hjumper33

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  1. yup, flying steep seems to work the best for me in terms of glide and stability. Ive only got about 8 jumps on the suit, but really excited about the potential.
  2. As far as the epicene goes, my main reason for switching was to be able to put a canopy two sizes larger in the same contained. My sabre 120 did great for a long time, but giant wingsuits lead to inconsistent openings. The epicene 150 opened incredibly more consistently. I found that just a bit of a roll of the nose makes it open great at terminal/tracking too. The flare is good, but definitely less than a ZP 9 cell canopy. There are a lot of swoopers around the west coast who also fly wingsuits, and seem to jump 110ish epicenes and love them, so I have to agree with the canopy skills play a role as well. My opinion is if you want to upsize without changing containers and have great openings on a large wingsuit, get an epicene. If you don't meet those criteria, theres plenty of canopies that will work awesome for much much less cost, including a good ol fashioned sabre 1.
  3. *** which is exactly what I said - BASE obviously has a long way to go. I am not asking for 100%, but the record of BASE fatalities is not actually exemplary. It is improving, however it has a long way to go, and it is far more dangerous that 'regular' skydiving. At least the manufacturers are doing their bit page 46-47 - http://www.baserigs.com/docs/education/Manuals/combined_manual3.pdf I am being criticized for comparing it to skydiving..... really? OK, then then compare it to aerobatic flying in high performance airplanes. They do gear checks. Compare it to re-breather scuba....because they do gear checks. compare it to whatever extreme sport you want that involves equipment....because they all do gear checks. *** Just to reinforce that you have no idea what youre talking about, this is actually the worse fatality year for base jumping in history, even with 4 months to go, so "its improving" might be an overstatement. You also referenced a manual published 10 years ago from a (not quite but almost) defunct base manufacturer. Many people enjoy base for its lack of governing body and rule self-inforcement. All the examples you gave are strictly regulated b government agencies, private business, or both. Youre out of your element Donny. Stick to the USPA ;)
  4. Youd make a great tort lawyer! Man places own penis in sausage grinder and turns crank, but who is really to blame? No one is jumping on your shit about caring about a human life, theyre laughing at you because youve taken the most skydiver possible approach to someone being a complete numpty and almost killing themselves. Where was the S&TA on the bridge? Why was someone not holding this grown adults hand and making sure he wasnt a total jackass? BASE is a completely unregulated sport, and people do occasionally get into it who absolutely should not, and they usually dont stay in it long. PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. Not required to skydive, definitely needed to survive base jumping. But then again, why am I arguing with a skydiver on a skydiving website about base jumping. I might need an adult to accompany me too!
  5. Did you seriously have a rigger refuse to pack a round PEP with a round ??? So as a newer rigger, I made a decision not to pack rounds (and also reflexes but that's a whole separate issue). I was trained on them, and actually packed two right away for a pilot friend just after finishing. The problem is, its been around 2 years since then, and I haven't had a single person ask me to pack a round, and it might be two more before someone else asks me to do another. To me, its hard to feel like I keep up a level of competence in maintaining a pretty critical piece of equipment when I handle so infrequently. If I was a master rigger who worked at a large DZ, that's a whole different story, but I would image that would be a quite small percentage of all riggers.
  6. I guess I always assume that if a person chooses to participate in an activity like BASE jumping, they are taking on a certain amount of personal responsibility. When I'm preparing for a jump, or focusing on a student (as Douggs was doing on this jump) there's not a lot of extra attention left for making sure there's not a complete retard trying to kill himself next to you. It's nice to give and receive gear checks for sure, but If you need to rely on others to prevent a mistakes as basic as what was demonstrated in the video, you are not ready to be a base jumper. Period. Sell your gear. Stow your selfy stick safely in your rectum. Done.
  7. Guy was not involved in any course, and reportedly has taken multiple first jump courses from different people. Even if he was actively in a course, if an instructor needs to tell you "you have to put on the harness for it to work", youve got some serious knowledge gaps that started back in AFF, or perhaps, its time to admit that base jumping just isnt for you.
  8. I hope starting this thread has taught you an important lesson. Pissing and moaning thread...222 replies. Yours....just mine so far. Please make your posts more appropriate for this forum in the future :)
  9. Rami cut a pair off into shorts and wore them on hikes/jumps for many years. This modification also did nothing to decrease their performance. Does anyone have an IMPACT suit around? I was so exited about those when I first saw them.
  10. I cant believe a huge company wouldnt completely change a bunch of their business practices and do personal favors for someone they dont know! And you have to wait 6 whole weeks for a custom wingsuit and canopy??? Youre right, the fact that they expect to make a profit off a suit is bullshit. Im sure Robi gave you a nice discount when you told him who you were. Ah millenials. I remember when (regardless of any brand) you had to wait a minimum of 3-4 months for a new wingsuit, and you were stoked as shit when you got it. *Edited to add. Writing that last line made me flash back to 2004 and waiting eagerly for 4 months for my new birdman PANTZ to arrive and being so excited when they came that I wore them for the rest of the night. (Enthusiasm slightly dampened several months later when I finally had to admit they have similar flight characteristics to the jeans that BM currently produces)
  11. Back before there were flysights, we actually had to fly with other people to see what different body positions did. Its hard to tell what a change in position does without a reference.
  12. Granted ive never had much interest in this stuff other than to watch the banter every time it gets brought up, but why can a 65 person formation have 10%f of people not in slots, but a 66 person can only have 8%?
  13. It's this weird thing in a free market where if you don't want to buy something, you don't have to. There is obviously an issue with wingsuit and cypresses (or AADs in general) and they are attempting to address it. If you hate airtec so much.....then don't jump a cypress.
  14. I am very sad to not see birdman on this list. Can you at least put up a picture of the PANTZ to make me feel better? Maybe the impact track suit with that little removable wing?
  15. I could truly care less what you personally jump, im more concerned with the logic behind the response to the original question of this thread. The OP more of less said, "hey im looking for information on a super doscile 7 cell canopy made of ultralight fabric", to which you replied "Stilettos are awesome!". I wonder why they dont make more elliptical base canopies, those are super low wingloading. Must be tough to be so much smarter than everyone else.
  16. That jumping elliptical canopies with a wingsuit will eventually end up with you spinning on your back rapidly towards the ground. Even my beloved Lodi, who some people consider kind of the Wild West of skydiving, has a complete ban on wing suiting with an elliptical canopy. But just remember, like all skydivers and base jumpers, that you're different, and it will never happen to you.
  17. Yup, couldn't agree more. There's a reason they're referred to as a spinetto. There was a while where I thought my crossfire 119 was a perfect wing suit canopy. Diving hard on your back in twists once or twice will teach you otherwise. Elliptical canopies + wing suits = no Bueno
  18. Not exactly sure what their reasons are, just what I had been told by multiple people who requested exactly that from PD, including myself. Im guessing partly because the material wont last as long as ZP or normal F111, and that they couldn't control if someone put 500-1000 jumps on it and then sold it as a reserve. Im sure they have their reasons. PD had a similar light weight 7 cell wingsuit canopy that several people were jumping at ACES but I never really heard if or when its going into production. Anyone that has the cash to spend on an episcene, its absolutely the best wingsuit canopy ive ever jumped, and im sure most others will say the same. I have a rig that barely fit a 120 sabre and now fits a 150 episcene nicely. Id characterize the openings as "comfortable base-like openings".
  19. Episcene is the shnizzle for sure. As far as much less expensive canopies, unless youre flying a 120 or under with a large wingsuit (in my experience), a sabre 1 is awesome and will cost you $300-400 US, I think that works out to like 12 Krone. Pilot, or other 7 cells will be great too. Low bulk canopies are great if youre flying wingsuits and have a small container and want a bigger canopy overhead. Keep in mind if you have a 150 ZP in your current container, youll have a 200 sq foot low bulk main. I know a few people who jumped optimums as mains all the time. PD isnt too happy about it and wont sell you one (or at least they wouldnt a few years ago) with a bridle attachment, so youll have to have it modified. I would say 500-1000 depending on treatment is a pretty good bet. Ive seen many base canopies go over 1000 that are the same or similar low bulk material.
  20. My first machine was a Juki 5550 which is a nice little single stitch and a really nice simple machine to learn on. Managed to pick up an old forgotten Singer 20u for $200 off craigslist a few years later. Cleaned it and oiled it, and now its my go-to machine for most projects. Highly recommend either machine depending on your goals.
  21. Base jumpers, you're confusing wingsuiters and base jumpers. I think we all know the real issue here. Tandem instructors are usually making their living with this, and it's a chance to look cool and rub your weiner on a girls butt while you tell her how cool you are. A wingsuiter flying by steals your thunder, and likely your chance to score. I'd be pissed too!
  22. I like to use this website called "Google". It's a search engine where you can type in things like "Blm Montana" and then see lots of websites with information. It seems like you're looking for BASE jumping information on a skydiving website as well. Go to basejumper.com where we can more appropriately troll you. Also, go do a skydive, it's the first step to anything you want to do.
  23. Arbitrary rule that is virtually impossible to enforce unless you post pictures or video. I strongly doubt the ability of a tandem instructor or even wingsuit pilot to determine the distance of an object moving over 100mph if it is 200,300, or 400 ft away. Ill just continue to enjoy my non-uspa dropzone and rejoin as jobs and travel force me to ;) This was actually taken with a telephoto lense, and I assure you I was exactly 501 feet away from any consenting student.
  24. I know this will make Lee pissed, but finally completed this project over a year later. I present my first creation.