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Damm,......... just too far apart from the AN72 Boogie. Just have to go and play with Jarno and his mates the week before the AN72 boogie. --------------------------------------------- If you don't have wings you will never fly

Cup size = unfair advantage! --------------------------------------------- If you don't have wings you will never fly

Ag shame i hav already started the NON rain dance proceedings Partly cloudy with a 60% chance of thunderstorms forcast for the whole weekend. Whats worse, waiting for a winsuit to be delivered or having a wingsuit in hands watching cloud and rain? --------------------------------------------- If you don't have wings you will never fly

For Pierre's sake I hope not, first time out on a new suit at 4,5-5K super sub terminal out a balloon............ All I want for Christmas is my new S6.............. but sad to say Jussi says 14 Feb --------------------------------------------- If you don't have wings you will never fly

(What's the worst that could happen?) He could beat you? --------------------------------------------- If you don't have wings you will never fly

One wonders what the building security would think of you slipping into a wingsuit in the loo? Expectantly waiting to hear how it flies. --------------------------------------------- If you don't have wings you will never fly

You should have popped down to KZN, we got in a few loads --------------------------------------------- If you don't have wings you will never fly

The rig is an old design before they became as complex as they are now which allows the pilot chute and bridle to reach full extension before the bag is snatched out the container. Hyperthetically if you were on your back and the pin was pulled then the bag will fall out unlike new designs. I know of a case where some one was in a sit fly with a dislodged pin, but pc still in the boc and the bag stayed in the container for the whole skydive and they had a normal deployment, much to the consternation of the others in the group. We on the same page about recovering stability before deployment and that is what I have always done and taught my students. I cannot ever remember deploying when unstable. The dynamics of deployment in wingsuiting requires different equipment technology which can be considered unsafe for other skydiving disciplines. One would not do sitfly with a rig kitted out for CRW! I like the racer for its simplicity and satisfied that it is still airworthy and safe for the application I use it in. It is due to be retired as it is reaching time X. --------------------------------------------- If you don't have wings you will never fly

At least go the longer bridle, it less than the reserve pack job and case of beer for the packer. I learned the hard way that this is a gear dependent discipline more so than any other. Have a rig dedicated to the discipline if you intend doing it often. I use a racer (16 yrs old!) with mods for wingsuiting. What I like best is that the main container falls away the moment the pin is pulled, but as a rigger it distresses me that there is no "staging" at all and if I were unstable the bag could/would fall out before it should! Be careful out there! --------------------------------------------- If you don't have wings you will never fly

Idle minds when you cant fly............ Must he The PhD math class that was skipped --------------------------------------------- If you don't have wings you will never fly

Did you skip the maths class as well as Afrikaans? Theory is good, that is for the academics --------------------------------------------- If you don't have wings you will never fly

Thanks guys for organising a great weekend, I never thought that by the end of the weekend I could exit the PAC last and get to my slot so quick and hold position! Your instruction and coaching skils are top class. When do we play again? --------------------------------------------- If you don't have wings you will never fly

STOP STOP This rubber arm is getting out of shape! --------------------------------------------- If you don't have wings you will never fly

I like the thought about getting to Holland (place of my ancestors) and doing some pre boogie calibration in Europe. Only budget constraints as our currency (i.e. $$$$ and not recent jumps) is not the strongest. --------------------------------------------- If you don't have wings you will never fly

Tonto, its called service --------------------------------------------- If you don't have wings you will never fly

DITTO to funding and waiting, it will be a nice birthday present/holiday Now my S6 must arrive, order just placed 5 min ago --------------------------------------------- If you don't have wings you will never fly

Cool, after this weekend wingsuit camp in Nylstroom from the PAC750 XL there will be a bunch of South African Birds there. We managed to fill the whole PAC with birds! --------------------------------------------- If you don't have wings you will never fly

Now theres a plan, could even look up some of my relations in Amsterdam --------------------------------------------- If you don't have wings you will never fly

François, I hope the folk you jump with are not to sensitive or they may start talking. You broke my long, mmm pleasant spell. First time I have had to use my own reserve pack job in anger too! Well done on your graduation jumps and now is the time to start learning. We need to go and play in Germany next year. --------------------------------------------- If you don't have wings you will never fly

Hi Scott Is there any indication if the Russian wingsuit boogie at Stupino will precede the AN72 boogie next year? There is alot of local interest in South Africa to get to the AN72 boogie. Steve --------------------------------------------- If you don't have wings you will never fly

If you dont like it I can swop you back the S3 --------------------------------------------- If you don't have wings you will never fly

The wildcchild and I are recruiting as many as we can, just have to win enough points to be given the leave to go fro the weekend, just knock up a few ceilings etc at home first! --------------------------------------------- If you don't have wings you will never fly

My last wingsuit jump was the weekend before. First wingsuit jump of the day was on the pintail and on the second was the mal on the same canopy. Next wingsuit jump the following day on the borrowed rig also a mal. The fourth wingsuit jump of the weekend also on borrowed gear (Wildchild aka Tamsyn) without a problem. My conclusion was that the primary issue was packing but from the feedback from Scott and Chuck I must reconsider my choice of main and pay better attention to pitching harder. Thanks for the input Steve --------------------------------------------- If you don't have wings you will never fly

My first chop was the second jump of the morning and the back to back was the following morning. --------------------------------------------- If you don't have wings you will never fly

My profile was written before I was converted! The Vortex II is a pull out and I use it as my first rig for working jumps Wingsuiting is my new first dicipline but I am using my Racer for it which was my second rig. I like it because the main container drops away wwhen opened. I have a 9'' bridle. It was also converted to BOC so I could use it for wingsuiting. As for weak throw, will work on that. My preferance is a pull out deplyment since a throw out nearly killed me on my last mal all those years ago. With a pull out I always give a strong pull and throw. The BOC is not much different. I did further wingsuit jumps today with no change in that department without a problem. But food for thought. My Pintail was one of the last made and was tweaked by the designer. It is a sweet canopy. It has a new line set (50 jumps) etc. I figured better the devil you know when I started wingsuiting. It is also what I had and was not sure if I would be converted to wingsuiting (sic). Yes it is time to change it. Reaching for risers is not a habit but a solution if there is a problem if they are asymetrical in line twists and as a crew dog a fast collision avoidance method in close traffic. Thanks for the input and I am glad to be living and not having to follow the white light quiet yet. --------------------------------------------- If you don't have wings you will never fly