effinjump 0 #26 November 12, 2002 I JUMPED MINE LAST WEEKEND!!! I am a frequent Bird-Man wingsuit flier and a fan of tracking dives. My Pantz are the BASE specific (high waist) model, and I made 3 jumps with them at the Keys Boogie. My first impression when putting them on was how good they looked and felt. The feel of them is closer to my regular, comfortable, pants than it is to typical freefly pants. In the air, with arms at my sides, but with a slight arch, it seemed that my ground speed was greater than any time with a wing suit. My body position was about level to slightly head low. When I used complete proper tracking body position, the huge lift created by the pants would raise my legs high and my forward speed would increase like the turbo boost just kicked in! :-) My average decrease in fall rate was 30 to 35mph, and I feel that I can decrease more more with practice. Fist impression: A very good product and a good investment. But I think that the BASE Pantz should also have a cell phone/radio pocket, but larger than the one that comes standard on the skydiving specific Pantz,as BASE jumpers do tend to carry a radio with them.Rob Tonnesen "And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom" -Anais Nin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ManBird 0 #27 November 12, 2002 Yeah, Dwayne weighs like an ounce. I'm really interested in trying these, but not sure about buying them. I'm in the same boat... tracks are 80~ MPH in a freefly suit, and forward speed is fast, so I already disappear quickly tracking/flocking dives, or have to stairstep, or fly really steep to stay down with others. I think I want to really try to benchmark myself against Dwayne in TrakPantz and me in a freefly suit and see how much my ass gets kicked in a track, or if it does at all. The Pantz seem pretty middle of the road when you fly and wingsuit and don't BASE."¯"`-._.-¯) ManBird (¯-._.-´"¯" Click Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
effinjump 0 #28 November 13, 2002 Hey, Like any skydive, you would want to be sure that you have slowed most of your forward track at deployment time. Because of the engineering of the Pantz, some body positions enable you to put the brakes on and stop most forward speed 'on a dime'. RobRob Tonnesen "And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom" -Anais Nin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ManBird 0 #29 November 13, 2002 QuoteHey, Like any skydive, you would want to be sure that you have slowed most of your forward track at deployment time. This slowing of forward speed of which you speak is foreign to me. ;)"¯"`-._.-¯) ManBird (¯-._.-´"¯" Click Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyFlyer 0 #30 November 19, 2002 Jumped the Pantz at the Keys Boogie and ordered a pair for BASE as well. Great for tracking but my cell phone doesn't fit in the pocket, what's up with that?!?!? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 4 #31 November 19, 2002 Quote cell phone doesn't fit.... Dude, better return them for a cash refund! My guess is that they are designed only to fit the latest in Finnish technology. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cpoxon 0 #32 November 19, 2002 Is it because your phone looks like this? :-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BMFin 0 #33 November 20, 2002 Whoa !!! 80´s kick ass !! If those babys would have a GSM 900 or 1800 receiver I would gotta have one of those !!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
