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Yeah, I was more interested in the reputation of Gemsy machines specifically. I don't think the 20U line is really intended for container work. I'm just looking for something to start out on, and one of my local riggers recommended the 20U. In lieu of spending $900, I figured I'd see if these were any good. Ted Like a giddy school girl.

Has anyone had any experience with Gemsy sewing machines? I found a Gemsy "20U" on eBay, new for $325, and I'm curious if this is a good machine, or if it's going to fall apart. Ted Like a giddy school girl.

I jump an Odyssey and, unfortunately, a Wings. Ted Like a giddy school girl.

Oh, man, I am kicking your ass at this: Classic, GTi, S3, S3s, V1, V2, Phantom, Acro, Prodigy, Tony Eagle, BM Monowing prototype, GS1, Sugarglider, SFly Expert. Oh, and PF Pants and Jacket. I'd really like to get a jump on an Access, an S6, and an Mtr3, just for the hell of it. Kinda hard to find, though. Ted Like a giddy school girl.

RWS requires 25 jumps on Strong systems to cross over to Vectors/Sigmas. I just went through the crossover, and other than not needing to do as many jumps, it's pretty much the complete course. Ted Like a giddy school girl.

Man, fuck. Here I am all busy trying to find a pull up cord, and people are making fun of me on the internets. SHIT. Luckily it's just some 19 year old with the word 'money' is his name. Hecker, you were kicking all of our asses at doing 3 ways with guys in Prodigies. We were burning with jealously. Also, what's with the numbers in your screenname there? What happened to the other 18 Calvins, hmmm??? Some sort of global conspiracy? A government cover up? Tell me! I must know. Baxter, do you remember when you told us we'd 'walk right through' the SLC airport? Yeah, fuck that. Those nazis shit their pants over my Cypres. They had 10 dudes standing there looking at the thing for a half hour. Also, you need to understand that that ass dock thing is 100% Voodew. That's just how he rolls, showing people his balls and sticking his face in Bob's butt crack. I can't stop him. I feel like I should be insulting Zach here, too, but he hasn't said anything. Anyway, here goes: Zach, you're a bitch. Ted Like a giddy school girl.

HOLY SHIT DO YOU REALLY ONLY HAVE 178 JUMPS!!??!1! OH FUCK IM FREAKIN OUT!!!! YOUR GOING TO DIE FOR SHURE!!11!!1ONE!11! YOU MUST GET 22 MORE JUMPS RIGHT NOW OR FACE CERTAIN GRISLEY DEATH. OK, that said, get a Phantom with back vents, or an Acro. Those suits are the best combination of performance/price/usability/range of any suit out there. Your profile indicates that you're almost as fat as me, so I'd lean toward an acro, since they're slower in both directions, but it's up to you. Ted Like a giddy school girl.

It's an adjustment, you'll get used to it. Make sure you reach around the wing instead of through it. Start with your hands in the middle of the BOC and slide outward. Start your pull sequence higher until you get used to it. The wing on the V2 really wants to stay inflated due to the shoulder inlets, but I pull from the BOC every time and have had no trouble. Ted Like a giddy school girl.

I've done plenty of backflying in a prodigy, and the wing stays on fine. I've also pulled a wing during a high speed dive toward a formation. It's a very secure system, but I wouldn't trust my life to it. Ted Like a giddy school girl.

Dude, you don't have a leg to stand on in that department. Ha Ha! See what I did there?? Ted Like a giddy school girl.

He asked what the difference between the S3 and the S6 are. I gave him the difference between the S3 and the S3s, since I've never flown an S6. Since no one seems to know the differences, I'm just proceeding from the assumption that the S3s and S6 are the same. Ted Like a giddy school girl.

Between the S3 and the S3s, there's a number of differences. Bigger leg wing, which seems to make the suit feel more stable, bigger arm wing, bigger drag inducers (err... Front Air Deflectors ), and velcoless cutaway handles (which I really disliked). As for actual in flight performance differences, I don't have enough experience with either suit to say. Ted Like a giddy school girl.

What Ed said, and also remember that the rider's altimeter is going to read high, because (s)he is in the wingsuit's burble. Ted Like a giddy school girl.

Haha... ... Methinks the lady doth protest too much... You're a good pilot, and you know it, or you wouldn't be posting flight manuals on your website. That's entirely possible. As much as I like to talk about suit design, in the end the pilot is the determining factor. I'm sure plenty of people know. They just have better things to do than fight with us. Speaking of things no one seems to know, what are the actual differences between the S3s and the S6? (I'm not trying to be a dick here, I really do want to know, and really can't find any info on it.) Also, who's on this new "Birdman Factory Team"? Ted Like a giddy school girl.

Do you realize you just used the exact same argument you dogged Voodew out for using earlier? And anyway, you can do the exact same as most people in V1's, or all people in V1's? Better because it can slow down and hang back with older, steeper suits easier? I understand your point, it is nice to be able to throw together a mixed flock and not have anybody really fighting to stay up/down/back with it, but designing suits with that specifically in mind is stalling the progress of wingsuit design in general. But I will give you that an S3s/S6 is easier to back fly than a Vampire. If you can backfly a Vampire, you can backfly pretty much anything. I'd say closer to 25%, but let's be real, neither of use can prove any hard numbers for this. It's not about always being maxed out. It's about the average performance of wingsuits as a whole. I've started noticing a trend toward suits which are inherently slower, and thereby easier to flock. This is exactly opposite of the direction I'd like to see wingsuiting as a disipline go. I want to see continued improvement in flight efficiency and glide, across all levels of suits. If you'd ever met me, you'd know my fat ass isn't going 40 mph in any direction. Ted Like a giddy school girl.

What ever happened to wanting to fly? You don't like the Vampires, basically, because they fly too well. They don't like to slow down and fly with all the other suits. But isn't that the point? Flying? Not just going 50 mph straight down with our feet on our asses? That's what annoys me about the entire BM product line. The loss of focus on glide performance. If we stop focusing on glide and flight, then all we are is a bunch of retards in expensive jumpsuits doing shitty RW. I didn't notice the S3s to be any lower arm pressure than my V1. It may just be a case of which suit you're accustomed too. Ted Like a giddy school girl.

Look around on this forum some, the various suit's merits have been discussed quite a bit. What are you trying to do, and what do you want out of your suit? I've got a V2, had a V1, and have flown most of the other stuff out there. The V2 is bad ass, and the best gliding suit I've ever flown. Ted Like a giddy school girl.

So, congrats James?? I think. Ted Like a giddy school girl.

With 100 jumps on a Phantom, you'll be fine in a Vampire. Be aware, however, that the Vampires are probably a 20ish% increase in performance, for a sizable increase in hassle, and you'd probably see a larger increase in your personal performance if you spent that money on jumps. Also, I found the S3 I flew a month ago was less stable than my V1 and V2. Ted Like a giddy school girl.

I agree with Leroy, Richard. You've ruined this otherwise excellent thread with your limey attempt at humour. Al Gore did not invent the internet for your amusement. It is here for serious business. If Dr. Kallend wants to buy an inferior suit, that his business. You should only be posting insight into the international money market. Please bear that squarely in mind. Please create another thread to discuss how much better the V2 is than the S6. Also, for what it's worth, I have products by 3 companies, and I used the serious smiley face four times in this post, so I am clearly winning this thread. Wait, Holy shit! five times! Ted Like a giddy school girl.

It was sketchy. It definitely wasn't an intentional thing. She (Jenni, black white and red GTi) was flying along above and behind Bob, and I flew up next to her. She saw me, and started geeking my camera, and got in Bob's burble. If she'd have tried, she probably could have side slid or powered through it, but she pulled in her arms to protect herself and it was all over. Lucky thing she wasn't further forward when they hit, or it could have been ugly. I don't think they got to close to each other after the hit, though. We laughed about it afterward, but could have turned out pretty not funny. Ted Like a giddy school girl.

What cannonball? Jenni's backflip through Bob's legwing at about 6:25? She was trying to geek me (in the white and blue V1), stopped paying attention to Bob (yellow and black V1), got in his burble, came down on him, and did some spectacular backflipping. Ted Like a giddy school girl.

Man, looking all that up would be a huge amount of work. Can't you, like, make a clicky or something? Ted Like a giddy school girl.

All of your flying skills go to shit and you start hating fun jumpers? Ted Like a giddy school girl.

Maximum operating altitude is 10,000ft for nanos, according to apple. Ted Like a giddy school girl.