The111

Sorry, I don't have a V1. Guess I can't flock with you. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

In the spirit of the other post... My answer: 372/607 = 61%. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

372/417 = 89% www.WingsuitPhotos.com

I will reiterate my position. There is no reason for an experienced wingsuit pilot to land out often. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

He's actually from Puerto Rico, which is a part of Mexico. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Are you getting out downwind of the spot and flying upwind for crosscountry? It seems true that many wingsuiters land out too often, and I'm getting tired of it (no offense to you personally) because it reflects back on our whole community. I get people all the time at my local DZ making snide comments to me about how "we" land out all the time. I've landed out at that DZ twice in several hundred jumps, and those were both mistakes I don't have excuses for. But there are others who do it a lot more, and even though there are plenty of safe landing areas, it's still not cool. It inconveniences the dropzone hugely, and the surrounding community to a lesser extent. I think out of all those reasons you listed, the only valid one is chasing a student, which I've definitely done a few times. Sorry to be so serious, and I hope I'm not taking this post off-topic. But I really think people take this too lightly sometimes. If the DZ does get used to people landing off and starts ignoring it, what happens when somebody lands off and hurts himself? www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Freefall feels so different from wingsuit flight to me, that I have never had this problem. In freefall my brain is wired to do a freefall pull. I've always said that wingsuits are a separate sport from skydiving - we just share the same airplanes and parachutes. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Why would you land out more often in a wingsuit? www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Do you know who the flyer is in the winning pic? It is indeed a pretty shot. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

There are these things called bookmarks... www.WingsuitPhotos.com

I'm going to extend two of these to show there are some situations that I actually feel more comfortable (arguably safer, since it's what I'm used to) with my wingsuit than without. After 6 months of nothing but wingsuit jumps, I got on a full Skyvan to make a 2 way freefly. All of a sudden I realized I was in the middle of the exit order, and not only was it weird, it was SCARY! I would have to pay attention to exit separation and spotting, two things I had ignored for ages. The thought of 20 other falling meat missiles in close proximity to me scared me. I started flying camera (video first) in my wingsuit. Then I added stills. My wingsuit openings are super soft and I don't even feel the 6lb setup on my head, even with several jumps in a day. But when I make the rare jump without my wingsuit, and bring my cameras, my neck usually feels it on the first opening. Not only am I more used to my wingsuit openings, they are healthier! NOTE: I am NOT implying that it is impossible to have a soft opening without a wingsuit... just that I'm not very good at it, since I'm uncurrent without my wings. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Did you get your own wingsuit yet, Sean? www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Well now that you've got a camera, you can use all the MMMetal you want in your OWN video soundtracks. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

I don't need "evidence" - I was not accusing you of dishonesty. I think you misunderstand my intent. I needed clarification. From reading the text of your first post, I was unsure if these were framegrabs, or something different. They appeared to be framegrabs, to my amateur eye, but I figured I'd ask to make sure. I was not referring to a specific format, I was just stating the obvious - that additional compression of High Quality media (it's a common acronym), of any format/type, comes at a cost. Thank you for all the info given so far. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

To analyze video quality, it would be best to see video footage I'd think. If you had time, sample clips on skydivingmovies.com would be awesome (although compressing HQ footage defeats the purpose to some extent). I asked because I know some cams are capable of taking still shots, and wanted to make sure these were indeed framegrabs. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Are these framegrabs? Weren't you just saying a few days ago the HC3 was not suitable for skydiving, for some reason or another? I take it somebody is actually jumping one now in Hawaii? Thanks for the info... www.WingsuitPhotos.com

When I look through the viewfinder on my XT, I see a few black dots (tiny vertical lines actually) in the viewfinder. They do not appear on photographs though, so they cannot be on the lens or sensor, right? Any ideas? It's more of an annoyance/curiosity than anything else... I rarely even use the viewfinder since I usually use the camera for skydiving, but I was using it for some ground shots the other day and noticed this, and it really has thrown me for a loop. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

More nice shots.

Hmm, I wonder if we can get one more thread with "GPS" in the title? Ok, being serious... would GPS data necessarily be more accurate than barometric data in a dynamic situation like this? Guess it would depend on the sampling rate (and accuracy) of the device in question. I've never used any GPS device, but I'm pretty sure I've seen a spike of just below 20mph on a couple of my Neptune graphs (I have no idea what a Neptune samples at), and this probably was not the "best" possible, since I don't recall ever trying a max dive followed by a max flareout (I don't think my arms would like that). I do know that I've registered negative descent rates (climb) during high speed tailgate exit. And I have heard rumors of speed skydivers pulling out of 300mph dives into tracks and stalling out at about 40mph (without a wingsuit). If I had to guess I'd imagine it is possible, or damn near close to possible, to register a zero fallrate temporarily in a wingsuit, if you really want to. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Nice photos. The exit shot is very nice, hard to get shots like that since people don't usually get out fast enough, but those flockers all clearly got out and started flying very fast - never seen a pic with that many people in stable flight so close to the door - usually they're spread out and unstable. Also thought it was funny that "flock1" immediately made me think of this pic of my own, with the similar jet-plume.

What Voodew said.

Does yours have some sort of measurement device on it? Mine may not be the same brand... it just lights up the faster it goes. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

I have one of those. That animation of the "world champion" on the front page of that site is disturbing. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Are you getting ethanol for free? www.WingsuitPhotos.com

This is something I've been afraid of for a long time. I have thankfully not heard of too many incidents like this, but it is something I am always expecting to hear about any day. The closing speeds possible in a wingsuit are phenomenal and sometimes I wonder if people fully appreciate this. I have seen many close calls and have wondered more than once, "how much would that have hurt?" Especially as more people start flying wingsuits, we need to all be very aware of this risk. All that said, I do derive a sick pleasure from exiting last on a formation load and racing everybody else to the base. Putting on the brakes is such a cool feeling... www.WingsuitPhotos.com