Nylon Taffeta for jump suits- HELP Where can I get it

[fireflytx 0]

Can anyone help me with where I can get Nylon for Jumpsuits. I can't find it anywhere?

Thanks!
Kim

"Well behaved women rarely make history"

[Snowbird 0]

Got mine at the local fabric store, in the sports fabrics section. Not much for colour selection, but they had it.

Or, if you have a local outerwear manufacturer, see if they sell cloth reminents. That's where I got my lycra and cordura.

Good luck.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
-Robert A. Heinlein

[mr2mk1g 10]

I reccomend the Slowpo by symbiosis suits.

http://www.symbiosis.suits.btinternet.co.uk/

Its a great suit with all the options and is made of nylon taffeta with a ZP lining in the front to slow you down.

[d123 4]

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I reccomend the Slowpo by symbiosis suits.

http://www.symbiosis.suits.btinternet.co.uk/

Its a great suit with all the options and is made of nylon taffeta with a ZP lining in the front to slow you down.

Sorry to resurrect this old thread but for the slowpo suit do you need to have a some experience/skills to be allowed to use it or it can be used by anybody regardless to the experience level?

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[d123 4]

Wow so many answers
And the irony is that I used the search function instead of re-posting

Let me rephrase that

So I've found this jumpsuit called slowpo designed to increase the drag and to reduce the free-fall speed.
By looking at the ordering form clicky I've noticed that it has some small wings made with ZP material. The question is:[drums] [/drums]
Can one newbie with 20 jumps fly this suit safety or does he need some more experience/skills?

Some question regarding the safety of jumping with this suit that pass thought my mind are:
Can it make you unstable?
Can it make you drift?
Can the wings cause/increase the chance of a malfunction?(I'm thinking horseshoe)
Can it give you some other problems that I haven't thought about it?

I'm sorry if seems pushy but I don't want to buy it and find out the hard way that was a bad idea!

And Yes, I will contact the manufactures to find more details but I just want to find more objective opinions before doing that.

Any input will be appreciated.

Edit: subjective/objective missinterpretation

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[DougH 270]

Did you call them and ask?

"The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall"
=P

[d123 4]

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Did you call them and ask?

This is a touchy subject because one might think that they might stand behind their product and wouldn't want to SEE the bad parts. So I prefer to get some opinios before doing that from more experienced jumpers.

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[NWFlyer 2]

I don't know that suit in particular, but design-wise, it doesn't look any different from the suits made for faster fallers by other jumpsuit makers. It's adding drag, not the complexity of actual wings like a camera suit might have. Especially if you get booties (which I'd recommend), you will have to learn to fly it, but you're not going to be unsafe with it. It'll be different, but not drastic.

If you want to ease into it, tuck the booties up for the first few jumps till you get used to the feeling of the suit, then play around with the booties.

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

[d123 4]

Thanks NWFlyer,
This mean that I can find the same suit design on one of the North America Suit Manufacturer?
Can you give me a link or something?

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[NWFlyer 2]

I'm not sure if the major manufacturers would add ZP to the arm "wings" but you can certainly ask. Bev Suit's Polycotton suit is one to look at, and I think Tony Suits has a similar design, but I'm not as familiar with them.

http://www.bevsuit.com/

http://www.tonysuits.com/suitinfo.php4

Your best bet would be to talk to a dealer and/or directly to the manufacturers. I think you'll find that most are very willing to work with you to find the right solution for your particular needs.

Also, read this thread ... there are some specifics about jumpsuits. http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2650507

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

[d123 4]

Thanks for the info, I appreciate that.

Blue skies,
Jean-Arthur Deda.

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