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I'd rather buy type8 risers with mini-rings. No need for slider locks, it stays down if you pull it through. I don't think the articulated harness would have any downside with wing suit.
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US Performance Competition - Acro Invitational (November 2011)
phoenixlpr replied to mccordia's topic in Wing Suit Flying
It could be but is that really needed? Modern GPS devices are capable to make a hot-start in 1s. You suppose to start and get a signal lock on the ground before boarding. Your device should be able to get signal lock in 1sec after your exit. -
You are just too slow forward....
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Keep him busy! Thank you!
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Notice that flock vertical speed a cultural thing and a matter of preference. It's around 100km/h in Finland. 120-130 km/h in Sweden.... I've heard more vertical in US.
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We usually go around 100km/h vertical and medium forward speed.
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Are you IFR rated? No, than remember to fly VFR. You can get lost either way.
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Watching out for newbies [was - hard impact at Nats]
phoenixlpr replied to virgin-burner's topic in Safety and Training
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I use 24" ZP PC with std length bride. I pull from full flight. Its working just fine. I don't like pulling from full flight - it makes me feel as if I'm going to back-flip through the lines. I got a canopy opens slow most of the time. It feels like brake-chute deployed.
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Wow, we got a silver bullet here. I'd rather use common sense. Fight and try to solve what I can and let go what I can't. Most of my line twists were in front of me. The rest solved itself without my kicking, I let 2 go already.
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It's not my trust. I have to get those stuff inspected and some gear logbooks to take in use if they are not from Finland. So inspection and pack.
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Have you ever tried to push the risers together, close yourself small and just let the canopy spin out the twist itself if the tiwst is in front of you and not behind your head/neck? I fly a Cobalt @WL 1.8. It works for me better than fighting.
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I use 24" ZP PC with std length bride. I pull from full flight. Its working just fine. I used to use 32 F111 kill-line PC and Bird-Man PC, 28" ZP and long bridle. All of those worked just fine, I got no hesitation.
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Just water? Have you jump to the water from a boat? Easy money..... Have you jump to the water from a boat going by 20+ knots? You got a nice chance to break your neck and drown.
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Don't worry! Almost as good as your reserve.
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Is something wrong with the Phoenix-Fly representatives these days?
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I got this on the ground once.
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I don't believe the way forward is wearing large wingsuits and lead. Maybe for the "weekend warrior" but not for the "challenges" and "records" ... Than try to think like e.g. a Finnish wing suit flier. I'd rather fly a small suit, than a big with more weight. I got enough weight for my carpet.
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I got two jumps without a visual altimeter. I've just left it in my bag and realized just too late, just before boarding the plane. Both cases I was jumping my small canopy with almost sane WL.
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There could be a small difference between pull altitude, couldn't be? Why does pull altitude matter? In both cases you're flying in the deployment cone when someone could deploy ... I don't care about altitude, I would be more concerned about a student than a planned two way (with wave off). Why is a student required to pull high? you don't trust the student at all you don't fly in the student's trail student's don't pull from full flight, so they drop you suppose to be in close and safe proximity of the student
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There could be a small difference between pull altitude, couldn't be? Do you teach BASE-FFC?
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Do you have to pull on all jumps? Do you have to pull by yourself on AFF level 1? Have you pulled on your AFF level 1? Do you have to make the first jump safe whatever the student would do? If you need a wave-off the FFC than ask them to do so.
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So they do 1 FFC with you, go to another boogie and never learn wave-off if they have bad luck of not meeting the right people? If they cant handle the stress of a wave-off, you should take them bowling. Not wingsuit flying. Do we train fairly experienced skydivers? They should already know the importance of waving off. The thing that I do not require them to perform wave-off for the first jump has no connection whether they wave-off in the future jumps or not. They are usually quite eager to jump more after the fist jump and I'm quite eager to jump them more. Wave-off is a required part of the jump than. I do shadow them just like on the first one and watch their perforemance before opening.