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Scotchguard is OK if you don't mind the look of plaid wingsuits. Sometimes you eat the bear..............

Well that sure lets the air out of my tires! Sometimes you eat the bear..............

Air rising at 22 mph doesn't produce a force that will elevate a wingsuiter at 22 mph. If air were as dense as water you would be closer to being accurate. Sometimes you eat the bear..............

Well this is getting interesting, the OP states that the problem is with the cutaway cable housing lug: But others talk of replacing risers: Replacing the risers or at least the damaged loop is obvious no matter who does it. What about resolving the underlying problem? Is it a problem on the riser grommet/lug-grommet or is the problem with the cutaway cable housing lug? I haven't finished examining either of my Infinity containers or the four canopies on risers that rotate in and out of them but so far no damage. Then again at my current rate of jumping I wouldn't expect to see any new damage. I imagine there are a lot of Infinity owners checking for damage right now, it will be interesting to hear of any problems found. It would also be nice to hear from owners of other container and riser brands to get some perspective. Sometimes you eat the bear..............

The design has been in use for years, the problem appears to be a manufacturing or material defect. A broken loop on a BASE jump is an ugly scene, some jumpers use plastic ties through the grommet and ring as a backup when a cutaway would be unlikely. Sometimes you eat the bear..............

Is the sharp edge on the riser grommet or on the lug at the end of the cutaway cable housing? Sometimes you eat the bear..............

Sabre is my choice for wingsuit, I own a bunch of them, don't worry about wingloading. Be concerned with good consistent packing, pay special concern to pulling the slider way out in front of the nose and make sure that line trim is good. Plenty of wingsuiters use old Sabres, they swoop pretty well too. Sometimes you eat the bear..............

Truly my pleasure.

Go faster, turn faster, swoop farther, be more fun to fly. You know, the reasons people generally downsize. As already mentioned fit in a smaller container, possibly penetrate better. Smaller canopies are generally easier to pack and take up lees space in the process. Sometimes smaller canopies cost less since they use less material. Chicks dig high performance canopies and long swoops too. Naturally smaller canopies can get you in more trouble and quicker too. Kinda like faster cars. Gosh, 35 years in and you didn't know all that? Sometimes you eat the bear..............

What can a Porsche do that a Volkswagen can't? Sometimes you eat the bear..............

Lots of techniques, lots of canopies. IMHO by far the most important detail is the slider. As an example, if you set the slider on any of my Sabres so that the binding tape barely shows then the opening will be unpleasantly fast. If you pull the slider way out on my Xaos it will snivel you into the ground. Rolling nose can be significant, rolling tail is a convenience. The slider is the keystone. Sometimes you eat the bear..............

Try contacting PD. I had a canopy in for an inspection/reline a couple of years ago, PD rep contacted me regarding slider grommet wear. They had a used but like new correct-color slider for $35 as a replacement, naturally I jumped on that deal. Worth a call or email to check. Sometimes you eat the bear..............

I used to pull regularly on wingsuit jumps lower than I'll admit here, back then my highest pulls were 1500'. I changed that habit after a PC in tow. Fortunately I had pulled high at 1800' because I wasn't at a local DZ and wanted to be cautious. I pull higher now. Sometimes you eat the bear..............

Sorry, the event has to be called off. There will be no organizing allowed in Wisconsin. Sometimes you eat the bear..............

Jesusfukinchrist Jeannie! You made me spit all over the godddamn screen. Angie's pissed off too, now see what you've done. Sometimes you eat the bear..............

Let's see, you're 5-1, Guineapiggie is 4-5. That makes you 8 inches taller. Not too much taller????? I'm just over 5-8 (5-9 before so much impact and age). So someone not too much taller, like 8 inches, would be over 6-4. Pretty damn tall in my book. Yea I know you were just trying to make Guineapiggie feel good. Oops! Sometimes you eat the bear..............

I do agree with you (see previous post) but I'm less militant. Unfortunately some of us didn't find the V2 and V3 to be very friendly for BOC use, I know some people did OK but I never found a 100% reliable BOC technique so stopped using it. Nearly all my V2 skydives using BASE pouch were small flocks with a high awareness level of potential problems, many of the flocks involved mostly Vampires. Maintaining muscle memory for WS BASE is super important, keeping WS flocks safe is also obviously serious. My way of dealing with it these days is to make others aware of BASE pouch use, fly in small flocks, and use a more BOC friendly suit in larger flocks where the risk becomes too high to manage. Also my BOC suit is way more acro-friendly. Sometimes you eat the bear..............

Exactly what I expected you'd say and all I needed to hear. Edited to add quote before that post was also erased by the author. Sometimes you eat the bear..............

The logic being BASE jumps don't rub you around inside a plane full of busy jumpers and BASE jumps don't generally involve several other wingsuit pilots close enough to bump into you and deploy your PC. Also acro moves are rarer on BASE jumps, backflying a BASE pouch PC could result in deployment. And yes, a skydiving PC isn't as tight a fit in the pouch although I don't consider this to be a serious problem. But I'm sure you already knew all that. Sometimes you eat the bear..............

Batting gloves, full finger, every skydive. Cyclocross gloves with knuckle armor, fingerless, every BASE. Insulated gloves, weight depending on temperature, every paraglider flight. Always hand protection of some kind. Sometimes you eat the bear..............

Well, downwind turns near the ground have caused many accidents. Either the pilot approaches an object more quickly than anticipated due to combined airspeed & windspeed or the pilot mistakes high groundspeed for high airspeed and throttles back into a stall. Happens to powered and unpowered aircraft. It's a good thing boats can't stall and sink. Sometimes you eat the bear..............

Trying not to be harsh here but you are incorrect on virtually every point. This subject has been discussed for years, many apparently bright people, pilots included, never get it. If you were right I would have either stalled and fallen from the sky or had my wings torn off long ago. And I have flown wingsuits and ramair canopies in airmasses relative to the ground ("wind") of over 65 mph. Make some skydives, fly a paraglider/hang glider or a powered aircraft, then reconsider the difference between groundspeed and airspeed. It took me some time to really wrap my head around this subject when I started jumping. Sometimes you eat the bear..............

Well he may not understand the physics but at least he's careful! Sometimes you eat the bear..............

I put mine in pedestrian/horizontal at 250 cm/s and walked/jogged around the yard to check volume after changing my setup recently. Worked great. Volume at 7 (may need to go to 8) for my new $3 Radio Shack speaker. Demo mode would be nice though. Sometimes you eat the bear..............

How severe were the openings on YOU? Like 4 seconds slider down? Sometimes you eat the bear..............