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  1. Probably going to do Deland Mon-Wed, Z hills thursday / friday then Sebastian for the weekend.

    If you're about, come say hello. I like to jump with everyone! :)
    I'm easy to spot, tall, blonde and have a British accent. I stand out...

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  2. My American friends...

    I'm flying out to Orlando with the good Mrs Mac tomorrow. We'll be taking in Deland, ZHills and Sebastian for some jumpy jumpy.

    Who's about? Anyone want to jump, or drink beer? I'm rather partial to a Corona...

    Macca
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  3. Leave all the gadgets on the ground. Have fun flying your wingsuit with others. Learn in the sky, then think about adding the distraction factor later.

    Stay safe.
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    As do the students...so why do we have college???



    The UK BPA requirements are far simpler than the proposal for the WS-I, WS-I/IE, WS Course Director... proposal that was submitted to USPA. The PASA requirements are also far simpler.

    Please tell us why you think such a simpler approach won't work.



    The UK BPA system isn't exactly great. If I were to teach it word for word, I should be teaching students to cut their arm wings away in free fall if they become unstable.

    Additionally, it requires a minimum of 3 coached jumps to be able to jump with anyone else - and even then, only a three way. Then it needs a minimum of 6 coached jumps to jump with more than two other people.
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    Hi guys, quick question:

    To all experienced wingsuit flyers out there, what is the best rig combination that would go with a vampire 4 by pheonix-fly? Im speaking about container, main and reserve. What's the critical point here if im about to order all new...

    Thanks for your time, appreciate it

    Yako



    Any modern rig will work well with the suit. I have a Vector V3 container and absolutely love it. This I match with a PD Storm and a PD Optimum reserve, both of which are excellent canopies.
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  8. You might also want to consider a Havok - this is a great all round high performance suit similar in nature to a Ghost 3.

    Jarno is getting some serious performance from his, why not shoot him a PM about it :)

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    hello everyone i am training to be an industrial designer and was wondering whether you as a community could help me and possibly yourselves in the future by sharing any and all problems you find with currently available helmets.



    The problems I've had so far is not finding one pink enough :(

    Do you think you could help design a really pink one?
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  10. I'm confused. Does this mean you're no longer in business, or are you just changing the terminology for legal reasons?
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  12. I thought it was utterly fan-fucking-tastic.

    Teeny bit slow at the start, but by the time the rings had been forged and flown in to the air I was utterly loving it.

    The Queen and James Bond, J K Rowling, Mr Bean - all moments of genius.

    Made me very proud to be British watching it. Well done all I say.

    The countries arriving was a bit slow, but then all was redeemed with the AMAZING cauldron.
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  20. With all due respect, there's quite a few games already doing the same thing on a number of different platforms.

    What will yours offer that will be different?
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    We're working on a whole series of new online manuals for suits old and new. Updated with information on rigging, fit etc.
    First week of June is when we aim to have those up on www.phoenix-fly.com



    These have actually been in the pipeline for a while now, but unfortunately i've held them up. I had a cold. Long story.

    If you're local, would be more than happy to show you how to rig the suit - or reach out to a coach, they'll all know :)
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  24. If it didn't fit, why didn't you send it back to get it fixed?

    To the OP, as WW says it's worth jumping a suit first. There's plenty of guys and girls out there there with demo suits you can jump for free to see if you like 'em.

    Just ask around, you'll find plenty about :)

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  25. Hey MadProps :)
    To answer some of your questions:

    1. Yes, absolutely. The Phantom 2 or now 3 is both an excellent beginner suit, but also one that you can fly for many, many more years to come. I'm fortunate in that I have pretty much every suit we make and the Phantom is the one that stays on my rig 90% of the time. I can coach in it, flock with it, make awesome performance solos, learn.. Absolutely everything.

    2. Nope, as said - It's a really great all rounder!

    3. Body vs suit size is a little bit of a myth. Your size in a Phantom will be great. Once you learn to fly it properly I bet you a steak dinner you'll be flying rings around those who bought bigger suits because they thought they needed to and haven't fully learned to fly them. Don't fall into the upsizing trap - A phantom will last you a very, very long time. If and when you ever want to look at a bigger suit, you can either keep your Phantom for say acro or flocking, or sell it easily - there's a big demand for them second hand.

    The 'sweet spot' isn't really a wing loading type comment, it's more about finding the best way to fly a certain suit. All are slightly different to get the most optimal flight performance out of them - but this is something you learn after flying the suit a lot :)
    Where are you looking to make your skydiving trip?

    As to lead times - we're actually only running to 6 weeks at the moment, which we're also working on bringing down.

    Tell you what, book your trip - start busting out your jumps and when you hit 150ish, email me and we'll try and sort your order so you have the suit for when you're ready. How about that?

    The other option of course is depending on where you book your trip, many coaches have demo suits which are either free to use for coaching, or have a very minimal charge to cover wear and tear. Get your jumps up, then decide if you actually like WSing - then if you do, hollar and we can sort your order out.

    I would strongly suggest heading over to Elsinore and seeking out Spot (DSE on here) as he'll be able to get you sorted and you'll be jumping a lot!

    [email protected]

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