ziboulateur 0 #1 November 13, 2003 Hello! I have a question to the flock: Does a wingtip gripper on S3 present any hazard at pull time? There is a little soft "gap" between the gripper and the sleeve. I tried to loop the bridle around the gripper's ends, squeezing wing fabric. It looks to be quite unlikely that the bridle will get caught at deployment and if it does, the bridle will probably come off. A few months ago I had a chance to talk to a very experienced wingsuit flyer, who had told me about this issue. What do You think? BTW, my beautiful yellow and orange S3 finally arrived and we both cannot wait to get in the air! Thanks a lot, ..aflock, aflock.. Nik Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kevin922 0 #2 November 13, 2003 humm no i seriously doubt it. And if you have bridle coming around your wing at pull time you have larger issues. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FrogNog 1 #3 November 13, 2003 > BTW, my beautiful yellow and orange S3 finally arrived and we both cannot wait to get in the air! Picture us! -=-=-=-=- Pull. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bodypilot1 0 #4 November 14, 2003 Quote Does a wingtip gripper on S3 present any hazard at pull time? *** I have small grippers I had modified onto my S1 long ago. I put about 50 jumps on it with no problems at all, and my S3 has been the same. No problems. Edwww.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites LouDiamond 1 #5 November 15, 2003 You should be reaching around the gripper/wing during the pull sequence in order to grasp the hack.I don't see how the bridle could be caught on that portion of the suit either while grabbing the Hack or once thrown out. There should be no bridle exposed if you're just grabbing the hack and once thrown out I think your other appendages pose a greater chance of being wrapped by the bridle than the gripper itself. Is this question based on either your or your friends actual experience or is it "what if"ing? Because I don't see how this could happen."It's just skydiving..additional drama is not required" Some people dream about flying, I live my dream SKYMONKEY PUBLISHING Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkymonkeyONE 4 #6 November 17, 2003 I feel that the wingtip gripper actually aids in getting the wing out of the way at pull time. If you simply reach down to the sides of your butt, then slide both hands up to the hackey height, you will never have a problem. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ziboulateur 0 #7 November 17, 2003 Thank you guys for your responses and advice! Sam, enormous thanks to you for joining me on my first flights. Awesome 2-ways, great visuals, great fun!!! Yes, I’ve made my first S3 flights on Sunday and guess what … I had a blast! It felt very comfortable in flight, way easier than it was on my flight No 3 on Skyflyer1 after two classic flights. Probably a dozen GTI flights in between helped a bit too. Even after a bootie came off on a front flip it was easy to keep things in order. My Sabre150 and Dolphin container gave me sweet on-heading openings. And definitely I see tons of things for me to work on. I have no protrack, so no graphs, sorry. >>Is this question based on either your or your friends actual experience or is it >>"what if"ing? Because I don't see how this could happen. It was just a “what if" question based on my conversation with an experienced original “Skyflyer” pilot who seemed to be suspicious about the gripper on S3. >> Picture us! Unfortunately I forgot to ask a friend who had a digital camera to take a picture. Well maybe it’s good not to post it… otherwise everybody will start ordering my colors because they are way cool Blue skies …aflock… Nik Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites fergs 0 #8 November 20, 2003 post the pic! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
LouDiamond 1 #5 November 15, 2003 You should be reaching around the gripper/wing during the pull sequence in order to grasp the hack.I don't see how the bridle could be caught on that portion of the suit either while grabbing the Hack or once thrown out. There should be no bridle exposed if you're just grabbing the hack and once thrown out I think your other appendages pose a greater chance of being wrapped by the bridle than the gripper itself. Is this question based on either your or your friends actual experience or is it "what if"ing? Because I don't see how this could happen."It's just skydiving..additional drama is not required" Some people dream about flying, I live my dream SKYMONKEY PUBLISHING Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 4 #6 November 17, 2003 I feel that the wingtip gripper actually aids in getting the wing out of the way at pull time. If you simply reach down to the sides of your butt, then slide both hands up to the hackey height, you will never have a problem. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ziboulateur 0 #7 November 17, 2003 Thank you guys for your responses and advice! Sam, enormous thanks to you for joining me on my first flights. Awesome 2-ways, great visuals, great fun!!! Yes, I’ve made my first S3 flights on Sunday and guess what … I had a blast! It felt very comfortable in flight, way easier than it was on my flight No 3 on Skyflyer1 after two classic flights. Probably a dozen GTI flights in between helped a bit too. Even after a bootie came off on a front flip it was easy to keep things in order. My Sabre150 and Dolphin container gave me sweet on-heading openings. And definitely I see tons of things for me to work on. I have no protrack, so no graphs, sorry. >>Is this question based on either your or your friends actual experience or is it >>"what if"ing? Because I don't see how this could happen. It was just a “what if" question based on my conversation with an experienced original “Skyflyer” pilot who seemed to be suspicious about the gripper on S3. >> Picture us! Unfortunately I forgot to ask a friend who had a digital camera to take a picture. Well maybe it’s good not to post it… otherwise everybody will start ordering my colors because they are way cool Blue skies …aflock… Nik Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
