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  1. Streched out legs lead to more head low or head down deployments and contribute to the pendulum effect upon line stretch and i have seen more than one student do this and end up upside down kicking there lines "feet and knees together, knees bent, arch, reach back with both hands as if you have two hackeys that are on fire and throw out with both hands then bring hands in to reduce burble. Feet and knees should remain together and bent throughout entire deployment untill you are moving at canopy speed" BUY A WINGSUIT My Website Tony Suits [url "http:/
  2. got you covered brother BUY A WINGSUIT My Website Tony Suits [url "http:/
  3. Nov. 16-18 at Skydive Sebastian (go to skydiveseb.com for more details) BUY A WINGSUIT My Website Tony Suits [url "http:/
  4. I've done Boston to tampa in 21 hours but i drive really fast BUY A WINGSUIT My Website Tony Suits [url "http:/
  5. who's your daddy BUY A WINGSUIT My Website Tony Suits [url "http:/
  6. I did something similar to that on a magnetic sheet my flock is stuck to the ceiling of my bus with a lizard flying base.
  7. fly with your leg wing closed at first for a few jumps. In order to backfly with legwing open you have to get as much lift with the arms as legs by pushing arms further back it will tire your triceps. If you go head low drop hips (arch) then slowly get flat with legwing closed. BUY A WINGSUIT My Website Tony Suits [url "http:/
  8. i have taken many first flight students in phantoms and while i usually shy away from first time jumpers jumping a suit with wing tip grippers the phantom seems to perform fine if you drop the gripper it stays within easy reach. I would rather take a first timer in a phantom over a prodigy any day because if the student drops a gripper on the prodigy they usually have a tough time regrabing it and they dont seem to remember to drop the other gripper. I have seen many peoople fly a phantom real slow vertically and pretty fast forward as well definatly a good beginer to expert suit. Before you buy a suit it is best to get some exp. And try as many suits as possible. What suit works great for one person might suck for another. BUY A WINGSUIT My Website Tony Suits [url "http:/
  9. so basically we will be scored on how many docks we can hold for two seconds. between what altitudes, does it matter how well the manuvers are performed or just how many docks we can get in. Is there a round that is for us to come up with our own dive if so how will it be scored. Will there be clogs in my goodie bag? Will I get a goodie bag? Can i wear a camera on my ankle? Will the winners get to frolic with your women? I also have concerns about performance enhancing drugs, like wear do i find them once i arrive and are you testing for them. I have many more questions but this is a good start. Dumb american BUY A WINGSUIT My Website Tony Suits [url "http:/
  10. glad to see you are coming mike you should come early or stay late theres lots to do in P.R. BUY A WINGSUIT My Website Tony Suits [url "http:/
  11. I wish I could have been there my shedual didn't permit it. oh well I'll be in eu in the spring and I'm looking forward to flying with you guys BUY A WINGSUIT My Website Tony Suits [url "http:/
  12. this new suit is just a proto. the "Mercury" name is only a reference to the way the leg wing is in line with the heels and not the toes it is not the name of the suit, it has no name but proto "X38a" there are MANY more to come in the near future BUY A WINGSUIT My Website Tony Suits [url "http:/
  13. there should be way more than the 42 people on this thread coming will that be enough? how about for a second plane? i have been inviting people from every dz i have been to this summer. that's 14 dz's btw, plus the one's i havent been to that freinds of mine jump at, hope it doesn't become a cluster f#&% with one plane. oops
  14. i think competition is good but remember we are a small group all together so to the rest of the skydiving world we sometimes look like little kids. so in the infamous words of rodney king (with tears in eyes) "can't we all just get along" BUY A WINGSUIT My Website Tony Suits [url "http:/
  15. you have to adjust the amount of coverage on the Velcro on the inside of the armwing. for poeple with less shoulder strenth it should barely cover on the inside of the velcro sandwich also you need to point your thumbs down to release the thumb loops, elbows at side of ribcage, forearms verticle, wrists at neck, so you look like an epileptic tyrannasaurus rex BUY A WINGSUIT My Website Tony Suits [url "http:/
  16. when doing a barrel roll, let's say you are doing a clockwise barrel roll at the same time colapse right wing all the way to side of body, gain lift with left arm by huging the air and bend right knee aprox 45 degrees keep left leg straight this will give you a barrel roll on your center axis if you bend both legs you will come out off heading the straight leg keeps you flying straight and the bent leg allows you body to spin evenly closing the leg wing will make for a loss in altitude and a uneven spin that is more like carving around someone head down(larger circle with legs than head) not bending legs will produce the opposite effect (larger circle with head than legs) not hugging the air with the uppward side will produce an off axis barrel roll(axis near elbow instead of in center of torso) which works well if you are flying next to someone and want to be under them. You should fly your way through the roll instead of spining you body(unless you are trying to do a fast roll) but learn to fly the roll with wing input before adding force from your torso. To stop the roll you need to gain more lift on your down side and less on you uppward side. You can also roll with your feet shoulder lenth appart but you still need to slightly bend leg on downward side and keep other leg straight. I will post some picts of a barral roll sequence i have later in the week when i get back to my computer. I learned how to do barrel rolls by doing solo jumps and doing as many as possible on each jump roll get stable, check heading. roll get stable, check heading, as many times as possible BUY A WINGSUIT My Website Tony Suits [url "http:/
  17. me too BUY A WINGSUIT My Website Tony Suits [url "http:/
  18. my suit is not and was never meant to be a vampire killer, in my mind robbie is the godfather of wingsuit flight and i dont want him to have my knees broken or to put a horses head in my bed. and i will be at the chicks rock boogie in oct so you better come jump with me there will be alot of wingsuit pilots there. What's your vector victor? BUY A WINGSUIT My Website Tony Suits [url "http:/
  19. for safty sake at breakoff time make sure no one is above you before you punch it out the difference in fall rate can injure or kill you or other pilots should you hit someone BUY A WINGSUIT My Website Tony Suits [url "http:/
  20. that is our plan its either going to be me and tony or justin shorb, and scotty burns on camera. I am looking forward to jumping with you guys. BUY A WINGSUIT My Website Tony Suits [url "http:/
  21. I did go to San diego and Santa barbara last year with the first mach1 Proto, the only person I jumped with in san diego was yoyo and flora and all we did was flock so I'm not sure how I was outflown there. and I did nothing but train students in Santa barbara so once again not sure about that one either. i have heard you mention this before and thought you were just bs'ing cause you (like myself) are a shit talker. BUY A WINGSUIT My Website Tony Suits [url "http:/
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  23. oops i hit the reply button from your post in response to every post in this thread so dont take it personaly. And the fact is i have never been out flown yet. To say i was outflown on the first round of the distance challenge is not relivent those were two very different flight modes. I just flew the wrong one on the first round. having my head up my ass that day i just got out and flew like i normally do(for lift) most of the second flight I flew for distance and was able to go the farthest. When u fly for time you dont get the distance when you fly for distance you dont get the longest time. And remember I was flying a stock mach1 and Robbie was flying a new proto that is a bad ass suit. i have never flown with anyone as fast as him.
  24. bigger is not always better. The biggest suit i made was a piece of crap. It flew with insane lift but killed my arms by 11 grand. The leg wing was 60 inches wide and flaped more than most peoples gums do on this forum. We don't just keep making bigger and bigger suits instead we are pushing the boundries of surface area by putting it in the right spot for better performance and ease of use. I can say that a suit with small wings will not keep up with a suit with large wings, unless a light pilot( in small wings) is flying with a heavy pilot ( in big wings) then they might be equal in lift but not necessarely forward speed, that is more dependent on how tall the pilots are. i have flown our largest suits with just about every body type and suit, while some have come close i have never been out flown in lift or forward speed. So buy a wingsuit i dont give a shit what kind just buy one. BUY A WINGSUIT My Website Tony Suits [url "http:/
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