Couloirman

Anyone heard new monotrack news??? ETA? cool features?

I have thick dacron lines on a new canopy and need to sew my steering toggle loops in position because I cant pull it through a second time to finish the no sew fingertrap method, it is just too thick. Anyone here hand stitched their toggle loop instead of bar tacking and have any advice? Type of thread, and method of stitching would be greatly appreciated. Not that this is rocket science, but I figured someone here might have some advice for me. There is a whole lot of line fingertrapped up inside all the way up to my brake setting, so I doubt it is going anywhere but I'd rather be safe than sorry and have not hand sewed something like this before so any advice is appreciated. Are there any good tutorials online on how to hand sew a bar tack? Think a standard backstitch is good enough? Any specific type of thread I need to use?

Classless thread to post, but I already know exactly what will happen. He will hype the crap out of it (just like Jeb) for as long as possible, and then he will jump but pull his chute and back out last minute. I honestly hope he doesnt do it. I dont see this ending well. But if he does go for it, best of luck.

Cant believe it took me so long to hear about this. We miss you man. Damn. RIP Howard.

Thanks for the explanation guys. Headed to the DZ right now to try it out.

Just got mine in the mail, can't wait to fly it this weekend. Pardon me for being thick headed, but I can't help but wonder the following. If the flysight knows how fast Im descending, and what altitude I am at why can't it act as an audible altimeter as well?

No problem. WHat days will you be going?

Sick vids! Love it. On a related note; hows that wingsuit book coming along that you alluded to on the BJ.com forums?

Whats the timetable on selling the flysight with a mount included? Im about to place an order with paragear for some stuff and wondered if it was worth ordering one now or if the mount would come out pretty soon.

So sad. Thanks for taking me on my first A, and putting up with my slow climbing. I will never forget that day Gary. Blue skies.

Any updates on the game recently? Going to be a good one!

The adhesive itself is fine, but I have had several of my plastic brackets break (not exactly during a jump I dont think, but when your helmet gets knocked around cracks can develop that you dont notice until the camera falls off). The metal cookie mounts are bomber though. Yes, they are expensive but if it saves you from replacing even one GoPro then they are worth it.

Wow that suit seems like it has a really slow forward speed. If the video didn't show the exit you could have told me that person was under canopy and I would have believed you.

Does anyone have a fused ankle? What can/can't you do because of it? I will need one in the future and am nervous about how it might limit me. I still want to skydive, BASE, speedfly, ski, mountain bike, rock climb, hike, etc... and am wondering how this may affect me. Any help would be appreciated. I would LOVE to talk to someone who has had this done and is still active in adventure sports.

How much better is the new backlit sensor in low light on the CX150? Trying to justify the extra cash over the CX100 and wondering if its worth it.

A few questions: -any thoughts about tracking as well as wingsuit? -Have you developed the canopy flight at all yet? -thoughts about 2 ways(in a 'follow me' sort of challenge seeing if you can stay as close to the wall as much as a computer flyer jumping right before you)? -Will there be aerials allowed on exit that will take skill to come out of and be stable? - will it just be proxy flying or will there be some iconic objects of all types for the whole spectrum of BASE? And the final but very important question: in the D3 game, if you held the track button you were automatically stable and knew exactly how far you could go so there was no excitement or balance to being able to stay on a certain glide ratio. It would be very nice if there was some sort of balance you needed to have to stay flying well and if not then you would stall, or spin out, or something so you never actually knew if you were going to make it over something until you had balanced your way past it much like the way you need to stay balanced during a grind in skateboard video games. Having the chance of at any moment spinning out and hitting the wall or whatever you were over at a given time adds so much to the game. Also in the aerials for the D3 game it was completely random when you pulled off an aerial and sometimes for no reason of skill with the controller you would be unstable out of an aerial and die. It would be great if this was a balance/player skill as well and had complete control over how you came out of an aerial and better control everything instead of having rotation be automated. Keep up the great work guys, cant wait to hand you over my money! PS3 would be SICK...

yep, Ill buy it! What platform is it targeted to? PC? PS3? etc...

Ive flown both the Prodigy 1 and the Phantom 2. I did only one jump on the prodigy many months before the Phantom 2, and I ended up buying a Phantom 2 which I have been flying since. There is significantly less arm pressure in the Phantom 2 and it is not a difficult suit to fly well at all. You will never outgrow it(unless you really, really, really want to :) ), and it will retain its resale value as everybody wants one nowadays. I had the old model P2 at firts and upgraded to the Phantom 2z for ease of switching between rigs and both the arm and leg wings are slightly larger than the earlier version of the P2 which gives it quite the performance advantage(IMHO), but still retains its ease of flying and ease of finding the PC at pull time. Get a Phantom 2z and don't look back. I had ordered both a brand new Phantom 2z and a V3 at the same time(knowing that the V3 would take several months longer to arrive), but I love the P2z so much that I canceled my V3 order. Its just that good of a suit, you really don't need anything bigger for all around flying. Also, I have shoulder problems stemming from a torn rotator cuff several years ago and have noticed no discomfort while flying the suit, it really just feels natural. (Disclaimer: I am a novice wingsuiter with less than 50 wingsuit flights, but you being a novice wingsuiter as well, I thought that you might benefit from my opinion on the subject even though overall you have many more jumps than I do) Have fun either way

Ive done a rollerblade groundlaunch before and I think its definitely possible to land a much smaller canopy than you could land on your feet. That being said, I wont be doing it again because I have no business being on rollerblades going that fast and I almost ate it onto the pavement. Ski's on the other hand...

I didn't even know birdman still made wingsuits. I thought they just made jeans now...

What did you guys notice the most about the different flying techniques it required of you? Did you like the way the V3 felt after flying the P2 a lot? All I hear is about people LOVING the V3, but does anyone not love it?(I am not asking about not loving it in terms of brand wars lets please keep that out of this, I mean in terms of size of the suit and way it flies against something equivalent in performance to a P2 or similar). I know it makes a difference whether you want a suit for flocking, or max speed, or whatever but Im just asking about the way they feel to you in flight and not anything else. The statement that stood out the most to me in a different thread I cant find right now was "the Phantom felt like flying my body while the (I forget which wingsuit was stated but it was something like a Ghost or a Vampire) felt like I was flying a suit". I dont want to feel like I am flying a suit, I want it to feel like a natural extension of my body much like the P2 does for me. I am asking online because my current DZ is a tonysuit DZ and no one I have talked to jumps Phoenix Fly gear. I currently jump a P2 which Im getting pretty decent at flying and just ordered a V3 which wont be here until April and wondered how natural of a transition it was/wasn't for most people. Thanks!

hey, at least they're being honest. When I ordered mine a few years back I was told 2-3 months and it took 6. Honesty is the best policy, and wouldn't you rather be pleasantly surprised that it came early instead of the other way around?

This is skydiving, not BASE jumping, its not a safety issue. You want on heading openings? then open while tracking with a little bit of forward speed. No one can get consistent on headings falling straight down. Really? It is a safety issue. Having a 180 when skydiving with groups can turn into a problem, fast. An yes people can get consistent on headings while falling straight down. You might want to get a bit more experience on more than one or two types of parachute before making such a sweeping generalization. YAWN. Skydiving canopies 'can' open on heading somewhat consistently IF you have forward speed, but falling straight down a column of air(packing the canopy the most commonly taught way), with a canopy that has the tail folded around a nose with no specific cell that will be presented to the wind first is not a reliable method of getting on headings no matter what you say/think. Maybe when I find the time to get 14,000 posts Ill be able to talk very confidently about things that dont happen too, until then, Im going out jumping, see you in 50 years. and maybe you should figure out a little bit more about my experience level before telling me how many different canopies I have jumped, just a thought. See Pauls response below if I dont have enough posts to make you believe me(because people with low post numbers couldn't possibly know anything about anything, naturally). Paul=correct. Diablopilot=not so much.

8m bullet = 86 sq ft, not 72, but nice flying either way

You're just new to packing, and you're probably not packing it right Not a safety issue, you're just new and you get scared when you see it, thinking its a 'malfunction' but if you pump the brakes or risers and it goes away and doesn't affect anything This is skydiving, not BASE jumping, its not a safety issue. You want on heading openings? then open while tracking with a little bit of forward speed. No one can get consistent on headings falling straight down. Beacause they're not shitty, they've got kick ass flare power, and a perfect recovery arc for learning how to swoop on.