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I had some 500'ish skydives when I made my first flight, I was briefed and taught by BMCI Vesa. Suit was classic2, made some 20'ish flights with classics before moving to my Skyflyer "2". (Yes it is 2 indeed since it is a prototype suit for S3 bought directly from Jari). http://www.ufufreefly.com
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Yeah, it was indeed Sensei Vesa from finland and I was fortunate enough to watch that exit very closely indeed ... For a short period of time at least. ;) Vesa definately owns but wait when i'll get rid of 10 kgs... :) http://www.ufufreefly.com
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You just can't beat the classic red-white design... http://www.ufufreefly.com
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As chuck already mentioned, Sabre would be the choice between those when focusing on BM-flights. If you decide to go with the Stiletto since you only can afford one main one good advice might be to try to get a demo or borrow a Sabre (or equvivalent canopy) for your first couple of wingsuit flights. That way you can get comfortable with the deployment and sort out most of the instability issues with a canopy which is not so prone to spinning under linetwists. I used this method myself (since I was jumping a stiletto 120 then), I borrowed a sabre 120 for my first five or such flights and after that, I jumped over 40 flights with my stiletto with no problems before chancing to my FX. http://www.ufufreefly.com
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It could be any of those suggested above in this thread but why do we need to compete in this discipline ? Take freeflying for example, IMO all those speed rounds and other shit they are putting there are really just limiting peoples imagination and limiting the discovery of new creative ways of flying. That's one of the main reason I enjoy wingsuits 'cause there are no rules to say how you should fly, I can fly just the way I want to. If there would be a wingsuit competition, I hardly noubt that i would take place in that. For me there just is not a competitonal element in WS flight, it's just pure flight and freedom with your best buddies. Why to ruin it with competition ? http://www.ufufreefly.com
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Way to go brother, great to see you joining the flock. :) I think we'll wait couple of months before we get some pictures of you and the suit action... Cold times it is... :) http://www.ufufreefly.com
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Yeah, as everybody else said, your WS modified rig is as good as non-modified rig for any other discipline as well. I have WS modified wings container (corners cut open) and I've done something around ~400 freeflyjumps with it since the mod and had no problems what so ever. http://www.ufufreefly.com
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No problem dude, it's always all good when we get new guys and especially gals to join the flock. It was a long wait to get first Birdbabe to DZ Utti but now we got it :) And as an instructor I must add that both stundents flew their first flights very well indeed, both seemed to get a hang of it very nicely and experienced no problems what so ever with the opening sequence. Congrats to you both and welcome to the dark side... ;) http://www.ufufreefly.com
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It sure does ! Btw, thanks for sparing me the embarrasment and taking that still _after_ my sorry ass is thrown out of the frame :) Well, maybe I learned a thing or two from that exit and I'll surf that slipstream all the way next time. http://www.ufufreefly.com
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I wouldn't suggest anybody to do wingsuit jumps (BASE or skydives) with springloaded PC's because the burble created by a wingsuit is so big that the risk of PC hesitation would be enourmos. Quote from birdman flight manual : "Use only a BOC throw-out pilot chute with the wing suit." Markus http://www.ufufreefly.com
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Opinions please: open corners for non wingsuit jumps
maretus replied to gus's topic in Gear and Rigging
I have open corners "mod" made for my wings container and (so far) I havn't had any problems with it in non wingsuit dives. I'd say the same what most people have already said, if the pin opens preaturely you have serious problems in any case. And I wouldn't suggest any partially open corners, because in that configuration you take all the possible downsides of open corners but not all the benefits ! Markus http://www.ufufreefly.com -
Thanks man, all (air-to-air) pictures were taken by Vesa Toropainen except one that was taken by me (was my first camera wingsuit flight also :). Btw, that's me flying the red-white skyflyer in last two pictures. http://www.ufufreefly.com
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Last weekend in Finland, DZ Utti, we had a wingsuit 1st flight course. During the course 4 skydivers made their maiden flights and needless to say, they loved every second! You can see some of the action in http://www.utti.org/uutisia/2003/030603a.htm (click the picture to see the next one, sorry about the labels, they are in finnish). http://www.ufufreefly.com
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I'd say it's because of their extreme popularity. If Ford was the most popular car, most roadaccidents would have a Ford involved... http://www.ufufreefly.com
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Yep, stiletto's have quite short recovery arc. I used to jump stiletto 120 loaded at 1.5 and then demoed Impulse 100 (at 1.8'ish) and the Impulse had waaayyy longer recovery arc than my stiletto, of course part of it was due the difference in wingloading. As roq said, the Impulse has very powerful flare and if it only would have opened nicely, I perphaps would have bought it. http://www.ufufreefly.com
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I've used to fly a stiletto loaded at ~1.5 and I made ~40 Birdman jumps with it. I had no serious problems with it what so ever, linetwists occurred only once or twice. I'd say it's all about how you feel about your canopy. If you are comfortable with it and your deployment procedures with wingsuit are ok and you feel comfortable with your deployment in wingsuit, then it's all good. Stiletto's can spin up good but so can any other (elliptical) canopy. So I (or anybody else) can give you advice or share our experiences but it all comes down to you, how do you feel about your canopy ? http://www.ufufreefly.com
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Yep, the d-bag shape it is of course. What I was trying to say was that larger containers (for larger mains) ar more prone to that way shaped d-bags that thay can't be packed gromet to pin. Are those mirages G4 you are talking about ? Since my friend has G3 with FX79 (formerly he had Contrail 105) in it and has no problem packing it gromet to pin. http://www.ufufreefly.com
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I think that some containers designed for larger mains might have so "long" d-bag that it would be a problem to pack it gromet to pin. I pack my wings - FX88 gromet to pin every time and I'm very happy with that. :) http://www.ufufreefly.com
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I have a Gecko and have been using for about 400 jumps. I can fit Pro Dytter to the audible port very nicely, though it is a little tight. Overall i like Gecko very much and in my point of view its a nice piece of headgear. http://www.ufufreefly.com
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I really don't see that a vented PC would bring any actual advantage to terminal skydiving deployments. If you are thinking about correcting offheading openings by switching to a vented PC you really are watching to a wrong direction. I'd say that 95 % of offheadings are due to a bad body position on deployment. So check out your body position first. http://www.ufufreefly.com
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In first ever finnish swoop competition, Kujo was clocked at 97 Km/h and few others at 90 km/h range. Kujo is jumping smallish VX, don't know the exact size / wingloading. There is a article about the competition at : http://www.dropzone.com/news/RedBullSwoop8211masterso.shtml http://www.ufufreefly.com
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Yo, Dan, you guys at Atair really use some strange math if you get 28 out of 3*9. I get 27. :) http://www.ufufreefly.com
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Age ! Airtec has announced that max. operative age of Cypres unit is 12 years. You can find very helpful Cypres price chart from http://www.poxon.org/Craig/Skydive/Tools/CypresResaleChart.asp . Also you should ask about maintenance of the unit, batteries have to be changed every two year or 500 jumps, which ever comes firrst. The unit has to be sent airtec every four years. If the seller has taken care of all these mandatory actions and there are correct markings about them in units data card, then the unit should be reasonably safe to buy. You could also ask about possible fires on the unit, just to know wheter it has been tested or not. :) http://www.ufufreefly.com
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"Patrick De Gayardon exiting a Cessna and then flying back in" -------------------- Just nitpicking but that airplane is actually pilatus porter. http://www.ufufreefly.com
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how much distance can you cover from 13500
maretus replied to Rookeskydiver's topic in Wing Suit Flying
On bird-man.com: Q: How far can you fly with the BirdMan suit? A: From 13,500 ft. (4 km) to 3,000 ft. (1km) you cover over 3 miles. ------------------------------ I think over three miles (5 km's) is very doable and especially with good tailwind even more. If the glide ratio of a birdman would be 1:2 then with 3 km freefall you would cover 6 km's of distance. What comes to gaining altitude in freefall, in general I don't think it is possible. I think it is possible to momentaryly achieve level flight or even little climb but to "fly upwards", mening really gain altitude, I don't think it can be done. http://www.ufufreefly.com