Like a Rock

[Keys 0]

Man, I lifted all winter and gained 20lbs of muscle. Now I drop like a rock. I cup like crazy and my fall rate is still too fast. Anyone know of any manufactures of BIG jumpsuits that will slow me down a little. I'd rather not loose the 20lbs. I'm 6'1 with a 38 waiste large frame so XL suits are not very loose.

[skreamer 1]

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Man, I lifted all winter and gained 20lbs of muscle.

Man, I drank all winter and gained 20lbs of flab - hee hee.
Then again you're probly a f£%$£ing huge bastard and I better not antagonize you - how fast can you run? Seriously though, try Ryan at Flitesuit (Skydance), he can definitely tailor-make you something suitable.
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[Stacy 0]

If you are custom ordering a suit, I'd think that pretty much any company will make whatever measurements you tell them to... fabric choices might be more along the lines of what they'd need to cater to for the amount of drag you want...
Stacy
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[Greg 0]

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Then again you're probly a f£%$£ing huge bastard and I better not antagonize you - how fast can you run?

Bwwwaaaahahahahahaha!!! Damn bloody cheeky, this one, lol

[SkySlut 0]

Another thing that you can do is get multiple layers in your suit. It will be a bit stiffer and thicker so it will grab more air on you...the downside is that it will be hot as hell in that suit on a hot summer day. But I guess if you have put all the effort in to lift weights, you could suffer a little bit in your own private sauna and lose any excess fat that you may have.
-Slut
"I'll jump anything!"

[Deleted 0]

Are you single?

[Deleted 0]

Well I have the same problem, (215# 6% bodyfat). The suit that worked for me was from Tads sportsware. The quality is far better than Bev or Tony suits!!! Their freefly suit is baggy and slow. I had chute assist wings added
by Tads, with tie dye colors and shipping it cost about $170.00.

[notmmrw1 0]

I fall pretty quickly myself...I was always going low on formations...I can actually float now and have a pretty good range...just have to harness it...lol....I bought a regular tony suit...find somone who knows how to do the sizing and works with tony suit..they can slow you down..they did me...got a regular tony suit with there new material brushed poly cotton in the arms and body and cordora on the knees and down....they add the extra material needed to slow you down and knew what they were doing...youc an always have swoop cords added to really get you back up....good luck
Chip
Free Bags are expensive..LOL

[skybitch 0]

.....or how about trying to modify one of those Birdman suits? Or is that a bit extreme?

[Keys 0]

Actually Sunday I tried a birdman, HOLY CRAP! I could barely get down to the formation. I ended up tracking in circles, made it down, arched like a $#@%^!* then floated back up. I managed to get in about 1000 ft before breakoff.
I tried that and another baggy student suit. I'll stick with a thick baggy suit but flying that birdman was really cool. If you can get a hold of one try it.
BLUE SKIES!