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I once did a Mr. Bill (with permission of the S&TA) and had a local at the DZ say he was going to hang out and wait to see us die because we were stupid. Being a visitor I just laughed it off as they are a member of the "in" crowd.

Found this on GoPro's website linked to by a GoPro support person. ~400 Hz 3-axis gyro readings~200 Hz 3-axis accelerometer readings~18 Hz GPS position (lat/lon/alt/spd)1 Hz GPS timestamps1 Hz GPS accuracy (cm) and fix (2d/3d)1 Hz temperature of camera

Across the room and up are very different things.

Quattro will be great. I use a protract 2 because it logs, but they both have 4 alarms which I find great for wing suiting.

To answer your question, drag is directly proportionate to the area of the footprint of the object. Assuming all other things equal.

The 18Hz from the GoPro just isn't needed when evaluating wing suit jumps as the human brain cannot react that fast to anything. I don't know this for a fact bus I suspect the 5hz was picked because it is close to human reaction times. The real advantage to the flysight is the realtime audio feedback. When training speed or distance you can hear how the suit react to changes in your body position. That feedback is more important than a graph on a computer.

If I had a wind tunnel near me the only reason I would skydive is for wingsuiting. Which, honestly is all I do when I'm not chucking drogues anyway. The tunnel may seem like it costs more up front but really you're actually saving money. 800 $/hr comes out to about 13 $/jump (Assuming 1 min/jump) Additionally, your time spent is much more efficient. You don't need to gear up as much, ride in the plane, pack, and repeat. It is possible that the tunnel would even be a shorter drive depending on where you live. I would also argue that the tunnel is safer. Most skydiving incidence are canopy related. Lastly all the money spent on skydiving gear could be spent on time if the person isn't interested in skydiving ever.

The two main factors combined to make the turn violent. First when one toggle is stowed that side of the canopy is deflected a bit like it would be in a turn. The second factor is that the canopy when initially opening is in a stall. When these are combined it can lead to a rapid spin. Any jumper that has intentionally done a helicopter would understand how it works.

I know one dude that couldn't get a FF pud untucked and went to reserve. I personally had a week pull and at the moment I realized I never did practice reserve touches in flight. I just reached back and luckily found my PC on my ass and threw it better, but it did take two tries. This is why you pull high on new gear.

It is also important when comparing suits for the pilot to be the same person.

I'm pretty sure you cant buy direct.

I feel like that is the answer to this question in general.

Can the helmet be removed by undoing the chin strap only? Also at $600 it is a bit excessive for something that you don't really need.

The G4 is actually impact rated and of course they reduce noise. I doubt that it is enough to prevent hearing loss from long term exposure. You should be wearing ear plugs with it while on the ride up skydiving and while paramotoring.

There is no way a onesie is going to outrun a freak. As for the comparison between the freak and atc, the freak will outrun the atc every time. The freak is just a faster suit in general. The ATC is a great suit because of its range and ability to fly with big suits and small suits.

........ finish that thought for us.

Great move!

Vector too.

Well add javelin and infinity too your list.

That's my point. That's why your issue has no basis with just wings. It is a general issue.

I meant that it was obvious, but we can move past that. You are really caught up on the "manual extraction" while you keep ignoring that fact that these jumpers were sub-terminal and on their backs. That is very important.

Condensing it in the way you did removed context and caused what I originally said to be misrepresented. I'm not saying you did it on purpose, it just happens sometimes. I hope you update your opinion with the new information that the RPC has been revised. I also hope you recognize that reserve deployments while back to earth are not an issue reserved to wings.

Getting back on topic. OP, either the wings or vector will be a great rig for you. They are both FF friendly and have a good MARD. I mostly wingsuit and have no issues with the Wings wingsuit mods if you eventually want to get into that.

That is a blatant misrepresentation of what I said throughout many posts. As for your extremely pointed question, I have heard of issues with sub-terminal unstable reserve deployments (the issue) happening on a fully covered RPC and it happen to me on a javelin (granted I was in a wingsuit). Neither of these incidents required extracting it by hand but it did require flipping to belly before the reserve was extracted.

And other rigs have jumpers deploying unstable and do attract the same result. Long story short, get a MARD to deal with low speed unstable reserve deployments. and some of us don't see a problem specific to wings in the first place. The argument of whether a RPC should extract when someone's on their back sub terminal is a separate very nuanced discussion.