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It looks like a nitro rigging suit, no idea what model though.

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Hey Lurch, thanks for the info. Do you or anybody else know what the difference is between an Apache, Apache XRW, and an Apache Rebel is? thanks

Complete success. Zero injuries.

Contrary to what a few people have mentioned here, there are a few wingsuits that have slightly extended winspans, resulting in a higher aspect ratio. The V-suits have grippers that are angled out a little bit, so arguably they could have an increased AR if flown completely improperly. The Pro-fly has grippers that stick straight out, increasing AR a litle bit. The really cool thing that I've seen in a couple of less common suits like the manta and the alien suits is the use of curved grippers, which result in a greater AR than straight grippers would give. So, even though we're talking about a tiny increase in AR, it is factually incorrect to say that it is factually incorrect that wingsuits have not recently been designed with increased AR over older suits. Flying is bitchin.

Got it, thanks.

Hey Jeb, could you enlighten us as to what is different between the apache and the apache x?

I jumped an s-fly for a while, never with an eliptical canopy mind you, but I think I would be comfortable jumping any canopy with an s-fly that I was also comfortable jumping without a Ws. I always cut away the armwings on deployment, which on an s-fly results in being able to grab risers just about as soon as you could had you not been wearing a wingsuit. I found it easy to deploy symetrically and react to my canopy deployment just as though I was tracking. I guess the point I'm trying to make is that if you are comfortable jumping a canopy without a wingsuit, jumping it with a suit like an s-fly should not pose any aditional problems as long as you are comfortable cutting your wings away on every jump. Y'all can take that with a grain of salt though, I've never jumped anything resembling a high performance canopy.

Hey saxboy, I'll try and give you the best advice I can for max-glide s-fly flight. First, I prefer the suit to be as tight as possible, so I route my cutaway cable through the third gromet on the hand-loop to make it very tight. It may not be the same for you, but the third gromet is what works best for me. I like to fly with my arms as flat and paralell to the ground as possible ( making a curve or scoop with your arms doesn't really work very well for the s-fly unlike other suits in my experience). Keeping my palms facing the ground and rotating my thumbs outwards to keep the wing tight works best for me. To create forward drive, I like to curve my upper torso very slightly downward toward the earth to create a scoop effect with my upper body. Finding the right ammount of "scoop" will take a little experimentation. (sorry if this is confusing, it's kind of hard to describe). I haven't ever done much experimentation with subtle changes in leg position, but just pointing your toes as straight as possible works pretty well. The s-fly is a great suit and will glide surprisingly well if you take the time to learn how to fly it. I put a good 40 or 50 jumps on mine before I was able to really make it glide, but once I figured it out, it was kind of a "eureka" moment. I hope this helps. Good luck!

A BASE canopy is almost always free-packed into the container with the lines s-folded into a velcro pocket on the tail of the canopy. The canopy is folded pretty similar to a skydiving reserve, and then s-folded into the container. It works pretty well.

Maria, I love your enthusiam and your pioneering spirit, but your idea of how muscles work is so wrong it hurts. I know that it's not terribly relevant to the conversation, but I didn't want anybody to read that and then to think that muscles contract because they get "pumped with fluid."

How the mighty have fallen

I guess I shouldn't be too surprised, but Robi's suit looks like it's a V3.5... things to look forward to in the V4.

Sorry dude, didn't meen to be a dick, but I guess that's the only way you could interpret that... I'd love to post on s-f.com, but unfortunately I don't know jack about dick about speed flying! I've got a spankin' new bullet though, so hopefully I can become a real member of the community and I can make some kind of contribution someday. On a serious note, I am truely grateful that guys like you are passionate enough to put time and energy into spreading information and educating idiots like me. Thanks!

That pretty much sums up what I have observed.