lyosha

There are non-negligible arguments for asking PD to put a bridle attachment point on an OPT - based on second hand information, the fabric that the OPT is made from appears to be more durable long-term than the fabric Epicene is made from. The OPT fabric supposedly lasts for > 1000 jumps on PD's demo canopies. Squirrel says theirs lasts for ~700 jumps. And, not least importantly, an OPT is $500 cheaper. Personally I'm waiting to see what wingsuit specific canopies come out. One of them just might get me to switch from my Sabre1...

Buy an optimum, request PD to put a pilot chute attachment point on it. If that fails, a competent master rigger could probably sort you out.

I'm coming up on 300 jumps with it and no issues yet

i've never been the dude dicking around a whole lot... it is really difficult to do with such a large dick, i shit you not! oh yea, before i forget, of course the size of my penis is directly related to my brand of choice. if you have a small dick, you're a better fit with a squirrel-suit, as every serious bodyflyer knows. however, some people have reported that once they put on phoenix-fly-suits, their genitals started growing. even former squirrel-owners have reported the very same thing. just ask thousands of satisfied Phoenix-Fly customers! Just wait until you see what happens when you put on a Tony Suit...

http://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief2.aspx?ev_id=20141205X80248&ntsbno=ERA15LA071&akey=1 Not pilot error according to the final report. I've heard his canopy flying habits are not so great though. I'm no NTSB but that video starts with the airplane flying 100-200 feet over the airport runway (I linked the google maps to the airport, check out the buildings). Considering the airplane lost power at 1000 feet, I think the pilot could have not overshot the runway by as much. He also could have let the skydivers bail... Someone here brought up concerns about the pilot forging his logs to give himself more flying time than he actually had. If that is true, then perhaps if he had more experience he would have landed on the runway and not stalled out the airplane over a tree line and swooped into a ditch. Then again, I'm no NTSB.

I'm also going to leave this here... https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sussex+Airport/@41.2011662,-74.624423,660m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!1m3!3m2!1s0x89c3402748711e45:0x147502bc21940198!2sSussex+Airport!3m1!1s0x89c3402748711e45:0x147502bc21940198!6m1!1e1

"Probably not a good idea to come with an earnest request to the skydiving community. At least 50% of us are just dicks..." -Me

I'm just gonna leave this here... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMJSJSuafCA

pretty much any mount "CAN" snag. What's important here is that the G3 is not designed to come off your head easily. No cutaway system I have seen changes that. I have seen a DIY camera mount cutaway, where the base of the mount disconnects. This i thought was decent. Everything else IMO is pretty much useless.(Especially the fastex buckle and finger trap cord version). If you really want to run a camera get a helmet designed to have one on it. grellfab.se ;)

post it!

I find this very hard to believe, though concede it might be possible. A queen mattress is 33.33sqft, he would have to be well over 6' tall and have an enormous tail to boot. It is also not a simple measurement outside of CAD because of how dynamic the shape is. What was the suit and about how tall was the jumper? There were people there who were 6'5"-6'6", and flying Freebirds (for all intents and purposes a square mattress with a long tailwing). I find it funny that after like 20 paragraphs of breaking down the aerodynamics of wingsuit flight you find it hard to believe that people over 6' tall exist lol.

I would be very surprised if this were the case.

I have yet to see a closing loop that I couldn't fit a curved pin head through. Attention to detail when packing is important.

Yes, that is an additional point as to why it will probably fire closer to 750 than to 1000 ft.

Also incorrect. So much incorrect from people with so many jumps :( This is a very interesting point. To which there is no quick answer. I believe you are incorrect lyosha, but for totally understandable reasons. You are totally right based on the Cypres manual alone, but there's more. It comes from a basic understanding of how these devices function. It's not the burble, it's the pressure inside it. As you fall the air, your body compresses the air under you, and expands the air above you. This creates a high pressure zone underneath you (where an altitude reading will appear lower than it actually is) and a low pressure zone above you (where an altitude reading will appear higher than it actually is). According to Vigil's tests the difference is ~260 ft between the two areas at ~120 mph. When falling head down, the peak high pressure area is under your head, and peak low pressure area at your feet. The AAD is halfway between, in a "neutral area".

It will fire at 750 feet, if the person falls belly to earth. At headdown, it will fire at 1000 feet. Also incorrect. So much incorrect from people with so many jumps :( Open Vigil Manual. Page 9, I think. The 260 ft offset is from specifically belly to earth to back to earth (sensor in high pressure zone). Also this is all Vigil only. My understanding is Cypres post-processes their altitudes ("our AAD is 'smarter'") so the difference between the two is theoretically smaller.

Which 6 if you don't mind me asking? I'll defer my vote to your choices since I don't know any of them...

This jump was over Elsinore. Not much to hit on the ground there...

Don't do that. I did it, and it really hurt to hit the ground the couple of times I made rookie mistakes. WL at ~1 hurts a lot less. Vortex seems like a modern enough container where for a first container it'll be plenty good. Pretty much any container that isn't a racer will do the job, really. I went with a wings. Because after coupon I had my first rig for $1400. If price of new gear isn't a concern, might as well go with something more popular like a Javelin. No clue about the canopy, do it the proper way and request a demo and see if you like it. All you're gonna find on here are fanboys that fly the gear they fly because they really like it better than all the other gear out there. You really can't go wrong with a Sabre2 though. They fly well and actually have resell value. You don't see a lot of Volts for sale because not a lot of people want them, and you're gonna have some issues downsizing. Canopy alarms are useful. There's a few audibles that have all the things you require, do some more research.

Were you using the custom XRW wingsuit slider? [inline 12096242_1086626961356076_9066430880635773543_n.jpg]

Whichever one you can get used for $100.

Maybe not, but maybe yes! Go out and prove all these negative nancies wrong old chap! Hell, I'll even sell you a wingsuit. 2 grand and it's all yours!

This and www.weather.gov

...but that could also be because of greater $$$ incentive from mfg... sponsor gear is always the best in the world...

And how many non Squirrel wingsuit pilots were at the event ;-) 11 of 40 were not squirrel At least two of the last eight weren't squirrel. So I'm not sure what this says about brand wars except that Squirrel makes a highly competitive race suit that does well in the hands of the top pilots in the world. I don't see any evidence of brand X > brand Y. There is strong evidence that Andy Farrington is a beast though...