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The additions are the same fabric PF uses.

I did 5 flights on the suit. My average vertical speeds were 60MPH which is the same as pre-mod (I'm about 6'2" and 240 Exit Weight....I know...I need to to lose some weight). My forward speed improved slightly...very slightly.

I was expecting some weird control differences...if anything, it is less twitchy and easier to manuever. However the arm wing extensions love to cover my hackey. It was pretty easy to flip out of the way...but still a pain given the lack of significant performance improvement. There is probably some performance left. Pre-Mod, when I was maxing out, I would totally de-arch and flex my legs. When I rolled my shoulders and looked down, I could see my feet and flat body. Post-Mod, I can feel the additional force low on the tail wing and have a difficult time fully lowering my feet...if I can manage to lower my feet fully and fully de-arch...maybe the performance improvements will show.

Obviously, I am a pretty novice jumper and wingsuit pilot...so others results may vary.

I did manage to get the most incredible amount of line twist ever after I burbled my pilot chute on the last jump. The bag twisted at least 4 times before opening (i.e. there were 4+ full twist before the slider inflated fully) and it continued to twist upon opening...I had at least 20 twist when it stopped (seriously). Big kudos to the docile nature of my big ass Triathlon for flying straight and steady even when the twist where all the way up the lines and half way down my risers. Kicking out of 20+ line twist is a dizzying experience...



All that said, it was a fun experiment!

Attached is a Pic of version 1 of my pimped out Prodigy. We added about 7 inches to the legwing and 2 inches to the arm wings.

Test flights tomorrow...


I say version 1 because I am pretty sure we will need to do a little tweaking on the armwing attachment points to maintain the tension to the tip of the wings. Most likely we will just add an additional attachment point at the tip and mounted lower on the pants while maintaining the original attachment point as well. We added stiffner from the attachment point to the lower edge, but I can see that while that may prevent some flapping...it will probably not prevent the inside part of the extension from just folding back under the pressure of the relative wind...we'll see.


(Note: Yes I know that this sort of experimentation can be dangerous.)

what was your delivery time?

I've been waiting for 8 weeks on my phantom!

Chris,

Thanks for the additional emailed photo's...my Prodigy is at the rigger as we speak...more details to come!
I'm adding 6-7 inches to the leg wing and 2 inches to the arm wings.

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Thanks, I know how to measure my size, but not the rigs...

that size will be written on the rigs label, like C17. now sure how to physically measure it on the rig though

I have a Javelin and Dolphin and do not see such a label on either.

Awesome! Thanks so much!

Check out this guys Video on skydivingmovies.com


http://www.skydivingmovies.com/ver2/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=6018

Niko, Did you ever get any detail/pics on this?

Thanks, I know how to measure my size, but not the rigs...

What are the start and end points that are used to measure the size of the MLW?

Hey that first pic is Jim Hickey. I've flocked a little bit with him. Great guy. In his 60's, started jumping about 1.5 years ago and has like 900 jumps.

Looks like some flocking fun! Darn...I should have went to Perris this weekend.

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So sounds like both you and Diablopilot are recommending that illusioneer deploy his main on a 1K emergency exit?

I can't speak for diablo, but I am/was not saying that.

My cutoff, with my canopy is still about 1.8K as it opens pretty slow and I don't want to be sniveling anywhere close to 1K.

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People tendto forget that on a hop and pop, a slow opening from a less than terminal airspeed does not mean more altitude is lost than a faster opening at terminal.

In fact in my experience the opposite is true.