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  1. virgin-burner

    ******PF-suits show a refinement other manufacturers dont. also, they're not cheap knock-offs of other suits, the development that goes into each suit is unique.

    say PF goes out of buisness tomorrow; that would set everyone years back, because honestly, who has the same experience than robi does? that would REALLY suck for you fanboys! ;)



    I truly doubt it. If you think Robi is the only one designing suits than you need to get your head out of your ass :P

    tony has blatantly copied, so has matt, not even mentioning the others, never seen a copy of robi's; funny how that is, isnt it?

    Do you say all cars are copies of Benz or some Ford model?

    Bird-man, Phoenix-fly suits more like a suit with wings build around your limbs.
    Tony, Inturdair like a suit built in a wing profile.

    Copying? Somehow all the wheels are round...

  4. skyjumpenfool

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    Cameras on skydivers can function much like the dashboard cam on a car might, in the sense that they can collect evidence from unexpected incidents that might prove useful later to help determine what happened.



    I absolutely agree with this 110%!!! Unfortunately, you still need to wait until (under USPA rules) 200 jumps. Yes! There is an upside to small format cameras. Just wait till you have the experience to wear one.

    The attached graph is from years of studying safety data...

    Time is working against you. The day when students starts skydiving with helmet or goggle integrated camera is getting closer.

  5. Scrumpot

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    Skydiver who has jump number between 100-500 need the gopro the most. The reason being is, that is when you have the best footage, and once you hit 500 jump you don't really care about the video. So go on and film. Just don't ask around the dz, just do it. It is like downsizing, just do it, never ask.



    Like THESE guys recently did? - :S


    This was happening before even the POV cameras.
    I saw a 3 way speed star which ended in low openings and one guy got a two-out with a cypress fire. That guy was even an SL instructor.

    POV cameras bring us lots of fun. :S

  6. skow

    maybe a bit off topic, but why make a 190 stiletto anyway? 190 sqft is pretty much a student/early jumper's size (talking about 99% of cases), so what's the point of making an elliptical this size? And can you really benefit / feel the real effect of elliptical canopy in that size?



    190 is quite small compared to a 300-400 sqft tandem.
    Back in the days suggested WL was lower, than these days.

  9. keithbar

    Oops my bad.:$ but I am curious to know how large this crossbraced 5 cell would pack. I wonder if that is why icarus went with a 5 cell rather than a 7 cell. Strictly to reduce the pack volume ?



    "7/21 cell" cross braced flies like a 9 cell, but less drag from lines.
    I guess "5/15 cell" would fly like a 7 cell. Someone also stated that would be a low aspect ratio platform which also could be better for openings.

  10. billvon

    >What are the minimum requirements to jump like this with a tandem?

    Generally an AFF rating or experience videoing tandems.



    I wonder how can you get experience videoing tandems without doing it. ;)

  11. nolanh22

    I am still new to wing suiting and have a lot to learn and wanted to hear some thoughts on pitching. So there are 2 basic body positions (that I have observed) when pulling. The first (we'll call it the skydiver way) is where the wingsuiter collapses their leg and arm wings while pulling to aid the PC in catching clean air. Then there is the flat version (we'll call it the BASE way) where the pilot is in full flight and flairs their suit before pitching, but leaves the suit fully inflated. Ive made the assumption that it is only larger suits that use the second technique, perhaps due to glide ratios and that position of the burble. I understand that in the BASE environment minimal loss of altitude is ideal so of course full flight makes more sense. My question is whether this is a method that could/should also be used in skydiving (where the canopies and the PC is smaller) And is this method ideal when using containers that do not have bottomless corners like BASE rigs?

    Im open to any thoughts, observations, opinions that you all may have.



    Collapsed, what I call classic opening position is the recommended way to pull with a wing suit. It is stable although it might do some potato chipping. This is what I teach on FFCs.

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    Perhaps you could explain why the OP won't get "any benefits out of it" at 1.2, but at 1.4 it would all be tickety-boo?



    Your ram-air canopy is flying as long as it is pressurized. If it was designed for higher WL, means higher higher speed needed ,it would not be as stable as designed at lower speed.

  15. Thijs

    ****** and the lack of a real safety sleeve (like TS) is a little unnerving. Even with thumb loops off, it's hard to reach up through the suit to above the bottom of my risers.



    You should lift your knees up and punch forward with your arms to "release" the sleeves. Otherwise the wing will keep your hands inside the sleeves. I'm doing that and have absolutely no problem reaching above toggles on my 24'' risers.
    Is there a reason the suit doesn't have cutaway cables?

    No need for that.

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    Councilman made a comment that a modern main can take up to 1000 feet to open, wstcstcmtr cracked a joke that a sabre1 opens fast (with less altitude loss), and I cracked a joke that a demon cobalt would open even faster.



    I got about 800 jumps on my Cobalt, most of those with wing suit and pulling from flight. Somehow I did not get your joke.

  17. 3mpire

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    I'll let you borrow my sabre 1 if you want to know what a fast opening is like.



    or a cobalt if you're, you know, serious about wanting to experience a hard opening in it's purest form....



    What is your post has anything to do with the topic or subject?

  18. The plane we use got benches and we were sitting in front of each other. We were ridding up the plane to 4000m. The guy sitting in front of me has managed to drop/push his PC into one of my inlet on the leg wing, than moved 20-30 forward and his PC was out before I could even tell him anything.

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    Wouldn't a pitch from full flight also generate higher airspeed to compensate for the smaller PC? Though I suppose higher airspeed (in full flight) would also create a larger burble...not sure how those two balance out.



    I jump Cobalt 135, X-Wing with 24” ZP kill-line PC on regular bridle.
    I pitch from full, but relaxed flight. That yealds smaller burble than pulling from classic opening position. Do you math and calculate your relative wind speed. Let me give you a hint, it's subterminal.