasn't my rig I couldn't install another slider which would have probably helped. once the canopy is open, it's a dream to fly though. I had it in since 135, only had around 150-200 jumps at that time and enjoyed having a faster canopy which wouldn't be too aggressive because of it's square surface. wouldn't recommend jumping it though if there is no way around. watch your necks!!

Thanks a lot for that information. I'm gonna ask my rigger what he thinks about it. They are not heavily worn, but there are some signs of wear. Will check if they are still alright. Cheers

Hi guys, i got a quick question, sry if this was already discussed, didn't find anything with the search function: i'm currently jumping a Safire 2 139 sqft loaded at 1.4 and it got around 250 jumps on the original line set. I've heard that you need to replace the lower brake lines more often, approx twice as often as the other lines, and that you don't really see when vectran lines wear. Is it too early to get a change of the lower break lines or should I do it. I don't want them to break in a bad situation! Cheers and blue skies