Bird-Man Track Pantz...

[imported_mknutson]

Bird-Man Track pantz will be on sale here at BLiNC Magazine store on October 14th.

Just a quick note to tell you that we will soon have the BirdMan Pantz available. If you have not heard, the Pantz are a revolutionary new skydiving pant design that allows you to achieve greater forward speed and lift. This is mainly because the Pantz have air inlets letting air and in causing the Pantz to inflate and become a larger, more rigid surface. Your leg power is greatly increased.

The prototypes have been a hit with BASE jumper, freeflyers, AFF JMs and tandem masters. While the Pantz's specialty is going forward, they work great for sit, head down jumps, and AFF and tandem jumpmasters wanting more leg power.


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[guest]

How much?

[Andrew Stewart]

I am really intrigued by the concept...

Has anyone jumped them who can offer a review?

Regards,

Andrew Stewart
Atlanta, Georgia

[Dwain]

I've been test jumping various prototypes (including the first prototype ever made) for a year now in both the skydiving and BASE environments.

I wrote a review for Skydiving magazine that will be published in the November edition, however I can't post that review until after the November edition of Skydiving has been released.

However here are some key points I found:

* They require some practice (via skydiving) to become proficient at. You'll still get better performance without much practice, but to really fly the pants well you need to put in some effort skydiving - much like with a wingsuit.

* Optimum body position when tracking with the pants is different to when tracking without. You need to work harder with the upper portion of your body.

* My terminal fall rate is less than 80 mph when in the optimum position (data from Garmin Summit GPS).

* Glide ratio way exceeds anything I could ever achieve with a normal track.

* On a BASE jump the pants kick in at about the 5 sec mark, but really take off at about the 9-10 second mark. Note that the final product will have vent inlets on the upper portion of the leg that will help the pants inflate at even lower airspeeds.

* On a 13 sec delay I would typically double the horizontal distance of the best trackers in the group.

* I didn't find they had any negative effects on other flying positions in BASE (such as aerials, back tracking, flying relative to other jumpers, and doing camera).

* You need to be proficient in the basic art of tracking to reap the benefits of this new technology. In other words they will not magically turn a bad tracker into a good tracker.

My rating of this product: two thumbs up, 5 stars etc etc.
IMHO Robert Pecnik is an engineering genius when it comes to human flight.

See attachment for pic (photo by Karin S).

[Andrew Stewart]

This is really interesting information, thanks Dwain!

Are you using a pro-track to determine minimum fall rate when testing the pants during a skydive? Or some other technology?

Many thanks in advance,

Andrew Stewart
Atlanta, Georgia

[guest]

$234.00 + 3% credit card fee from Bird-Man
:o




Yes, the trackpantz works, but thats a lot of money for a pair of pants.
I have my own "homemade" trackpants, they cost me $25.00...
Out of the two, I prefer my own. 27sec from exit 5, Kjerag.
Vertical speed down to 75-76mph or 120-121km/h.
Say no more...

You don´t have to be genius to make a pair.(or maby I am?)


Atle Dahl

[base698]

Ah be quiet Atle. You weigh less than 100 lbs and are over 6' :)

Hope you are doing well and thanks for the lap top in Norway.

Justin from US

PS do you have Thomas's or Nick's email address.

Alasclad. (spelling?)

[Lukas]

Atle, you are a skinny dude with long legs. And that cigarette streamlines you giving you more lift. And also that strange tobacco helps you fly more I'm sure :-)

/Lukas

[guest]

Hm, I thougt it was my fantastic pants that did the job...??
Maby it is the tobacco...

Introducing "Red 3" tracking tobacco, makes you wanna smoke it all the way down!
Smoke it, and feel the air flow trough your hair...

Atle Dahl :D

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[guest]

Yo guys,

After i have seen Atle`s 37 seconds delay at Karlskraatind, and Thomas`s 18 seconds from Gridsetskolten, when he tried the "tobacco pants". Thomas was willing to pay 5000 nok for Atle`s pants after that track.

Me and 3 others have now bought the tracking pants at G-sport in Norway they costs nok199,-

So now i have to borrow a sigarette with a smoker.
If the pants doesnt work i have to start smoking #red 3# the tracking tobacco....



Tom Erik :-)

[Jolly Jumper]

What is the deffinision on freefall these days?
Maybe we should be nude to get a record?
What is the deffinision on tobacco anyway?..........
"These are strange and confusing times"
PS Tom Erik; you dont "borrow" sigarretes!......but feel free to ask me to give you one.......
PPS 37 sec?????!!!!!!!......
:o

[feral]

Please any Cristans or God fearin people dont read on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Atle tell these people the truth !!!!!!!!


You are the DARK LORD ...SATAN!!!

That's the reason you track so well..

bdbd feral aka Smackdaddy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-(

[Jolly Jumper]

Jaaaaa SAURON..... the evil eye!!!!
What kind of tobaco does Gandalf smoke?
He is a BASE jumper too, with one S and one A in his belt.But Gandalf has to work on stability to get the most out of his his fantastic tracking hat!

:7 :7 :7 :+

[guest]

This is old news, Feral....

Tell us something we don´t know...
Stop beeing such a baby, or else... I´ll stop sending you the smack, and you know how much you need that....

Satan Dahl }>

[Cajones]

If they only cost you $25 and they work better, how about building me a pair? In fact, maybe a little competition would bring the cost down so we could all afford this new flying marvel... How much for a pair for 36x34's?