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Last weekend BirdMan Robert was testing new toys (still under development). He jumped with BASE Pantz & Jacket and had average vertical speed 122 km/h according to his ProTrack. Forward speed was great and he was flying over DZ like glider. Some thought he is flying WS....
Even he was surprised with the performance!!!

Hello!
Got pictures? When will they start producing?
"Bird-man" wannabe with to few jumps to ligaly jump a [wingsuit... Have pantz, and like'm a lot.

Sorry, I have no pictures but probably you will see Robert with new toys on Bridge Day. There you can ask all other details.

I don't see that (122km/h) is really too revolutionary. Skinny people like me can do 130km/h with normal freefly suit in an efficient de-arched tracking position. And get a very good forward speed too...

Vesa
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Yes....i tried it too...with Pantz and normal jacket...137km/h was pretty easy and i weight about 15kg more than vesa

My point was not vertical speed as number. Average speed of our 4-way is 197 km/h and Robert is not wearing additional weights, so that is his "normal" speed in FF. If you compare those two values it looks very nice. I think that light jumpers can go close to 100 km/h in that combination (BASE Pantz & Jacket).

For us backwards Americans:
5 miles = 8 kilometers

Therefore, his fall rate was roughly 76mph.
-Josh

I get about the same fall rate in my Pantz that I do with my smoking suit, which is about 75 - 80 MPH (skydiving). Throw the BirdMan jacket it in there, and I bet I could do better with that than the smoking suit. That's a hard comparison to make, though, as not everyone has the same smoking suit (and I also have more experience with the Pantz than the smoking suit). Either way, I'm excited about the jacket.