how fast can you fall on your belly

[Levin 0]

Joe Nichols layed a 160mph base for us on a small hybrid dive saturday at spaceland. no weights and pro-track verified.

[AggieDave 6]

My average normal relaxed BTE is around 135 (in a normal RW jumpsuit), I really want to see if I can borrow someone's Pro-Track sometime to see what I can get if I arch it out hard..."Alright, at 4500 lets break it, turn 360 and track away..."

[ltdiver 3]

Yikes! I don't even think I could reach that speed going head-down! :^)
How about how -slow- can you go? I got clocked by a Pro-track doing 101 last year! :^)
ltdiver
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[freeflir29 0]

"I got clocked by a Pro-track doing 101 last year! :^)"
Do all your jump buddies a favor and go to McDonalds for lunch......and don't forget to supersize it!!!!
"I only have 133 jumps, so I don't know shit..right?"-Clay

[AggieDave 6]

Slow? Geez, I don't really think that's possible for people like me without a wing-suit...
"Alright, at 4500 lets break it, turn 360 and track away..."

[Jimbo 0]

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pro-track verified

There has got to be a better way to verify vertical speed than a ProTrack. I'll admit that a ProTrack is a good tool for an individual to guage if he's speeding up or slowing down over the course of several skydives, but the instrument is not accurate. Was he wearing it on his leg, outside his helmet, inside his helmet, on his chest strap? What did everyone else ProTrack say? I've been on jumps where I was level with my partner and the differences in PT readings were upwards of 30MPH, both units set to the same airspeed, I can't remember if it was SAS or TAS. Either way, it's a great tool I think for an individual, but there has got to be something better for getting true speed readings.
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Jim

[ltdiver 3]

Dave :^)
Yeah...I'm a light weight (have to wear 16 # of lead when I video my 4-way team).
As for the "who can go the slowest" challenge that clocked me at 101 see:
http://www.futurecam.com/skydive/010217/index.htm
grins,
ltdiver
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[PhreeZone 20]

I've done a couple of 135-140 mph dives pretty arched out.... Anything more I better ger some weights....
Slowest was probally the time I floated back up to the 110 mph base.
Cause I don't wanna come back down from this cloud... ~ Bush

[freeflir29 0]

I drug a 3 way hybrid (Me standing and the other two on their belly) to 167 according to Pro Track......*shrug*
"I only have 133 jumps, so I don't know shit..right?"-Clay

[freefallfreak 0]

Let's see:
1. Belly flying in blue jeans and t-shirt - 143 mph.
2. Belly flying in Flightsuit - 109 mph.
3. Belly flying in TonySuit - 112 mph.
4. Head down in freefly pants - 201. (Second greatest rush I ever had..the first being my baby girl)
All Pro Track verified.
TripleF
What a long, strange trip it has been...

[skybytch 273]

Solo tracking dive in a freefly suit... ProTrack said 90mph
pull and flare,
lisa
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What would Scooby Doo?

[Iflyme 0]

I fall slow, but Big John, who is a national level weightlifter, was going 166mph (according to pro-track) on a jump we did a while back -- I couldn't keep up in my steepest dive... my fall rate has improved since I got my fast RW suit from Tad's

[SkydiveMonkey 0]

I've hit 150mph on my belly before. Quite pleased with that one.
You shouldn't put a knife in the toaster - but you're an adult now !!!

[lazerq3 0]

I've only gotten to about 136 on my belly. But I ve never tried doing it arching as hard as I could!
jason

[base698 20]

At 200 lbs with tshirt/shorts I hit 97 mph avg on my belly. I'm 190 now and will try again soon. I do a whole lot of tracking dives.

[airann 1]

The video is awesome.
Wish there was one more FF'er on that jump for one more angle, where was I..????
http://www.AirAnn.com
Ugly Girl #6

[Kris 0]

167mph. Yes, I am the anvil. That was in shorts & a t-shirt. Verified by my ProTrack set to SAS measurement.
Kris

[Ducky 0]

Fallin fast??? um not me...
I have been accused of changing my mind and trying to reboard the Otter at altitude! When i broke off from the Magic Carpet Ride at Mardi Gras i tried to fall my slowest and just watched everyone fall away from me. Almost everyone actually disappeared into little specs below me. I looked back and below me in my track and could see everyone's canopy opening a good 5 seconds before i pulled.
kwak
Stupidity is a crime.

[AndyMan 7]

Funny, I've never bothered to see how fast I can go on my belly. I'm always trying to figure out how SLOW I can go, because going low sucks and I'm tired of always being base.
I'll have to give it a shot next time I'm in shorts weather...
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[Beachbum 0]

Slow fall contest ... now THERE'S one I might could win ... LOL. 6'2" and 145 lbs ... AggieDave ... let me know the next time you're gonna get loose from the books, etc. ... will let you borrow my protrack ... I'm only using it for fallrate right now, not as an alarm.

[Zennie 0]

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Solo tracking dive in a freefly suit... ProTrack said 90mph

I'd have to go back & look but I think my tracking dive was in the 90MPH-ish average range too.
I'll have to do one for a solo one of these times and just see what kind of number I come up with.
"Zero Tolerance: the politically correct term for zero thought, zero common sense."

[Zennie 0]

OOOoooo!!! OOOOoooo!!!
Here would be a good one! Biggest spread between fastest & slowest!
Max: 225 head down.
Min: 99 tracking dive.
Diff: 126 MPH.
I use SAS in my ProTrack BTW.
"Zero Tolerance: the politically correct term for zero thought, zero common sense."

[Viking 0]

well i see i am not the fastest here! the only # i have is 150ish TAS so that like what 135-140 SAS. but i can make you guys do a tripple take in freefall!!
I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver

[LittleJumper 0]

Ok...call me silly, call me ignorant..but how & why do you fall faster or slower? I think i read that if you're heavier...slower the fall. But what about the jump suits? Which ones make you fall faster & which ones slower?
What you "think" you cannot do ...you CAN if you "think" about it

[Levin 0]

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There has got to be a better way to verify vertical speed than a ProTrack. I'll admit that a ProTrack is a good tool for an individual to guage if he's speeding up or slowing down over the course of several skydives, but the instrument is not accurate. Was he wearing it on his leg, outside his helmet, inside his helmet, on his chest strap? What did everyone else ProTrack say? I've been on jumps where I was level with my partner and the differences in PT readings were upwards of 30MPH, both units set to the same airspeed, I can't remember if it was SAS or TAS. Either way, it's a great tool I think for an individual, but there has got to be something better for getting true speed readings.

it was the only pro-track on the jump and i'm not sure if it was on the inside of the hemet or the outside. my comfort zone while headdown is 145-160mph. i feel like the pro-track was probably pretty close. i even floated for just a sec. i agree thay they are not totally realiable or accurate, but right now that is all that is available. or at least that i know of.