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Because the definition of fictitious force is not "unobservable and unrepeatable." www.WingsuitPhotos.com

It's the "T" shaped semi-rigid piece that you hold in your mouth (housing the micro-switch) that I'm not sure how to make... this is the way the Conceptus switch is. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Yeh, I hurt my shoulder so bad one weekend I couldn't do a pullup, but I barely even felt it when flying the wingsuit... different strain on the muscle. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Same question from several days ago. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

I'm listening to that band right now... Explosions in the Sky. I've never seen FNL the movie or the TV show, but I've always heard they did the soundtrack for both. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

I think Purple Mike jumps there. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

I couldn't find the 90 degree plugs. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

And the next obvious question, why would Jack's father put him in touch with Logan? (and how did he manage to disappear and leave a text message on the ledge all in the span of Jack's 10 second speech) www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Wow, that's actually really compelling. You're right in that the one thing I actually dislike about the Conceptus switch is the action is sometimes hard to feel. The continuous focus sounds interesting too. Maybe I will have to try it out. Thanks for sharing, you promoted the product better than the guy selling it did. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

That is nothing like the style I was referring to, but thanks for the advertisement. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

I think the most troublesome question (besides "why do they keep recycling old characters?") is "who put that phone on the ledge?" And you know it will never get answered. I'm so ashamed of myself for watching this show, but I can't stop. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Anybody have any idea how to make a tongue switch similar to the Conceptus one? I really like the shape and feel of it, but have no idea what they use. Some sort of molded plastic with an embedded switch... www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Was that one published somewhere? I think I recognize it, maybe from the same exit pictorial I had a small shot in recently. To contribute to the thread, here is one I really like from the Puerto Rico boogie. Not a very difficult shot to take, but the scenery is amazing. I also like this one even though the parachute is far away. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Maybe your opinion would differ if you flew a wingsuit. But by the same token... Maybe my opinion would differ if I flew tandems. I'll admit that's a responsibility I would not choose. I don't want to re-hash the old "how close is too close" thread, but as I said before, this is all about proximity. Your guidelines for videographers reduce the risk level as much as possible (although they can screw up, of course). What guidelines would you give for the horizontal distance of a wingsuit in freefall to the side of your canopy? Surely 1 mile would not bother you (and it's going to happen every jump if the flockers who go out behind you pull at 2 grand). Surely 10 feet would bother you. Somewhere in between 10 feet and 1 mile, there is a distance where the student can see the wingsuit and smile, and the instructor can feel they are far enough away that no matter how royally they screw up, they still can't pose a significant risk. It's still obviously your choice to say "no" for your own student at any distance, but you have to admit there is a level it can be safely done, if TI and wingsuit pilot agree on the terms. And while I don't deny being a showoff in general , I still disagree that showing off is the purpose of a pre-planned buzz. Back to the whole "Otter buzz"... is he doing it for glory, or is he giving the crowd what they want? The students really do like it, and REMEMBER it on the ground, trust me.

If it's not hot dogging then what would you call it? What training value does it offer a student out on their first jump? I'm not really sure what the definition of "hot dogging" is, but I'd call it fun. Most people don't do a tandem for "training value", they do it to enjoy themselves. Do you realize that no matter how good the cameraman on a tandem jump is, he is adding risk for the student? Or those jumps where they build a 10-way RW formation off a tandem? Those certainly add risk too. And landing in the main landing area near swoopers and other parachutists adds risk too. Or those days when it's so windy that people with 1000 jumps are staying down, yet the tandems are still going? I'm not condoning that, I'm simply pointing that risk is everywhere, and risk "level" is extremely subjective. The point, is having fun. The issue, obviously, is at what proximity does a tandem flyby become "unsafe". This was debated ad nauseam in another thread a while back, and like a lot of things on this website, we won't all ever agree on the answer. But in my very humble opinion 50+ feet is a more than generous margin of safety with a tandem instructor who knows you very well and is expecting your flyby. I've had TWIN OTTERS buzz 10 feet over my head at the end of the day and not complained. My wingsuit is a lot more responsive than a giant airplane, and once I'm on a straight path to pass you 50 feet to your side, short of a heart attack, I'm not changing course. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

This is a whole lot funnier if you are familiar with this (which I learned about from this forum). www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Everyone has the right to whatever emotion he wants. But when you expect spoon-fed "A or B" answers (that don't exist yet) to complex, subjective, arguably impossible questions... you will come up disappointed. What's your answer then, since you seem to think the question is easily answered. Vampire, or Blade? Do I have the right to be furious if you don't know? www.WingsuitPhotos.com

That's my video... the one at the 33 second mark is Omar doing a triple, at 1:22 is me doing a double. Of course we're both wearing wingsuits, but for barrel rolls on EXIT, that does not make a difference. Barrel rolls in flight (or freefall) are executed by pushing off the air, and continued by leading with your head and following through with your shoulders and body. Barrel rolls on exit are executed by pushing off the plane (with your feet, the same as you would if you jumped off a curb and did a 360), and continued by again leading with your head and following through with your shoulders and body. Make sense?

Suits don't fly... people in suits do. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Well thanks, I'm flattered. That was actually the very first day I was jumping with my still camera, I barely knew what I was doing. Somebody commented once that it looked as if the blue sky was the earth, and the black ground was outer space, hence the "Omar orbits the planet earth" caption. If you watch the Z-Flock 2.0 video here, at 07:32 you will see a split screen video of each of our perspectives during that head-down transition. Watch the left frame for Omar's middle finger to make an appearance (it's also visible in the photo you're referring to, he's flipping me off with both hands). www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Flying 50 feet away from an open canopy is hardly "hot dogging". On the way to the DZ, I was driving down a 2-lane road going 65mph, and passed by probably a couple hundred cars within less than 5 feet (one of those cars might have even had some tandem students in it!). "No matter how good those drivers are, there's still a risk of one of them coming into my lane and hitting me at 130mph relative speed"... right? I guess technically that's true, but we all accept risk in this world we live in. I've been to swoop competitions where the spectators are all 20-30 feet away from extremely fast swoops. Proximity is much more important than closing speed in preventing a collision. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

It doesn't matter how many people use the word that way... the brand and the item are not the same thing. "Everybody does it" does not make it correct. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Gross? On the topic of brand names replacing object names in general (i.e. Coke, Kleenex, Xerox, or whatever), it's not correct, and saying "that's the way it's done in my city, get used to it" is a poor excuse. And to make this relevant to skydiving: BirdMan is not a synonym for wingsuit. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

I definitely agree with Quade on this one, I used his site as a guide when putting together my first camera setup, and I've never had any problems sighting/shooting what I want. My ringsight is 9 inches away from either camera lens, I don't ever plan on being so precise with centering/framing that 9 inches is going to kill me. I am off 9 inches at all distances, everything is aligned to the same direction. An easy way to sight in the video camera is to wear the helmet, with the camera on (record mode, but not recording), and the A/V cable going to a TV. I put the TV in front of a window (with a long view outside the window) and sit in a chair in front of the TV. I put a piece of tape at the center of my TV screen, and aim my ringsight at something out the window far away (100+ yards). I can look at the TV screen without moving my head (move eyes only) and that way I can get the ringsight and the center of the TV on the same object. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

That's actually very true. Keep in mind that the number one fear for most people is "public speaking" (or the potential for public embarassment), not death. Ever heard of (or had) a skydiving dream where you bounce, stand up and brush yourself off, and the first thought through your head is "did anybody see?" I've had them, and heard of many others having the same thing. Scott Miller, canopy coach extraordinaire, told me that he has had that dream before, and in his dream he bounced in front of a bunch of people with no handles pulled, and then stood up and popped his reserve just so he could claim he didn't go in with nothing out. www.WingsuitPhotos.com