birdynamnam

You need to set it to slow. Check the manual

Very nice. Did you fly with smile's on your faces or the serious look? :) Camera work is just superb. Lots of angels makes it more live.

Don't modify anything! Just smile and relax.Just enjoy the smooth openings from the XF2 and stay alert after the snatchforce in case of twists :) The XF2 does not use that much more altitude unpacking, in reality it just feels like it. If you still are uncomfortable, then open a bit higher.

Ohh yes, Thank you Gert

our son's first wingsuit skydive? It is actually a brand new suit type. This new "intro" wingsuit, designed by Hans Schoeber "Gadget", Gert Michiels and a fellow rigger who's name I don't recall, does actually have a gigantic and wide legwing (at least for an intro suit). The legwing is in class with suits like the Stealth or the XS, but still the brilliantly designed arm wings should make the pull easy. Also, the risers will be in reach w.o. unzipping (unbuttoning). I hope Zun at FYB won't mind the branding of this new exciting suit which is a one off a kind suit: Baby-fly. For an "intro suit" the name is far better name than "Access". Competition is good for all of us Thank you so much Hans

Have a couple of jumps with Zun or Pat and get some guidance from them.

THAT sucks

True, you did not advocate it directly, but there where mixed exit styles. I actually did my first gainer exit right in front of you. Was fun. Us doing gainers, went out last and with good separation. So it was kind'a safe. My perception of the AN 72 boogie that you organized back then - was that safety was put to priority one! As you emphasized many times. I think that you did a really good job on this, teaching some basic wingsuit safety skills to people. It was my first "big" boogie and it was far better (for me and some of my guys) than the later boogie.

[reply}What causes the wing to pressurize on this type of suit? When looking at tri-wing like a Tony Suit, I see air inlets that look like scoops at each shoulder and below crotch... so it appears air will be forced in and wings pressurized. I don't see those on this monowing. On the SFly suit, there are hughe air inlets on the the arms all the way from shoulder to wrist. In the crotch area there is also an triangular air inlet w. airlock. You can have a look in the: Manual

The concept of the monowing is explained by the inventor here www.flyyourbody.com Chears

I think the guy starting this thread was after opinions on what the diff. between the two types of WS would be. And this is opinion based. And that is okay. Those opinions can be more or less brand biased. Personally I have no affiliation with any WS makers, If someday I try a new fantastic WS - no matter what brand, being addicted I will get it sooner or later. In my backyard most are flying tri wings, Birdman is big here. Now, some have switched to FYB monowings after trying one out. Reasons given was that they where less tirering and it is hard to really describe the "different feeling" that you experience flying this type of suit. Today I fly a tri wing. Reason is it fits me like a glove. I did have 2 monowings but I sold them because the sizes that would fit me the best, where actually a bit to tight - kind of defeating the purpose of the monowing. Still, to me, the best "flying experience" I ever had, came from flying a FYB monowing. Zun: if you read this... You french guys are too skinny. yeah, lets put it like that.

No sorry, I don't want to browse every post here... Listening to my fellow wingsuiters in my own backyard having more or less the exact same experience as me reg mono vs. tri provides some knowledge. But then again your experience was different? So it is. As for your "right hand" turn; you could start using your left hand a bit or maybe seek "assistance"

Well as I wrote: In my opinion (imo). So I have to stand by that. And I do I never had that experience myself. On the contrary, from the very first flight (and that was a 25 way jump) It really hit me that less strength was required. Being so apparent to me, maybe others have got that experience as well? Let's hear..

I have at aprox. 70 monowing fligths... The difference is not only the palms up or down, That is just one aspect. The hips moving is much more efficient in a monowing than in a triwing imo. Other than that the difference imo: When you put on a monowing you notice that it is quite baggy to wear compared to a triwing suit that has been made to fit you. Though the trend is to make the triwings slightly less tight on your body, there is a big difference in this feeling between the monowing and the triwing. So if you have a big ass, you can absolutely hide it in a monowing . It can be more comfortable to wear when it is hot. With a monowing in the air, you have to hold arms out and stretch the profile of the suit at all times. If you don't; you will get punished. Well the same goes for the triwing only to a much less degree. With the monowing: In the air, the legs/legwing functions more os less the same as in a triwing. You fly with straight legs. Straight legs? yes. And you can brake by dropping knees or bending legs as in e triwing. You can fly very stable with the legwing collapsed as with a triwing. I find that the Monowing in general is more relaxed and simple to fly. Takes less strength as well, I can fly ws twice as much in this suit before getting too tired. And it packs some neat tricks also. Pushing the shoulders down i.e. just 5 cm as the only flying position change, makes you zoom upwards very fast!, that is my favorite monowing feature. Doing this in a triwing takes much more input. If flyyourbody had a size (M++) or (L-) I would for sure fly a monowing at all times. So do you fit the suit? If not... Bad luck. Hope that helped.

There are many parameters in this equation. The boxed design of the tray is just one of the parameters. What sdctlc points out reg. how tight does your canopies pack in your rig, is yet another parameter. And my stuff packs tightly: guilty of getting a more docile canopy after experiencing some violent spinners

Ohh another death trap owner ... Well I had partly open corners on my old rig (worked like a charm). I take advice from my rigger seriously and he adviced against it on the jav; reason is that in order to have any effect on that rig, it have to be completely open (dynamic). He had done one mod. himself and he just did not "like" it. The sequence stuff... The looks... The sequence stuff is obvious TO ME. The looks IS important, while I walk to the plane...

Wow long thread. Having a beautiful looking "Sunpath deathtrap" myself :-D So, because of that, I have to do as Robi says; go vertical as much as possible, then throw. If I go horizontal: hesitation almost every time. I have a 10" bridle, a brand new slightly larger PC. I even tried to swing a dead chicken over my head before throwing the PC. Still need to go quite a bit vertical, because of the much boxed design of the rig. Cut corners is a no-go on a Javelin imo and also my riggers opinion. And.. Then came the time to have the reserve repacked. I positioned the "deathtrap" on the floor and pulled the ripcord. The reserve PC emerged from beneath the flaps, but it came to rest instantly and looked like a wedding night c... as it stood there upright on top of the container (yes a packing error). Tired of having to worry about f...... PC's that don't or can't do their f...... job... At that moment I was wondering: "is this new rig I just bought really a deathtrap?" I agree with what Campos writes reg. having some minimum friction from the "box" ensuring a staged sequence. That comes from experience! Don't need to debate that. But then again: too much friction can hurt ya

Mike: C'mon... Flying a purple wingsuit does not necessarily mean that I am gay! Her: It's just that I'm afraid to get hurt again

Mike: Damn... I have NO idea... Sorry for you... I will keep my eyes open! Want some coffee? Her: Yeah.. I just wish I could be seen at least partially on the pictures. You know I payed for this two-way photo jump! And on every single pic all you can see is this highly excited guy in a purple suit. And where the f... did he come from?

James usually smokes everyone in a small Acro

this one is slightly related

Thanks. Mine will launch 6-8 feet horisontally. I did test that. So maybe it was the bridle stuck under the flaps that held it back.

I agree on what you comment. regarding the pilotchute is just 4 years old, so I guess it is as it should be

recently bought a used 2004 model, PD143R reserve. It was time to repack yesterday; found a rigger and so I laid the rig on the ground and pulled the reservehandle to observe the action. The pilotchute jumped up reeeally lazy only about 4-5 inches and simply laid down on one side and came to rest directly on top of the reserve container. Not impressive ! As it turned out the bridle was folded in a V, but placed under the reservecontainer flaps. Ref. to the manual the bridle must be placed in a V OUTSIDE the container right under the pilotchute. Is this something riggers see often? Compared to my old system (French Atom) that pilotchute spring is very weak. The old one could easily knock out someone, I know that the theory is that the conical Javelin one should simply bounce off to one side and then take off.. But in a wingsuitjump there might be less airflow. Hmm I guess I have to get used to this weak spring and I will make sure to check myself that the reservebridle is packed outside the container.