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http://www.phoenix-fly.com/...cts/trackingsuit.htm

Photo attached.

J

any recomandation (number of jumps/skills) before jumping it?
any training recomandation before flying it?

edit to add...i talk about skydiving enviroment ofcourse

it's in the manual: 50 jumps (a hell of a lot ;)
http://www.phoenix-fly.com/...uit_usermanual_1.pdf

I was just sending e-mails around trying to find out when this was going to come out. I ordered my suit soon after your post. I wonder if I was the first one to order it.

I asked around to the locals in my area about the PF tracking suit, and the only negative feedback was that the belt and bootie clips needed to be stronger. Sounds like they fixed those issues. Looks great too. And all for the same price. Sounds good to me!

Looks like a good evolution of the suit, I like the reinforced knees and longer jacket.

Gus

I hope there'll be some footage online soon of the new PF suit in action

Damn it!! i send a order 3 weeks ago for a new a PFpantz and now this happens..

Contact them...

Yeah the same happened to me. I bought the PF jacket a month or so ago and now this ...

what type of performance differences were you getting during testing between the original tracking suit and the new one?

or is it more just durability and fixing some things?

I've been skydiving in one since around 50 jumps (the older version). It is a pretty simple suit to fly. The new version does not appear to have any major changes that would appear to affect the ease of flight. It's a blast to fly!

Sure they look cool, but do tracking suits really do anything?

No they don`t do anything...the only purpose is to look cool

Well hell, I might as well jump naked then.

And that they do.

Just got my suit in the mail. Looks pretty sweet.

Attached are some pictures.

 

Really nice looking suit.

Maybe I am not seeing this right...it looks like a standard tube PC(not a single attachment point) with some tape on it.

Kris.

I assume you bring this up because it looks like a heavyweight hacky-sack? I actually think it's a regular PVC tube with black tape wrapped around it (perhaps to prevent a finger from getting stuck in it).

But I'm sure Drew will chime in here.

yes thanks that makes cents, it looked like something different to me.
my mistake,
Blair

Yah, Jaap was right. Regular PCV with tape around it, to prevent the finger in the tube.

Probably a little paranoid, but I have a vague recollection of either me getting my finger stuck in one, or hearing about it (on a skydive).

My suit arrived today !
Build quality looks great, its comfy and fits well..I'm happy...shame I dont get to fly it for a week or so though....

The 'blue steel' expression though...hmm, needs work