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Should be already available - at least I got mine
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Very impressive... Wondering about the next steps... I am eager to see what will be done in 2011... Highest respect for this flying skills! Cordially, Herwig
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I didn't say it is impossible - I said it is very different!
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Maybe because you simply can't move your hips for weightshifting in a Triwing like in a Monowing? Some flying styles work in both models, but definitely not all! So yes - a lot of techniques can be applied to both, and we like to see more usage of "flying your body" in general. But you were saying that it is just marketing... I don't see the "versus" here: there are two different styles you can choose from, some people prefer one style, other people like the other one... Herwig
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Hi Jarno, I was flying for a few days, so my late response here... For me a Wingsuit is like a tool - if you ask me what is the best tool, I will ask you: what Do you want to do? But just for Monowings: flying them IS different than a Triwing! I strongly recommend a Skill Camp with Zun or Julien! BTW: I have flown and own enough suits to judge. Don't start a Brand war: I just know for sure that they are different - and this is NOT Marketing! Cordially, Herwig
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My short comment: Ask yourself: what should a Beginner learn? The answer would be: fly safely a Wingsuit and have fun! I am teaching mostly with Prodigy's, but I am heavily influenced from Loic and Zun. What they teach is that the human hand has a lot of nerves, so humans are very much to "hold" something. So a good beginner suit will be a suit without grippers, so that the flyer can concentrate oh his body position mainly. After he learns to fly his body (you guess the name of the company this wording is coming from... ) let him choose the suit he likes most! So my advice: choose a suit without grippers for beginner... I guess every one of the main manufacturers has such a suit! Cordially, Herwig
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Between 1:02 and 1:05 there is a hidden gem! Like it! Hope to be there next year! Herwig
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Nearly a year wingsuit flying - what next?
redfox replied to Titanium_Gecko's topic in Wing Suit Flying
Most people which have flown with the french birds would define the "French Style" like: - knowing what it means to "fly your body" - flying together - learning a lot with each flight per excellent feedback Look at some photos or watch some videos of french skill camps... As a no-french speaking stupid alien, flying a no-french suit I was always welcome - no national thing or brand war... Could be seen as an ideal of behaviour for our sport IMHO... Cordially, Herwig -
If I understand you correctly, it is for logging... If you look at GPX, you have just added the velocity fields, and GPX is XML. KML for Google Earth is based on XML too... JSON is simpler if you just want to exchange data... But don't worry too much - if I really want to get the data, parsing XML, JSON or CSV is pretty easy. Don't switch to a proprietary binary format ;-) Have fun working on this - and enjoy flying! Herwig
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The idea is to use more than GPS. GPS is not very precise for direct feedback during flight. So you may add barometric data and data from acceleration sensors too. Without barometric data, some Smartphones could deliver that :-) There are a lot of ideas out here... Let's play and look what works best :-) Herwig
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Hi Michael, this forum may be a little bit off-topic, but I play since years with such toys to get feedback during flight. Played with STM Cortex M3, Segger embOS, emWin and USB. Output in JSON is parsed in fractions of a second on modern Computers. Can be done in C, C++, Java, Matlab, ... I used Lua on the PC and Mac side. You may add or change some fields later, e.g. barometric data, then it is nice if you can still work with older software. Adding a field in the beginning to define the schema or version also helps... Akustik feedback during flight is hard... We have to wait for cheap and leightweight optics ;-) Or are we concentrating too much on performance? At last, flying should be fun! Cordially, Herwig
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I would prefer a format which has structure and is extensible. A simple format for this is JSON, which I can recommend. Cordially, Herwig
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One possible solution: buy a suit from every manufacturer (I did: Phoenix Fly: Phantom, Ghost, Stealth, Vampire 3, Tonysuit XS, X-Bird, S-Fly Expert, ProFly, Verso, + a few other suits...)
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Why not that: http://www.prospective-concepts.ch/html/projekte/stingray_en.html Ok, just a little bit off-topic... But definitely mattress flying!
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Whaaat??? Not real? I took this soooo serious!
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Just found it... http://www.phoenix-fly.com/news.htm#proxycourse Someone knows if you need oxygen for the mountains of Rotterdam? Something else to inhale? Is it possible to have last supper instead of lunch and dinner? Why does it take soooo looong? I want to be a hero in zero days! Unfortunately my hamster is already dead, but does anybody know if I can still use him for reference? Many thanks for your answers...
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Ok, let us go back to the original thread and stop the brand war here... ( I own the V3 AND the XS ... ) So for the V3: I agree with the first posts in this thread - the V3 is definitely one of the top suits, due to weather restrictions (too much wind at high altitude) I can't provide save numbers yet, but without question high performance. The only thing I would add to the first posts is that I strongly recommend the usage of the PC (Leg) Pouch, even for skydives! This is the first suit I think it is a big difference for pull time. Hopefully this is a helpful hint - the V3 is definitely worth to try out! A big improvement over the first Vampires IMHO. Cordially, Herwig
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1. Zun 2. Sylvain 3. Airowpoint 4. Gert 5. Gadget 6. xnawakx 7. redfox 8. Patrick de Guillebon 9. Alain 10. HagenAngelic 11. Pierre (south africa) 12. piisfish 13. DesertDevil 14.
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I agree with you both... Zun is definitely a professional Wingsuit Coach. Everyone who was once in one of his Skill Camps will agree. I am not the organizer of this event, but took over reponsibility to get Zun here. So don't worry - Zun will be paid for coaching! Everyone is welcome, let's make some nice flights over the swiss mountains. Brand war is forbidden there!!! Herwig Oh yes: it doesn't mean that you are not allowed to pay Zun a beer... To collect with a hat may be also a cool idea
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Load Organization cost from Zun was taken from Sponsors - so you have just to pay your Jump Tickets... But please feel free to pay Zun a Beer (or two)
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To make it clear: I am not the organizer of this event, just helping a little bit concerning Wingsuits... Let's start the list: 1. Zun 2. Sylvain 3. Airowpoint 4. Gert (one of my seven second-best Facebook friends!) 5. Gadget (Hans on 5th position - how could this happen?) 6. xnawakx 7. redfox 8. 9. 10. virgin-burner deciding on weather... pretty sure about aarthus and bassie...
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Hello Together, From Saturday 22. August to Sunday 30th August 2009 there will be the Mountain Gravity in Switzerland (Aerodromo Ambrí-Piotta). The Website for Mountain Gravity: http://www.wejumpfromairplanes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=89&Itemid=94 or http://www.mountaingravity.ch/joomla/ The first Video was from Mollis, this year it will be in Ambri. Airplanes are fixed for the whole event: AN-28: Tail Exit, 22 Slots, 10 Minutes Climb to 4000 m AGL DHC-6 (Twin Otter): 22 Slots Stéphane ZUNINO from Fly your Body will do the Wingsuit coaching Who wants to join? Cordially, Herwig
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See Article in Newspaper: http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/schweiz/grindelwald_will_basejumping_limitieren_1.2161679.html?printview=true Wingsuitflyers have provocated the people around Grindelwald with some "Low Pass" above other people. So the will forbid further "Basejumps" (?) out of Helicopters... This would be sad, because it offers some very beautiful flights... Hopefully the next flyers stay away from the crowds - please! Thanks, Herwig
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Flying from Eiger over Mittelegigrat is not extreme but very nice... I have done this even with not so experienced Wingsuit Flyers with a normal Skydiving Rig. But please land in the Paragliding Landing zone! Cordially, Herwig
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I just viewed the DVD... If you want to sleep this night - don't buy it but honestly - take a look! Great Wingsuit flying, Paragliding and awesome speedflying.... And a little bit skiing and snowboarding too... Great job from all actors! Congratulations, Herwig