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I have for lond wondered how people pull this off(it involves slider so im not in for it yet) All the A´s i have seen you´ll need to climb the rail to be abel to jump,so my Q is..

how do you do it???

even if you have fellow jumpers there. I can tell it must be hard to get out side the rail.

I've been on quite a few Antenna Wingsuit loads (although I'm not a BASE wingsuit pilot).

Most tall antennas have quite a bit of room to move around and there is usually a decent amount of room to climb outside of the tower. However, your thinking is correct, it can be interesting at times and it certainly helps to have other jumpers assist you.

It's not uncommon to have 30 to 40mph winds on tall antennas and this sometimes results in wingsuit pilots going severely head low if they let their leg wing catch wind right after the exit. I'll never forget watching Canuck M.R. go super head low on his first wingsuit antenna exit in 40mph winds. Of course, being the pro that he is, he just relaxed and flew the horizontal wind that was coming from behind until he had enough airspeed to transistion out. The grin on his face lasted for hours...



Bryan

i were more interested in the climb than the exit... i cant imagine how anyone whith a ws on can climb a fence/rail...

When I jump a WS out of a plane, I do not zip the arms and legs up until right before exit. With them unzipped you have full range of motion.

I usually zip up before climbing out of the structure. The larger the A, in general, the larger the holes in the structure. So if you're doing a wingsuit A, climbing though usually isn't too bad. You just kind of wriggle and pop through.

Now, _climbing_ the tower wearing the wingsuit would suck.

thanks for heads up

Hey man,
In my SUPER limited experience (2 so far), getting out to exit wasn't too bad. I did have someone at the exit point both times though just in case I was unable to maneuver while zipped up. Luckily for me I just geared up on the landing, jumped in the elevator, and rode up. I bet a climb would be really tough, and potentially damage the suit.
Later
Blair

 

Hi greeny
I were more thinking of the exit