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  1. LetsGoOutside
    I fly my Katana with a wingsuit. I've had multiple twists while uneven in the harness and it does not spin or result in a mal (just a slight turn). The harness definitely plays a role here, though. My older Wings does not respond much to harness input. I also wear my chest strap pretty tight on wingsuit jumps to keep the risers more even after opening (since I can't use my hands). Same situation with a newer Javelin and looser chest strap and I might expect a spin which would require input to correct or possibly a cutaway. Having the brakes stowed definitely presents drag needed to keep the turn in check for at least a short while.
  2. LetsGoOutside
    Naw, just massively discounted with extra high opening altitudes to keep folks from pulling too low. Safety first!
  3. LetsGoOutside
    yeah, pics or stfu.
  4. LetsGoOutside
    Are you giving it some aggressive front riser input? Looks more like that than turbulence.
  5. LetsGoOutside
    There's a big difference between a first flight student and folks who have more time and jumps on wingsuits than pretty much anyone in the wingsuit forum has had in their career.
  6. LetsGoOutside
    Oh, wow. I have a first edition in great shape myself, but no bonus article. Great find!
  7. LetsGoOutside
    Not saying it's impossible, just saying it doesn't look like it here... It's shame that has to be focus of a video that can just stand on its own as something very cool.
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    jeeeeeeeesus, he's screaming in this one. impressed.
  9. LetsGoOutside
    I've been paragliding for several years and do understand those forces. I really don't believe they are enough to give a wingsuit lift. My 16m speed/acro wing doesn't get any sort of significant lift from thermals so...
  10. LetsGoOutside
    Nah, I'd have to disagree. Looked at that a few times. It looks more like the changing angle of incidence combined with gaining distance from the wall is revealing more of the top of the ridge, giving the illusion of going up. I've had a similar visual/feeling on far lesser flights, but similar terrain (granted I never got that close), by just looking under/behind me. Not to mention GPS tends to foul up altitude data the most when crossing drastic elevation differences at speed. It's a very good glide, but "up" I'm not really seeing -- and I'm not biased towards any manufacturer (my next suit is a TS). That said, this video is amazing. Really fantastic flights. Some of the best lines I've seen.
  11. LetsGoOutside
    So did these really have a custom setting or did the jumper just not zero it correctly? It sounds like the prior in the article but the news is always off. Also, where is the "no duh Justin Shorb turned out to be a thief" thread?
  12. LetsGoOutside
    +1. Two fatalities just came to mind.
  13. LetsGoOutside
    Yeah, the "I had to make a decision" thing doesn't fly. He wasn't exactly landing in deep jungle.
  14. LetsGoOutside
    "Flaring" your body after a track is sitting upright, belly to the relative wind, in an effort to present as much surface area to the relative wind of your forward motion and stop the motion as quickly as possible. If the manual instructed you to flare your body before deploying after a track, it's instructing you to stop your forward motion before deployment, not the other way around. Reccomending anyone pull in a track is a bad idea. People's definition of track will vary from person to person, and people's version of a track will vary from jump to jump, none of which promotes consistancy or the ability to tune openings during R&D. I stand corrected. Personally, I've found that opening with some forward motion promotes heading. But most of my jumps are in a wingsuit, so...
  15. LetsGoOutside
    I'll try to find it. What I read didn't say "steep track". It was more along the lines of opening with some forward motion -- basically "flaring" your body after a track. Maybe they've changed it, but it was definitely in there for my last three PD canopies.
  16. LetsGoOutside
    This definitely helps promote heading, in general. If you read the manual that comes with any PD canopy, this is what they recommend.
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    Wow, really needs some fact checking.
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    I read this as "maintain outwards pressure on the riser groups without pulling down on them". Is that a fair interpretation? [This is what I do during my openings.] Correct.
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    I think this is most of your problem. JUST LET IT DO IT'S THING. +1. Just be an anchor. It will search and shake, but just keep your heading and position it will just follow you. Don't control the risers so much as just keep them in place so they don't cross.
  20. LetsGoOutside
    Ha! I remember a couple guys getting early some years ago, over the mountain-y area just North of where the deployment was in this photo. No light or anything. They just brain-farted -- opened the door and went. They still pitched at their usual altitudes. Needless to say, they had short canopy rides and some stern review.
  21. LetsGoOutside
    You will get line twists when you fly a wingsuit, moreso than usual because you can hold onto the risers through an opening. If your body position is uneven while the line twists form, you will induce a turn. If your canopy doesn't go into a fast spiral with uneven line twists, you're golden. However, I've never seen a Stiletto *not* spiral with uneven line twists in a wingsuit and have witnessed numerous reserve rides because of it. I wouldn't advise against flying a wingsuit with a Stiletto.
  22. LetsGoOutside
    What did you use for a harness? My Ozone Atak wouldn't stand a chance.
  23. LetsGoOutside
    Yeah, direct bag and lauches a la unpacked BASE have happened plenty, but none of the gear is meant to withstand opening shock.
  24. LetsGoOutside
    This should be the "complete" list, not "compleat". Also, I remember seeing Niels Brusgaard (L&B) with a "big suit" which integrated into the harness with zippers back in 2002 or thereabouts. Worth researching or just asking him.
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    Yeah, did 3:06 on my S3 once. Total freefall was ~13,000' (15k - 2k), so like 47mph average. Was also quite a bit lighter and younger than I am right now.