skydiverkeith 1 #1 August 23, 2010 So far, I've made a total of 18 wingsuit jumps with 6 of those being on my new P2. My last jump is the only one I got data from using a Neptune 3 Audio. How do I get the most out of this suit? What can I expect as far as max performance vertical speed? Horizontal Speed? Height: 5ft 10in Exit Weight: 156 lbs Exit: 8750 ft Deployment: 3050 (pulled at 3500) Freefall: 76 s Average Speed: 51 mphBlue skies, Keith Medlock Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSE 5 #2 August 23, 2010 QuoteSo far, I've made a total of 18 wingsuit jumps with 6 of those being on my new P2. My last jump is the only one I got data from using a Neptune 3 Audio. How do I get the most out of this suit? What can I expect as far as max performance vertical speed? Horizontal Speed? Height: 5ft 10in Exit Weight: 156 lbs Exit: 8750 ft Deployment: 3050 (pulled at 3500) Freefall: 76 s Average Speed: 51 mph A-get with a coach to help you determine how you're positioning your body in person. The web is a great place to exchange ideas, but without some visual...it's difficult. B-quit worrying about time/distance for the moment and concentrate on "feeling/hearing" the wind against your body and in your ears. Various body positions will "sound" different. One thing that will help you get familiar with hanging on the wind is to lie down on a creeper. Have your arms and legs spread to a loose, relaxed flying position. Put your forehead, hands, and toes on the ground. Take a deep relaxing breath and close your eyes. Relax in that position for 10 seconds. Let your body feel that position and develop a bit of muscle memory. Remember that relaxed feeling in the air and try to recall it as you fly. Time will come with time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phoenixlpr 0 #3 August 23, 2010 QuoteSo far, I've made a total of 18 wingsuit jumps with 6 of those being on my new P2. My last jump is the only one I got data from using a Neptune 3 Audio. How do I get the most out of this suit? What can I expect as far as max performance vertical speed? Horizontal Speed? Height: 5ft 10in Exit Weight: 156 lbs Exit: 8750 ft Deployment: 3050 (pulled at 3500) Freefall: 76 s Average Speed: 51 mph For start forget about your Neptune, because your vertical component is just the half of the picture. Get a GPS unit like iBlue 747+, Qstarz BT-QT1000X or BT-Q1300S than you can see your trajectory as it is. Than what is your goal? Maximum delay? Maximum speed? Maximum distance? Maximum speed? Those are cannot achieved all in the same time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mccordia 74 #4 August 23, 2010 QuoteHow do I get the most out of this suit? Fly it A LOT...and realise fallrates are linked to body size/weight, and (like the other two posters above say) there are many more aspects to flying than merely aiming for lowest fallrate as a measurement of succes.JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tvandijck 0 #5 September 5, 2010 Not an expert here, only recently got my P2, made about 30 jumps on it so far... I found that rolling my shoulders and 'bending' my elbows slightly gets me the best performance... I stretch my toes as far out as I can, I basically try to make my lower body as 'long' and stretched as I can, no bending the knees. Got a 42mph this weekend (avg on protrack) with a 5ft10in, 210lbs body... so it is doable, it just needs practice and playing around with the suit in the air really.. like the others said, getting comfortable in the suit and enjoy your jumps is probably more important at this stage. I found the GPS 'path' pretty useless and doesn't help me at all right now, but others may have different experience. Before shelling out the 100-200 dollars on it though, I'd just have fun and play around for another 20-30 jumps, and try to find people to jump with so you have a reference in the air. I found that certainly the later thing helped me more than anything. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSE 5 #6 September 6, 2010 Quote I found the GPS 'path' pretty useless and doesn't help me at all right now, but others may have different experience. Before shelling out the 100-200 dollars on it though, I'd just have fun and play around for another 20-30 jumps, and try to find people to jump with so you have a reference in the air. I found that certainly the later thing helped me more than anything. Well said, couldn't agree more. Forget the numbers for now, just work on "feeling the air" and "hearing the wind." It'll come. GPS' are fun for looking at where you flew...but trying to improve based on the data, IMO...not the best "instructional aid." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
