leroydb 0 #1 September 21, 2006 For those of you that are using a Phoenix Fly or homemade track suit set up AND are using a tensioning system, I have a question or 2. #1 Is it better to use a bungee cord type system or a static (no stretch) system? #2 would you use a combination of the two? Such as static on the pants and bungee for the arms or Vice Versa. Personally I am taking a liking to the bungee type set up for a couple reasons. One of them is that I think I will have more freedom of movement in general for landing and also freedom of movment for body position in freefall. Conversly I think that a static system might be better for flight performance for obvious reasons, but this might limit freedom of movement under canopy for your arms and at landing for your legs. #3 Has anyone here experimented with either the bungee or static techniques discussed above and what were your findings? I am, for the time being, going to experiment with the bungee system I currently have at the moment... #4 ...BUT I would love to hear how you setup your suits and how the different setups affected your flight performance, freedom of movement in freefall, and freedom of movement under canopy for landing.Leroy ..I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw my bath toys were a toaster and a radio... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stratman05 0 #2 September 21, 2006 I only used my setup out of the plane (home made). For the pants, I just used pull up chord to go from shoe to shoe to pull down the crotch. I put rubberbands over the cuff b/c it would flap. This didn't present any restriction with movement or such. For the jacket, I took pull up chord and rigged "handles" on it. I had the string go from arm to arm (around the back). I would then roll the handles up to get the tension I wanted. I kept these inside the cuff of the jacket (Again...rubberbands on the cuff to keep inflation and such) and held onto the handles. Once I would go to deploy, I simply let go of the handles and one would retract inside the jacket (right hand b/c of pull time). If it didn't, it would pull the jacket up a little. It was long enough that I would reach everything find when the chord was unwrapped. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leroydb 0 #3 September 21, 2006 sorry about the repost... please delete... go here http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2444458#2444458Leroy ..I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw my bath toys were a toaster and a radio... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
