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I have an eTrex Vista. I cable tie it to the top of my helmet. Switch it on and forget about it. Very satisfied with the results, suitable for guiding you to the exit point also. Not so great for driving you need you passenger to adopt a robotized voice and interpret the directions a la: "you missed the turning you dumb a*ss" J

damn it man! can't you airbrush the colours rather using "negative" - the glowing eyes thing freaked me out!!

Phoenix Fly has just released the following information on the Vampire V-1 http://www.poxon.org/Craig/Skydive/Wingsuit/VampireV1_pressrelease.pdf

Phoenix Fly has just released the following information on the Vampire V-1 http://www.poxon.org/Craig/Skydive/Wingsuit/VampireV1_pressrelease.pdf

3 minutes from that tude has been done. 4 would be impressive BUT if he was just slow falling I only buy him one beer

Whos fault is this 2 threads on the same topic thing!!! See my last post on the other thread. J

It will be interesting to hear other peoples experiences of "arm tiring" - I want to avoid the word "strain" as it is not an injury! (well unless you really over do it!). For me this is also a personal / subjective thing. Everyone has their own position, body tension, physique, strength, stamina and pain threshhold. If you fly more on your arm wing with a lot of tension for sure you will feel like the suit is kicking your a5s! You are right - part of becoming a good pilot is learning to maximise lift from your leg wing, as your leg muscles will last longer also. For me I found the arm wing effort the same with the prototype. For sure we have to wait for Robert to respond with more valid observations on the production V-1. I sent him an email and he'll respond when he gets chance. If you are concerned a demo flight is the simple answer! (although persuading an owner to part with their V-1 for one flight will be no easy task!!)

see my reply in the other arm strain thread J

If you agreed you wouldn't be being yourself Just kidding Nick (nice website btw). I also encountered similar problems. What type of arm exercises are you doing? My routine involves static and dynamic weights, tri dips and press ups. Yours? Anyone else have some good exercises to recommend? J

Hey Tonto, what suit do you fly? what is your best flight performance? (exit, delay and glide distance) Either: - we're all doing something wrong - you're doing something wrong - or you've got a lot of upper body strength & stamina J

I have only jumped the prototype V-1 which didn't have the redesigned wingtip grippers. The effort required to fly the arm wing for the suit was comparable to S3. I'll let Robert give a more detailed response, from what i understand the new grippers make holding the wings in position more comfortable and hence less tiring. But lets clarify something here: Fly any wingsuit for 2 minutes + and you start to feel a little tired. (at least for the average guy who doesn't work out ) In fact try something, as you sit now reading this post put you arms out straight to the side (making a T shape) and hold it - now look at the time in the bottom right corner of your screen and wait for 2 minutes to pass........ ..... come on its only been 45seconds ..... your arms are already dropping ..... you've given up already!? So, granted you don't fly with your arms out straight but holding your arms in any static position requires your muscles to work, which causes lactic acid to build and then your position starts to suck and so does your performance. (please correct my technical inaccuracies regarding muscle function :p) Training and practice can help delay the onset of this "fatigue" but it will happen (yes even to you if you exit from high enough )

Exactly, time will tell. Exciting times for human flight

don't be a pussy __________________> cat Put on your thermals and come and fly at the Italian terminal wall. The girls in the bar will warm you up after the jump with a nice hot cafè You can jump all winter even with the snow as the exit remains clear - the first hike after fresh snow is _hard_ work though. J

I think there will be a lot of 2nd hand ones available soon

I agree with Yuri - where and how high do you open at the italian terminal wall for example? ;) For those unable to travel to bella Italia - I am compiling a graph comparing the glide performance of the various suits /pilots. If you have some data please send it to me. I would love to see the Sugar Glider video - can you post it online (skydivingmovies.com)? Long flights, J

I know what "naughty" you are talking about Don't worry, I will not tell - If I am free I may come and video Mucho BASE!!

Landing a wingsuit - PAH! Old hat. Already been done! A Russian jumper landed a wingsuit a couple of years ago! In Engineering the saying goes - "If you can't repeat an achievement then you haven't really achieved it!" So one day someone may land a wingsuit and walk away - BUT with the current designs and technology that day when you can make the choice between hooking in your 39 sq ft. canopy or not deploying and just hooking in your 10 sq ft wingsuit is still a way off...

I taped the smoke to the bottom of my sports shoe with Gaffa tape Remember to insulate the canister with cardboard to stop your shoe from melting and leave enough space for your bootie. Works a charm but you have to be careful on landing ..but I would recommend getting a proper bracket J

there are also instructions available on bird-man.com or here http://www.interone.net/learn/basepc.html Or in the wingsuit BASE guidelines available on this website

The leg wing on the V-1 is pretty damn wide.

No I have only jumped the prototype from a high cliff, no crawling involved (some swimming, but thats a different story ) Jumping any WS from a small a/c is usually not a "comfortable" experience. People jump S3s from Cessnas, so IMHO you'd have no problems jumping a V-1 out of a small a/c either. Long flights J

Our very own CPoxon had a WS reserve ride, caused by PC in tow - hackey handle was a contributing factor. On a skydive you have some more altitude to rectify a PC in tow situation. But if you want to eliminate the risk of a bridle / hackey situation get your rigger to change it! Otherwise enjoy taking that little extra risk (and pack your PC carefully!!!!) J

Compleano di T, quindi io non ci sono MUCHO BASE!!! J

Somebody who flies a GTi without problems should be able to step into a V-1 (the V-1 manual will discuss this area in detail)

kevin you lazy flocker http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1334381;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread CPoxon already posted it here