Vertical speed with skyflier 1

[hjumper33 0]

Those that jump or have jumped them, whats your best. Got about 15 jumps on one now and looking to gage my performance.

[packing_jarrett 0]

I have about 15 jumps on my skyflyer and 30 ws jumps all together.

165 OTD
5'9''

slowest average is 46mph
slowest ever is 39mph

whats your?

Na' Cho' Cheese

[hjumper33 0]

Im usually in the lower 60s, with one or two in the upper 50s. I havent gotten to jump with a GPS so I cant say how accurate those are because they come from my protrack. Im about 6'1 195 otd.

[packing_jarrett 0]

yeah dude I just use my neptune.

Have you tried getting wing grippers? That really made a HUGE difference for me.

Na' Cho' Cheese

[Tornolf 0]

6'0 160lbs geared up

Once I tuned it in I was getting high 40's usually. There were several times where my average was down to 41-43, but that only happened on jumps from 9.5-10k instead of 13-14k.

Search for some old threads on body position for flying that suit. I remember there was one thread that gave great tips. Once I read it and experimented a little, I was finally able to consistantly do high 40's when flying for max time.

Edit: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=733258

LouDiamond's first post in that thread helped me out tons in flying the suit.

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-TJ

[KrisFlyZ 0]

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6'0 160lbs geared up

Once I tuned it in I was getting high 40's usually. There were several times where my average was down to 41-43, but that only happened on jumps from 9.5-10k instead of 13-14k.

Yeah...slightly thicker air and less exhausted muscles. Jump from 6K and fly in a straightline until opening the average vertical speed will be even lower.

Kris.

[kallend 2,115]

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Those that jump or have jumped them, whats your best. Got about 15 jumps on one now and looking to gage my performance.

Somewhere in the vicinity of 48mph average. I don't trust instantaneous Protrack speeds, but averages are pretty accurate

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[verticalflyer 11]

700 wingsuit jumos and about 200 on a S1, average once dialled in was 48mph lows 42-44, pretty cosistent speed if you make nice flat turns without too much bank and remember to really work the arms and drop the knees very slightly. Great suit lots of fun, now fly GS1 and V1, too many toys so little time. Especially since tearing my cartiledge :( currently awaiting key hole surgery before returning in April.

Cheers

Fraser

Dont just talk about it, Do it!

[hjumper33 0]

Thanks to those who chimed in on the original post. Putting a little bend in my legs helped a ton with vertical speed as did leaning over and putting a little bit of curve in my back. Dropped down to 53 average on my best jump today with some deffinate room for improvement in stability.