Learning to Wingsuit with S-fly

[skydonkey 0]

I'm planning to do my first wingsuit jump next month with Babylon in Spain. They are one of the official S-fly course centres.

How much differance is there between an s-fly and a BM classic?

I hope to buy a second-hand classic/GTI later on (yeah right, like I'll be able to resist buying whatever Wingsuit I can get my hands on the second I land after the first jump! Damn that wing-candy!!)

What's the latest opinions on S-fly versus BM versus Matter2?

[piisfish 140]

I learnt to use my SFly there...
If you never jumped a wingsuit, it will not be VERY easy to fly it, but I guess no suit is easy at first.
The SFly is VERY differnt than a classic... I don't think you'll want to "downgrade" suit after jumping one like that. Maybe a GTI would be more what you will want. But don't forget, BM suits and SFly are different to fly and to manipulate, specially for the cutaway of the wings.
This is no criticism against the Classic. I would still want to try any different suit to get feelings of how they fly.
Enjoy your first jumps.
Don't know about the Matter2

scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM

[bodypilot1 0]

Look here , maybe you might find something?

www.WestCoastWingsuits.com
www.PrecisionSkydiving.com

[diablopilot 2]

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What's the latest opinions on S-fly versus BM versus Matter2?

Personaly I think the Matter 2 is a great choice. It incoporates the "float" avaliable to a toal body wing, and the drive of the current top of the line Birdman suits.

I seem to have heard the the S-Fly may have just recently stopped production, but ofcourse that is second hand information.

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[oLIVE 0]

I have one jump with a classic 1 and 2 jumps with the MTRII and i just want to say that it's not really hard to fly with the mtrII, but i think that it 's better to do your fist jump with a classic if you want to start.

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[SimonM 0]

I started out on a Classic2 (about 20 jumps) and then moved to an S-fly. I didnt find the S-fly much harder to fly and (for me) it has much better performace than the Classic (more like a well flown GTi).

Simon

[pbla4024 0]

I chatted with designer of S-fly last weekend and there are not plans to stop the production.

Fido

[kevin922 0]

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I chatted with designer of S-fly last weekend and there are not plans to stop the production.

Uh, who Loic?

[pbla4024 0]

With Steph.

Fido