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p.s. To comply with the asked info, here is the relevant information. Name: Jarno Number of wingsuit jumps: 900 Do you have a Wingsuit team? Yes, 3 hot guys and lot of nylon! Would like to have specific Wingsuit competition training jumps?: Im a whore. Ill join in any flock, 2 way, funjump or whatever. Its my holiday, and I love flying. Im just there to make sheep noises and be where I need to be in the sky (hopefully) Arrival date: Not sure Departure date: No clue Need a car ride to Soulac: Noop Can give a car ride to Soulac to somebody? Noop, small car, completely full. And our variable scedule also aint the best to comply with. From Where? Dutchie-land! JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Ill be there on holiday most likely. But its my one true holiday, so just there to freefly with my lady, and maybe do a bit of flock and flying on the side during the week. Cant wait! JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Typical thing i see in the plane...A LOT! As everyone is getting ready to exit. People are screwing up planned exit positions, missing gearchecks, distracting people. And in some case, jumping out late/delaying group exits. And often panicing even, to ask around if the red light is blincking. And in the end, usually for footage thats not worth looking at, ending up on YouTube without any noticable editing. They are more busy shooting what they will look at later, than they are EXPERIENCING the skydive with their friends. And often at experience levels, where the experience (or lack there-off) is the one thing they should focus on.. Im a fan of the unit being used properly by a select few to catch some fun angles of skydives, basejumps etc. But for the other 98% of the (low experience) users. PLEASE learn to skydive first...and dont ad a camera to the mix untill you're at a few hundred jumps or preferably even more.. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

The 3 hour drive, and 8 AM time when this was shot also helped. Though my eyes are just permanently dopey I guess...its a design feature... But..yea..the one Dutch guy who is not at all into drugs, due to being permanently high on his ADHD, and this is what I get as a thank you... We have quite a bit of stuff we shot during and after the shoot. And we are getting the rough footage as well from the camera guys. Smoke going over the suit etc. It was for a TV item, so all just for the visuals/fun of it. So no actual testing or performance data this time. But it did show the burbles nicely, and how the head position influenced the turbulence behind the flyer. Will post more of that footage later.. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

For a Dutch TV show, we where asked to show a little bit about wingsuits. The expert evaluation of the show-hosts aside, its actually not that bad an item. Due to bad weather, and the camera crew wanting to film 'something', we where luckely enough to get to fly inside a car testing windtunnel. TV being TV, not a lot of footage ended up on TV. But we had fun regardless. Being attached to a base, but 'flying' without any real pressure or contact with it, due to the 90 mph headwind was nothing short of awesome. Did a +- 10 minute 'flight' that destroyed my arms completely. But Id do it again in a heartbeat. Here is a link to the item. And here are a few stills we shot in the tunnel. And yes, the embroidery on JLO's rig will be fixed soon JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Dont know where you jump, but most EU dropzones I see the freefly hackey these days (Id guess over 50%), and as far as I know, no 'entanglement' malfunctions with anything that has the standard double attachment featured with those (or even the plastic tubing, if afixed on both sides). Just make a loose loop in your bridle, and drag it over the pilotchute. See what happens with a heavy hackeybal vs freefly pud. The single attachment point is the culprit (probably also the one you had Phish?). The longer bridle doesnt seem like the cause. Ive seen these happen on the shortest of bridles. Single attachment point, combined with a weak throw into the burble, and you have a costly reserve repack on your hands.. Two examples: 1 - 2 Lukas Knuttson also experienced a similar entanglement on a base jump if I recall correctly. This picture by Bo nicely illustrates why the single attachment point + heavy weight of the hackey ball makes for an easy target. picture JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Its mostly the single attachment point you find on the pilotchute, in combination with the heavy ball. If a pilotchute tumbles and spins enough, it could potentialy get caught around any model. But hackeyballs have shown to be the thing tangled with the bridle in 99,99% of the cases. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

With at least half a dozen peeps landing under reserves just at the events Ive been to, coming down with a knotted pilotchute, Id label a hackey ball/pilotchute broken or at least flawed. Knowing about a quite common malfunction, and a possible preventive measure but not acting on it is your choice. Its a more common malfunction than you'd expect. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

4000 jumps without a problem, but it still is an added risk seeing the clear iand quite big ncreased number of reserve rides/knotted pilotchutes. Why risk it? JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Ive seen quite a few knotted pilotchutes. I prefer a freefly hackey, also due to the more secure placement. Having less chance at dislodging it while crawling through the plane, like the retarded special needs children that we are... JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Unrelated, But in the GPS based competitions, often the best 'hangtime' scores where the result of the distance rounds...so not sure how far apart these two are.., JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

I just love GoPro videos...they make up awesome YouTube filler material, with tiny specs (jumpers I think) and loads of shakey ground and sky...usually with a nose and an eyelash in the corner of the frame.. Hope we get more of that soon...and than slap a title in front of the 3 minute video of nothing, and credit that as editing... These cameras have lots of wonderfull options in terms of practical use. But sadly only a small percentage of the users has this show in their published works... That said....the CF card is probably the issue. More people are having those problems. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Im on the same page with DSE here. As that was the issue I was most concerned about. Seeing someone 'assist' a killing him/herself in the process. The choice to jump with or without an AAD is not mine to make. Though being aware of that, it COULD be a thing that has me back out of organising a big load. Though AAD's should for sure not be manditory, I do think they are a piece of must have gear on bigways and other similar flocking mayhem with high potential for collisions.. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Whats all this about? In the past years, Ive seen several incidents in wingsuit flying. Be it on video, or seeing it happen in front of my own eyes in freefall. People getting hit, and loosing conciousness for a short while or breaking limbs. People going into unstable spins and not taking the correct (timely) actions to get out of it. etc. etc. In three seperate events, I later heard that the subject didnt have an AAD. And in all cases, their wingman later commented coming very close to the point where they would fly into their buddy. Trying to help, stop the spin, pull or do whatever. With the very concious 'I knew he/she didnt have an AAD' Some background information First, know that in any form of skydiving, there are safety margins. In AFF, a jumpmaster will only chase a student so low. But at some point he has to save himself. And hard-deck is hard deck. Though the intent may be good, placing yourself in harms way to try and help a friend is only adding more danger to the outcome. If someone is spinning, diving into them will not fix things. It may even make things worse, as you may know both him and you out cold. or break arms, legs or worse...necks or backs (plural!). So I do hope everyone does the smart thing here. Let your buddy fix his/her problem, and you deal with yours. But that said. Seeing a friend incapacitated, or unable to do anything, I have no clue how I would react in a real life situation. And that brings me back to the above point. Getting to the point.. Do jumpers trying new suits, manouvers (or even 'regular' formation jumps) ever think about what risk and emotional burdon they (unwillingly) put on their jumping partners shoulders, in case of an emergency. If you dont jump with an AAD, and expect people to let you 'spin to the ground' following a bump or unstable situation in the worst case scenario. And could you honestly say you'd do the same if it happened to your friend? Doing the wise thing, and doing nothing? Or would you still do the stupid thing, and dive after them to try and get a canopy out, or stop the unconcious person from spinning in hopes they regain control over their skydive? Some final words Im not trying to condemn or judge anyone. I have made non AAD jumps in the past myself, for various reasons (practical ones...) but use an AAD (brand not important) on 99,999 % of my skydives. The reasons for using a not using one are not what I want to discuss. But what I do want to ask/raise, is....do any of the non AAD jumpers ever concider the above scenario, and the moral (and safety) dilema they are putting friends in, when they get into a tight corner themselves? Is this something known or discussed among jumping partners? Jumping with non AAD flyers, do you ever think about the emergency situations that may arrise? very interested in hearing views and oppinions. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

I think the general thing is the skills to controll your position, and steer your body through the air. And be it flocking, basejumping or doing solo's buzzing clouds. In the end, all of them (in different ways) teach you about navigating your body through the air. Some diciplines maybe more (or different) than others maybe, but advances in skill either way.. Dont bash one, because you dont like or do the other. It IS possible to do one or two, and also like the third one...even though its not your game. That aside...choose the right tool for the right job. I do see a lot of flocking where people are flying suits capable of double or triple the performance they are using. And though the suit itself may be great. It makes you a lazy flyer, instead of a good one. I severly enjoy my Stealth2 for long freefalls, slow canopy flybys and camerawork (for which its awesome). But flying it in flocks, and not even using 50% of the wing to be a lazy ass, hanging in my comfort blanket/hammock in a flock...it teaches me nothing. Flying a smaller and more agile suit for aerobatics and flocks teaches me much, much more. Its easy to be a prick, and point at pictures (out of context even maybe) and show everyone how awesome X is flying, and how horrid Y is flying. But Id be much more interested in seeing some more productive talk on the subject. Instead of the childish schoolboy 'point and laugh' (often without an actual reason to laugh). And thats without even going into the 'lead by example' thing...as there some of the most avid critics on here, still have A LOT of potential work to do...dont just talk the talk..but also walk the walk... Wingsuit flying experience doesnt come from your post count on this dz.com forum. And once you get into it, you'll learn that superiour glide or long freefall times ISNT always the objective. And that of course that doesnt mean, we shouldnt try and gently urge people to fly better..and progress. But the tone in which some people here comment, has little to do with progression of skill, and the dicipline/sport in general. It the internet equivalent of the old lady in the corner house, bitching about every car that passes. Every person that walks by. And every bit of sunshine or rain that she sees. And nobody likes visiting that nagging grandma.... JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Looks awesome...sorry the suit arrived before I had time to mail you an estemate on the delivery haha.. Mighty fast! JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

I edited a few first flights from the last months together, to create this short video. You can see it on our website www.flylikebrick.com Enjoy! Hope you like it! JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Incorrect 'balling up' can create equall amounts of added spin/instability. As also appearant in this video. It almost looks like arching is what gets him out of it finaly, as opposed to the partial balling up.. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

That statement is Sooo 2009.. I think X-bird, Stealth2, XS and a few other things Ive seen surpas the SM1 in wingsize by a large margin (up to the point where they are almost double the size). Although I do believe the normal BOC is and should always be accesable, even on the larger designs, and agree with keeping it in one spot (for the avg. wingsuit flying skydiver). Practice seems like a better fix, than gear-modification.. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

The PF website lists other jump recommendations for each suit (and has had these there for quite some time already) than the outdated PDF you guys are refering to. For both Stealth2 and V3, a MINIMUM of 150 wingsuit jumps is recommended/advised. Not 50 or 80 as stated above. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

This video explains (in part) the reason for spins like these. With wingsuits, upsizing (like downsizing with canopies) means bigger moves may result in extreme spins, and turns. Much like subtle input in a harnas can steer a small canopy. You're flying your body like on a normal skydive, but all the control surfaces (and the effects they have) are muliplied exponentialy. This wingsuit size and model are (or should be) linked to experience levels. Similar to a 200 jump wonder not flying a Xoas 88 sq/ft canopy at that experience level. Ideas on what 'experienced' means, often seem to vary per jumper JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Thats a lot of time spent strugling with a spinning wingsuit. Much like canopy emergencies, Id personaly go through the emergency procedures for spins (1. arch, 2. ball, 3. pull) much quicker. Rather a main with 20 twists at 9000 ft, than the same ball of crap at 2k or lower. And thats not even thinking about a black-out. Thats some mighty fast spinning! Did this jumper have an AAD? If not, even more reasons to go through the emergency procedures in quick succession. Last, on any kind of backflying, barrelroll or other aerobatics action, I always would recommend learning it on a smaller suit first. Akin to learning to do donuts in a small and agile car, instead of taking the semi-truck out on the parking-lot and giving it a go.. Glad to see this one come out okay, and applaud you for posting it! JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

For those wanting some chilling on a trippy relaxed wingsuit video....much better thread title! And nice to see someone showing his full path to becoming a better flyer. Bumps and mistakes included. Its not always fame and glory, and not everyone dares to show the less heroic moments! (Also refering to previous stuff you posted). See you saterday for some flyin! And great video! JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Loic Jean Albert has a nice timeline on his website. Although also not containing all tiny baby steps, and of course putting a bit more emphasis on the FYB line of wingsuits, its one of the more complete track records regarding this subject. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?

Thats one of the early Jii-Wing suits. Known as the 'sugarglider' back then, if I recall correctly. Later evolved into the GS1. JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete?