crawford 0 #1 October 15, 2003 Ok, I tried the method that several of you told me about with the Skyflyer this past weekend to lengthen my freefall time and glide farther. BUT, I was extremely unstable and didn't seem to go AS FAR! Was really "potato Chipping"... Can anyone tell me the cause of that without flying with me!? For those of you that don't know, I was flying with my knees forward. (*And was stable) I attempted to straighten my legs and point the toes, but was really unstable and un-nerved!!! HELP!!!! "Sure, those Golf Carts may look all warm and fuzzy, but they WILL take a chunk out of your ass!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 4 #2 October 15, 2003 Are you jumping a stock SkyFlyer? It's entirely possible that you are trying too hard. If you ever start potato chipping, the easiest way to stop it is to simply arch. you can keep your toes pointed and your arms locked in, but arching a bit helps. Another "cheat" tame a stock SkyFlyer is get some gaffer tape and block the inlet to the butt deflector. Russel Thornton, a BM-I in Australia taught me that one. For whatever reason, it makes the suit less "washy" in his very-experienced opinion. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crawford 0 #3 October 15, 2003 I am jumping the Skyflyer that is all over the Birdman website, (*Yellow wings/white body) Not sure what the dudes name is, but I bought the suit off of the person that bought the suit off of him... If that makes any sense whatsoever!!! Thanks for advise chuck. Will try the arch thing and if that doesn't work, will go with deflating the "Ass spoiler"... Thanks again. "Sure, those Golf Carts may look all warm and fuzzy, but they WILL take a chunk out of your ass!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ManBird 0 #4 October 15, 2003 I thought you had an S3. Yeah, the first Skyflyer is definitely the most difficult suit on the market to fly. The leg wing is a little small for the arm wings. If you push the legs really hard, you have to compensate the arms a bit. Never heard of Chuck's trick. I like it. My first Skyflyer (1) flight scared the hell out of me. I found that if you fly it like you're riding on a giant ball, you'll get a kickass fall rate and the suit will fly smoothly and comfortably, and it won't kill your arms. This slows your forward speed a bit, but not so much that it excessively hurts your glide ratio (1.7:1 - 2:1 is very realistic). Overall, that instability goes away with experience. It's just one of those things in skydiving that eventually clicks. After a couple dozen flights (assuming there's sufficient experience on an entry level suit), you'll find that you can fly the suit hard, but also stable and relaxed."¯"`-._.-¯) ManBird (¯-._.-´"¯" Click Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crawford 0 #5 October 15, 2003 Definitely know that I don't want to venture into the S3 area yet. Going to try and master this beast first! Thanks for the advise. I was doing really well with it until I got into a wicked cross wind a hell of a long ways from the DZ. Aside from stopping to deploy in order to let the shit run out a little better, I just fought it until regular pull time and managed to have somewhat of an ordinary pull. But you could not have drove a needle in my butt with a freakin' sledgehammer!!! SHEEEESSSSEE!!!! "Sure, those Golf Carts may look all warm and fuzzy, but they WILL take a chunk out of your ass!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ManBird 0 #6 October 15, 2003 QuoteBut you could not have drove a needle in my butt with a freakin' sledgehammer!!!Nor would I. IMO, the S3 is physically more difficult to fly, but the S1 is technically more difficult."¯"`-._.-¯) ManBird (¯-._.-´"¯" Click Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
