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  1. I find the wording a little ambiguous. It discusses the conflicting evidence on the date of the reserve repack, but an examination suggested the parachute was airworthy and the date on which the reserve was last packed was not an issue.

    By parachute, do they literally mean the reserve or the whole system? I'd be interested in the state of the closing loop, of which no mention is made. Undoubtably, the head-jam put a lot of force on the reserve but I do wonder about the loop condition.

    BSBD

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    p.s. Did you see my terrifying H20 landing..... now that's a major No-No in a Wing-Suit.!!!



    As in a water landing, or actually using BR's round canopy? Now there's an idea, jumping a wingsuit with a round. How do those things deploy in a track?

  5. Mac,

    At my home DZ, if you catch the DZO and CCI at the right time and can display you have a full understanding of what you are undertaking, along with the right attitude, there is a possibility that he may allow you to do a wingsuit jump with less than 500 jumps. However, if he doesn't know you and therefore have a practical grasp of your attitude, you'll have your work cut out. Turning up unknown saying, "I hear I can make a wingsuit jump here" would not be appreciated. That means you'd need to hang around and jump so that your attitude is demonstrated.

    I think you're unlikely to get a jump at Sibson. From what I understand, wingsuit flying has only started there recently now that the staff have some suits and they'll be winding down soon when the Let goes too.

    Also Andy at Weston is very strict on the 500 jump limit.

    Do you have a suit or access to one?

  7. Hate to disagree with you Dan but I'm not so sure.

    Anyone considering taking a wingsuit off a big wall ought to have the experience that back-sliding won't be an issue, especially with not being able to get hands forward, and not to mention a large wing between your leg, which when even being slightly utilised, should prevent any backslide. Most big walls that are popular with wingsuit jumps have very large vertical drops big enough that, should you go head low, allow you to pick up speed and fly out of it. My biggest worry was I'd be so unstable that I'd be facing the wall by the time I recovered!

    In contrast, one of the biggest issues with wingsuit jumping is deployment, especially with a larger wing such as the GTi or Skyflyer, deploying from BOC. I wouldn't want to be rushing a wingsuit deployment of a low(-er) bridge (remember your first stowed jump?) even at low airspeeds. Again, if you are considering wingsuit BASE you should have the experience so that wingsuit deployment isn't a concern, but combining risk factors such a BASE with wingsuit certainly can play one's mind!

    Guess what I'm saying is I believe the low altitude is a bigger risk to wingsuit BASE (due to deployment issues) than big solid walls. The benefit of the wingsuit is the distance that can be gained and should be achieved from the start!

    But I guess big wall access is more difficult for some so prep on what you can get is good.

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    been borrowing an old pro-tec the dz used to use as student gear before they chucked em into the never-used gear bin when they upgraded the student gear to boneheads.



    Nothing to add except (and this is off-topic) but your DZ (Pepperell?) has Boneheads for the students?! Cool. Could be a shrewd move by Jeanie. Can't beat a ProTec for shock absorbancy and protective padding though.

    And they put the old helemts in the "never-used" bin?!?!

  12. Do you have a warning label with a pocket on the bottom of the back-pad of the container? I do on my Voodoo. It's a little uncomfortable but I've been experimenting with it although I don't have any comparitive data yet.

  13. The last time I saw the Skyray (Vichy 2 years ago), deployment was initiated using a sprung-loaded pilot-chute because of the inability to reach the BOC!

  14. From what I've seen, BR and CR use flaps to close the vents but Atair use a tube of material extending from the valve to close it. The idea being that is seals from different 'angles of air'?

  19. Just going throuhg some vid and came across this shot from the ramp of John Loken expertly riding the slipstream of the C-130 Hercules in his wingsuit. Not sure if he gets above it; wouldn't he be obscured? Then again, the point of view is lower than the tail. He certainly looks like he's above it from his angle, but I don't have a copy of that unfortunately.

    JohnLoken.WMV

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    If anybody knows Marc Garber could you please tell him that was a well-written piece (IMHO).



    Marc used to be a regular poster to rec.skydiving and his email address can be found by doing a simple newsgroup search. He pops up now and again trying to sell some crappy second-hand South African copy gear.

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    Where would you recommend I put it? It's useless as an audible to me, so I don't mind taking it off my head.



    Good question and the answer is I'm not really sure! Seeing as you only have one, try it in the front and back pocket of your trousers. Download the data is see if it is consistent (not spiky). Compare it with the data when in your helmet and the front or back pocket. (Plug: if you send me your database you'll be able to overlay and compare graphs at jumptrack.com :-) ) What would be better is if you could borrow a second one (idea for L&B - how about a buy one get the second half=price for Birdmen and Speed Skydivers?!) and put them in the "standard" Speed Skydiving measuring position i.e. on the lateral webbing above your hips. Comparing two adds validity to the data if they are similar.

    However, I'm wondering if this is a good thing to do. As the lateral webbing passes through the suit and comes out behind the wing, the ProTracks will sit in a pressure area created by the wing. I'm wondering if going back to ankle mounts is the way to go on wingsuits. I'll try it out this weekend.

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    As far as build goes... 5'10", 145lbs... chest being the widest part of my body... thin... almost skinny.



    Figures :-)

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    Even if it isn't completely "accurate" to Craig's stringent measures, it is still an outstanding job.



    I used the same word myself :-)

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    If you are really into the slow-flight techie stuff, then Craig Poxon and those guys are doing some neat tricks.



    What can I say, I'm a geek!

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    Craig, who is the guy that had little toggles put on his lower wingtips so that they could hold onto them easier, like we do with SkyFlyers?



    Andy Ford. Posts here occasionally as Fordy They are more like a loop. From the bottom of the wrist cuff to bottom part of the wing that comes out perpendicular to the wrist. There is a slight risk of passing the hackey through this though on deployment which you need to be careful of. Can you post any pictures of your mod Andy?