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  1. 10 hours ago, DanielRistow said:

    Knowing not much on the technical sides of these things besides how to turn on my FlySight and how to check how many satellites are connected for each point it records, I get that this records more points but can anyone confirm if the points are as accurate as a FlySight? I’ve seen different speeds and glide come out of a GoPro than a FlySight on the same jump. Obviously if the GoPro is more accurate or the same then it’s better with more points but if it’s just more points and less accurate then it will become dangerous with analyzing BASE exits. 

    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 timestamps
    1 Hz GPS accuracy (cm) and fix (2d/3d)
    1 Hz temperature of camera

  2. On 5/6/2019 at 10:01 AM, sedsquare said:

    If your reserve PC only goes out 3 feet you may want to talk to your rigger and/or bring that up with Sunpath. Especially for a wingsuit rig with a potentially huge burble. I've never personally seen an Aurora but I've owned a newer Javelin and my husband has an older Javelin. Both reserve PCs flew across the room and would gladly break your nose if you were standing too close.

    Across the room and up are very different things. 

  3. On 5/7/2019 at 10:37 AM, skydiverkeith said:

     

     

     

    I didn’t find enough on the VOG to inspire confidence so I ordered a Quattro.  Thanks for the input!

    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.

  5. 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. 

  6. · Edited by meat.missile

    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. 

  7. 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. 

  8. 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.

  9. 9 hours ago, birdynamnam said:

    A recent posting on statistics on performance comp results shows that ATC's scores marginally higher than Freak1-2's. Its not the suit, its the pilot, I know, still less experienced flyers would tend to be flying the ATC rather than the Freak1-2's, so I do find it interesting. In a PPC comp, the glide is more important than speed as time/distance scores require lift and glide. For XRW the ATC's clearly demonstrate as much lift capacity in the slow speed area as the Freak's.  

    Been flying with a Freak3 pilot lately. I clearly see it has become alot faster than previous versions, so it is a moving target

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

  10. 1 minute ago, Dewbee said:

    I noticed on LB’s website as I was drooling over the Viso 2 that it costs 234 Euros, which with the current exchange rate ends up being about $263usd.  All other places in the US (paragear, ChutingStar, etc,) have it listed for $310 usd.  Am I missing something here or am I just gonna buy it from LB direct? I’ll give up ChutingStar points to save $50 anyday. ;p

    I'm pretty sure you cant buy direct.

  12. · Edited by meat.missile

    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.

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  13. 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.

  14. On 3/6/2019 at 2:34 AM, johnmatrix said:

    Or try following someone in a Onesie in a wingsuit.

     

    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. 

  18. On 3/1/2019 at 1:08 PM, skytribe said:

    Ive been around 30 years in the sport and the only rig ive seen personal reports of this occuring and met a couple of people who its happened to jumped a wings.    

    14 cutaways personally and never experienced anything like this.  Ive had cutaways on 5 different container types.  All except 1 were subterminal.  

    You just cant appreciate the different view and confuse it with hate for wings.

    Well add javelin and infinity too your list. 

  19. · Edited by meat.missile
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    3 hours ago, skytribe said:

    I am as i think unstable cutaways do happen quite a lot.   Cutaways will very commonly be subterminal and pilot chutes fully inflated the fact that a manual tug pulls it out of container and subsequent deployment proceeds leads me to believe it is more than just the rpc design.

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

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    You did call it a "blatant" misrepresentation.   That was summarizing a whole host of posts but I think we just differ

    I meant that it was obvious, but we can move past that.

     

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    I don;t think their are more wings containers out there than UPT or Sunpath rigs but don't hear many stories of manually deploying freebag out the container.

    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.

     

  21. 44 minutes ago, skytribe said:

    So I merely condensed what you had said.

    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.

     

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    Any opinions on where to look would be greatly appreciated. Looking forward to your experience and snarky, witty humor. 

    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.

  23. 15 minutes ago, skytribe said:

     

    Your responses are simply deflecting say they happened ages ago and one other rigs, the RPC was changed and they don't need to tell customers as both are OK and they should get a MARD to fix the problem.     

     

    That is a blatant misrepresentation of what I said throughout many posts.

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    Please let me know the other rigs and incidents that have had jumpers manually extracting the reserve free bag by hand and been towing a fully inflated pilot chute I think we would all like to be informed of this.

    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.

     

  24. 14 hours ago, skytribe said:

    Other rigs have jumpers deploying unstable and do not seem to attract the same result as both of these incidents with Wings containers.   I had seen another video in the past with a similar result but it was before 2017.

     

     

    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.

     

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    I stand by my opinion that the problem has not been fixed.   It MAY have been resolved in a new container with a new design but that does not constitute fixed to all the existing owners. 

    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.

  25. · Edited by meat.missile

    On ‎2‎/‎22‎/‎2019 at 12:08 PM, skytribe said:

     

    August 2017 - Subterminal 150 ft Spectre.      As a result of the incident, the jumper in question replaced the pilot chute with a new one and installed the MARD system and opened a discussion on the incident.

    https://www.dropzone.com/forums/topic/24307-wings-reserve-pc-in-tow/

    This may be back from 2012 but seems to show a similar issue

     

    And the issue has been discussed.

    https://www.dropzone.com/forums/topic/24149-what's-wrong-with-wings-containers%3F/

    So feel free to say its fixed a long time ago, but clearly there are rigs still out there that are not fixed, and clearly it has not been established that these parts should be replaced or even that they existed until the discussion started to happen.   I understand that the rig was tested with the original design but if later the design is determined to be insufficient should the customer not be informed so that rectifying action can take place or should we just ignore the fact and install the new part on new rigs and forget about the older ones.   

    Even making it known as a potential issue would be transparent.  If the original design was good, then why the need to redesign it.   

    I was talking to another jumper last year that was an S&TA at a DZ and witnessed similar issues on Wings containers and contacted Sunrise but got a poor response, it doesn't leave me with an impression of a manufacturer that is responsive to customer problems.   Which again leads me to believe that the problem still exists in the field.

    The choice is down to the jumper what gear they want to jump.    As I said, I will pack them in the manner that the manufacturer approves but don't personally recommend them. 

    The jumper in the video and the incident you linked to had the jumper on their back. The issue with reserve extraction in that position is not isolated to wings. As for Wing the new RPC design come out sometime in 2017.