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Any first hand reviews of the user friendliness of said suit??? I had a good first flight on a PTS recently and was impressed with it's stability, but it didn't seem to like a more aggressive style (steep/fast start). Have the issues of knife edge performance been remedied?? Curious

I'm not sure about knife edge, I fly the Tube 3 all the time, in skydiving not base, and find it to be fine. But i might have gotten used to it. When I started out it seemed unstable. The key for me was to put my arms up and back before bringing them closer to my sides with more experience.

edit: flying it pants only can be sketchy, because you are very head down. I've done it a few times but once my d-bag hit me in the foot because of the low angle, so I stopped doing it.

The Tube 4 is supposed to be much easier to control, and has an option for beginners to reduce the pants' volume for learning. Andi at pressurized did a lot of test jumps and prototypes to get there. I think the stability comes from more tapered legs and bigger butt.

I think the tube 4 is more like the PF suit, but with the inlets in the same place as the Tube 3 it can still be taken steep without loss of pressurization; the inlets face the oncoming air not just down. Also, it has a backfly inlet option!!

When I get one to fly I'll post how it is.

Flying it from a plane is a total different kettle of fish from taking it off a fixed object. They are a pain in the ass to fly. I'm actually interested in the new Sumo from Squirrel at the moment. Looks promising

after about 20 skydives on my tube3, i sold it, it was just not worth it. i couldnt control it, i mean i got better but it just seemed like unless i was always super current in it, it would end up causing some serious problems.

i just ordered my sumo a few days ago, i should have it towards the end of march. ill put some flight on it and let you know how it compares to the tube3.

i spoke with mike from squirrel for comparison, and he said that yes, the sumo flys best at a steep/fast angle, but is stable and flyable at flat angles as well, so i was sold................the placement of the vents on the sumo legs looks pretty gnarly, and im not sure how it compares to the PTS but it looks like the total vent surface area might be bigger

There's another interesting player entering the tracking gear market soon, so unless you want something right away, it might pay off to wait for Rami's new Raven to begin production. Should be available by summer season, I believe. I talked with him about it last week, the production model is about to get it's finishing touches these days. Performance is something he knows everything about and he seems very happy about how the prototype Ravens perform. Safe and stable to fly, too. Will be interesting to see the final product, whenever its ready. Contact him through Facialbook if you want to know more.

Kerkko
BASE1184

as much as I want to know about new tracking gear, can you tell me more about this facialbook?
After a night of jumping iv been known to give a facial or two and if this is a place i could meet woman interested in recieving said facials id be very interested.

Did Kege mention any women in his post? I think he only mentioned Rami and contact through facialbook. Nuff said.

haha well played, hmm maybe if theres a free raven involved? truth be told i threw facialbook in my address forgetting im at work, thank god it aint the site i was hoping for.. i need to get laid. Anyhow

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