Golden Knights Gear

[bloody_trauma 2]

can anyone tell me what gear the Golden knights jump and train in im sure the army keeps them in good shape in terms of gear, only asking cause i'd like to get used to what ever gear they wear so when i finally qualify to try out i'll be more prepared

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[packing_jarrett 0]

Javelin Odysee fully artic. stilettos: 97 for that one girl 107's for everyone else except this one dude has a 120. PD 113r. cypres. factory divers with neptunes and pro dytters. Larry Miller has flat top pro with pc 105's. I guess for fun they just ordered brand new skyflyer 3's.

I only know this because Larry Miller the camera guy who I know personally came down to jump at Toledo where he started.

Na' Cho' Cheese

[PhreeZone 20]

That is not what the Demo teams jump. The Comp team justs different gear then the Demo/show team. Then there is the Tandem team also...

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[superstu 0]

i wanna know when they'll get a swoop team. i'd join the army for that

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[packing_jarrett 0]

Sigma tandem rigs. Larry's pissed because the tandem team just got brand new PC-1000's and they only video tandems 2 days a week. The other days they just freefly

Na' Cho' Cheese

[AggieDave 6]

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The Comp team justs different gear then the Demo/show team. Then there is the Tandem team also...

The last time that the teams came through Aggieland (tandem team and demo team), the demo team members were jumping Navigators. Except for one or two still jumping SharpShooters. They were switching over to the Nav and had nothing but glowing reviews for the canopy.

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[matthewcline 0]

They have one, in a way.

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[SkymonkeyONE 4]

The "skyflyer 3" comment was not accurate. There are only a few suits that the team has:

-a GTi that was built for Jon Ewald
-a couple of new Firebirds that are logoed the same.

I certified Jon as a BMI last year so that he could train others on the team.

Also, as to canopies, there are a few members of the tandem/freefly section who are now jumping Velos in their work rigs.

[bloody_trauma 2]

ok so im a little confused now, some of them have different gear? or is there a standard, anyidea what the try out gear is or is it your own rig?

Fly it like you stole it

[SkymonkeyONE 4]

There is a wide variety of gear in use on the USAPT. The rigging section controls who gets what, but here's a general breakdown as of the last time I bothered to look:

-demo team guys jump either PD seven cells or Flight Concepts Startrac I's and II's (this is the stuff you jump in tryouts, as you are trying out to be a demonstrator)

-the RW team jumps Stillettos

-the few stylies left generally jump Stillettos for style and Parafoils for accuracy

-the tandem team jumps Sigma tandems and a mix of sport mains. As the freefly guys and most all the swoopers on the team come from this section, they have been playing with different things. Their "standard" sport main is the Stilletto, but there are several larger velos (I think the smallest one they have is a 96) and they have demoed Katanas and some precision Xaos's in the past couple of years.

-lastly, they maintain some larger gear for AFF training and "silver team" (operations section) use. They have Navigators in most of those and I have seen some Silhouettes too.

Chuck