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  1. Brand wars aren't what they used to be....what a downer. Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com
  2. Game On!!!! Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com
  3. Yes. The FogHead is easily described as a more dynamic version of the R Bird and is based on the R Bird platform but takes it to a new level, as is evident by the backfly XRW docks! Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com
  4. I have mine on the inside of a G3 and it works fine. Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com
  5. Jeff didn't design the Foghead. It was named in honor of him as a tip of the hat to the influence he did have with TonySuits and some of the ground breaking suits he and Tony worked on together. The suit is great, and compares well to the Havoc, Carve and Funk. As mentioned before, it will probably come down to brand loyalty more than anything else. That seems fair when all else is equal. Of course it is made in the USA which counts for a lot with some people. The project name was R2B2, but the production name is Foghead. Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com
  6. How is that "Wingsuit friendly"?The J-Lo bracket puts the smoke cannister outside the wingsuit with no contact. A good bracket IMO Sure, but how does the cutaway work? Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com
  7. I chopped a Pilot twice and a Storm once, but to say it was the canopies fault would be stretching the truth as it was certainly my suit choice and opening style. I switched to free packing my storm now and so far, so good. The d bag causes more problems than the canopy, in my opinion. Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com
  8. How is that "Wingsuit friendly"? Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com
  9. As anyone from a small DZ will tell you, this is untrue. We launch 4-way FS with everyone outside of the 182 all the time as standard procedure. It's been that way forever. ( I know nothing of WS though and I can't help you with that) 4 wingsuits on the outside causes a LOT more drag thank 4 way FS. In fact I bet 2 Wingsuits causes the same drag as a 4 way FS team. Give it a go and report back eh? We did a 7 way (plus camera) Wingsuit record out of 2 182's and found that 2 out, 1 in the door and 1 diver worked best. The trail plane guys getting out had to do so at the same pace as the lead guys getting out to keep the drag similar. Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com
  10. For 7 cell new the Storm is very popular, for cheap & used a Spectre works. For 9 cell new I see a lot of Sabre2, Pulse and Pilots. For cheap & used a Sabre works. There are other Wingsuit acceptable canopies out there but I think the above accounts for most of what I see or talk to people about. You probably want to pickup something compatible with your non-Wingsuit canopy. Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com
  11. I would hang tight a few months because I think there will be some interesting WS oriented canopies on the market later in the season. You should include the Epicene in your list also, I have buddies that are happy with it. On another note, if you are in a wingsuit how are you ending up coming up short of the DZ? :) Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com
  12. In Wingsuit comps we have found pressure altitude on audibles to be unreliable by 100's of feet, but that is at 10000ft where temp difference play a role also. In most scenarios it's not an error that creates a safety issue but it just impact scoring. As you compare GPS data to N3 data you might see the same. Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com
  13. Spend a weekend jumping in Moab or similar and it will behave like a 500 jump canopy.
  14. I should add, if you have access to AWOS it will probably tell you the density altitude without having to get a calculator out, at least it does at most airports where it starts to make a big difference! Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com
  15. It is really quite different to density altitude. QNE relates to pressure altitude. I am guessing that the setting on the N3 is to allow you to enter the local pressure which can be obtained from AWOS. QNE is how it referred to outside of the US and it is in millbars(mbar). In the US it is measured in inches of mercury (inHg). I don't know which the N3 expects but it probably changes if you flip between metric and imperial. Density Altitude takes Pressure Altitude and adjusts for temperature and humidity. It isn't an altitude you are at but a "performance" altitude. It does indeed make a difference to canopy and wingsuit performance so you are onto a valid direction there. Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com
  16. Someone told me once that all USPA Nationals had to be held late in the season for training and currency reasons, guess that was an urban legend. Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com
  17. The "right people" are the ones that suggested we gather this information. I think a lot of people assume this is a done deal, when it is not. Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com
  18. We almost have 200 replies! Help push us over the edge. It would be great to get more opinions from non-wingsuiters. Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com
  19. There are 3 slots on the 1st US Wingsuit Performance Team up for grabs at the Zhills Performance Comp. It is also the first event in the Paralog World Series. The USPA info is here: http://www.uspa.org/NewsEvents/News/tabid/59/Default.aspx#41124 The Comp in is here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tonysuits-2nd-annual-paralog-performance-cup-tickets-15487216682 You would also need to be able to qualify as an FAI US competitor. Either way the comp is going to be fun, fun & fun! Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com
  20. Agree with Jeremy. Anyone that wants to travel to skydive should have the highest license possible, if you qualify for a C then get a C. You will have far fewer problems turning up at any dropzone without having to call home to get confirmation of your logbook and currency. Take the test on a weather day and hand over your money, easy. Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com
  21. I had this and it grounded me for a couple of years. I ended up having to have surgery but I think if I had caught it earlier it would have been ok. To keep it under control I find the following help: -Mckenzie Back stretches. These are quick and I have been know to do them in airports or in shopping malls. Even before my surgery it helped. - Pilates. Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com
  22. Flock n Dock 11 is now SOLD OUT! This means a couple of things happen: - I have opened up the waitlist, if it happens to hit 20 I can see if we can find more organizers but I am not hopeful of that. - We tend to have some folks that booked a long time ago that find they cannot make the event. We don't do refunds but we are able to exchange existing tickets over to someone else. I will just need to know the names of both parties and T Shirt Size. Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com
  23. We also have a Facebook page that you could put that comment up on. I cleverly had it set to private for the last 6 months! https://www.facebook.com/events/666396960093615/ Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com
  24. This will make your dilemma worse but you might want to consider the TonySuit FogHead. It isn't marketed as well but it sure performs well in this category! Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com
  25. Just over 3 months to go and only 32 tickets left folks! Also, we have made a small announcement that might be of help to those traveling from overseas: "We are pleased to announce that Flock n Dock 11 will have some of the Big Way organizers at the event. This means that you can become "Big Way Qualified" during the festivities! If you are interested in the big way qualification please complete this form ASAP so that we can plan accordingly. http://tinyurl.com/fnd11bigwayqual" I want to be clear that Flock n Dock is not only a big way camp. We have some bigger ways there and normally a big sunset flock and we will leverage those for qualifying observation by the organizers that are there. There are plenty of small, medium and dynamic things going on also. Event tickets at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tonysuits-and-wicked-wingsuits-present-flock-and-dock-110-registration-12009152699 Summer Rental special, 5 weeks for the price of 4! That is $160 a month. Try before You Buy with Wicked Wingsuits - WingsuitRental.com