About time!

[billvon 3,118]

I finally got my S3 in on Friday. Turns out I got exactly the same colors as Scott Smith. Ah well. After three jumps on it I discovered that:

-It doesn't fall a _lot_ slower than the Classic (51mph vs 55mph, so far) but it has an incredible amount of forward speed; I flew across the lake, came back and overshot the DZ on my first flight at Otay.

-It's a little more twitchy than the Classic but nothing major; I was expecting to have my hands full the entire flight.

-I gotta start working out.

And now I have a spare, slightly battered Classic 1 I can lend out . . .

[ManBird 0]

I don't know anyone who flew their S3 more slowly (vertically) than their previous suit on their first two or three jumps. However, I guarantee that within ten jumps you'll be in the mid-40s for at least a third of the dive. As you build endurance and strength and get more experience with it, you'll be hitting the low 40s, staying up for closer to three minutes, if not over, etc. It usually only takes three or four jumps to start keeping up with the suit to avoid the twitchiness.

Congratulations. We must flock someday.

"¯"`-._.-¯) ManBird (¯-._.-´"¯"

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[Vallerina 2]

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And now I have a spare, slightly battered Classic 1 I can lend out . . .

Can I call it?

I can't wait to flock with you, Bill!

There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning

[Deuce 1]

Super cool. You going to post pics?

[crawford 0]

-I gotta start working out.

Man, I got up yesterday morning after a great weekend of "Skyflyer flying" and my freakin' lats were killing me. But I still don't think that i am flying this thing properly. My freefall time is about 2 minutes from 13,000. Any pointers?

"Sure, those Golf Carts may look all warm and fuzzy, but they WILL take a chunk out of your ass!"