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    So, what's your conclusion, did we get it?



    I cant speak for james, but for a lot of people the only reason to want to see was to see WHAT was done. See the pretty picture of 71 wingsuits in formation. Be it 100% slotperfect or 99,9% slotperfect. Its just because of wanting to see something awesome...Not to rate it.B|


    Dude, if every request for 'the pic' was as perceived as you say it, this thread would have half as many posts :D

    Anyway, being part of something like this is a life enriching experience. Not my thing but would have loved to be in Elsinore during the event just to recharge on the positive energy.

    Kris

  3. the excel is so people can easily plug in numbers and see how wind effect a comp. If anyone cares that is:D.

    And what does the equation compute to 35x45x0.5 divided by 10 or 78.75.

    We should just bring a tape measure to our next meeting and settle this once and for all eh, Matt :P



  4. In the above example,

    35 down @ 2 and
    45 down @ 2.5 the slower falling suit will only win when the tailwind is 79 mph. Isn't that very interesting?

    If we say the slow suit is falling at 30 mph(30% slower than the other suit) then the tailwind needs to be 45 mph before the race is even.

    People who are joining the weight watchers program put their hands up. :D

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    Do note a lot of 'big' suits score really well in glide competitions due to having a tailwing for a longer period.



    Your wrong dude!! :P

    As an example if the competition is judged over 1000m and

    Suit 1 : 35mph down @ 2 glide
    Suit 2 : 45mph down @ 2.5 glide

    Suit 1 will win in a still wind by 71m. A headwind of 5mph is needed for Suit 2 to win by just over 1m. What happens in downwind? Do you really need to ask?

    See how wrong you are Jarno :D.

    If you like geek speak.

    The ratio of the downward speeds needs to be smaller than the ratio of the glides for the downwind factor to come into play.

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    Wasnt Robi's old faithfull the GTi already a semi eliptical wingsuit (if you look at the armwing design/shape)?:P


    not GTI but the good old Skyflyer..

    edit to add: talk about "eliptical" wings..i can`t say i ever seen any bird with eliptical wings...so what`s the benefit with that??? just wonder


    I have not seen any human that looks like a bird either:P.

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    talk about "eliptical" wings..i can`t say i ever seen any bird with eliptical wings...so what`s the benefit with that??? just wonder



    kinf of like scallops?????



    Spitfire!.

    The benefit in a wingsuit application? who knows

  10. It will be Big for sure so I would put it in the same league as the floating suits out there. SM1, Stealth, etc.

    Not sure if he is doing this for all suits but I asked him to move the grip outward for the arm wing on mine. Kind of like in the picture.

    Do you have to ask why? :P

    Kris

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    I asked him that very question....

    He said it was just to get the suit where it needed to be...not all twisted up crooked from sitting in the plane.



    You mean he was trying to get the magnets loose?:P He only did that with the Big SM1 not the smaller one.

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    I have a small GPS pocket stitched onto my wing (on the back, facing the sky).

    *edit* attachment addedB|



    Who would have guessed. The anti-GPS man himself :D.

    Looks like it works. When jumping with one, do you feel its presence at all?

    You know I would never jump with one like that as it would ruin my L/D by like

    0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001%

    :ph34r::D
    Kris


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    That photo is actually of an Italian jumper called Simone, it was his first jump and he was flying dirty so i could stay with him in a V1 prototype , so in short it is not worth reading into that photo.



    Is it the same guy in this picture? The dude flying the Black/Red V2?

    Don't want to make another post.

    Looks like a common habit. Links to pics posted earlier.

    Pic1

    Pic2

    Kris

  19. Darren,

    Order one now. Even with a 12-16 week wait you should get to jump plenty in the sunshine state before any trip next year.


    luka,

    When you can match my phantom flights in your new V3 or V10 or whatever, you can talk to me. :P:D

    Kris

  21. A perfect flock is one that is fun and safe.

    Things start to become less fun when we take ourselves too seriously. I read lurch's post and think maybe things got all washy towards the end because everyone was trying too hard. Something, I am very familiar with.

    Take the goal away and just enjoy the experience.

    Kris

  22. Scott always had me beat in wingsuit numbers and variety owned even in my peak days. Now I have just one(S8). While it is great to have a bunch of suits if I had the option I'd rather have jumping weather and money for lots of jumps/ trips.

    Kris


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    There are mathematical techniques for constructing 3d representations from 2-d pictures (CAT scans are the best known example). As it happens, it is an area in which I've done a lot of research and written a bunch of software.

    Yes, I COULD be persuaded...



    Pretty please with sugar on top? :D:D

    Kris

  24. Oh my God! Flockers are killing us with the math. :D Who would have expected that!

    Congratulations to everyone involved in the 71 way. B|

    Would have been cool to even see this from the ground. This has got me really excited. I went to the DZ this weekend after a year of no jumping.

    Kris