Is Birdman the only manufacturer?

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stephane zunino is on
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until last yr he was making suits himself but was planning to employ a manufacturer to make them from abt sept 2000...hope my info is still current?
salutations...tim

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I AGREE WITH "BORIS SKYFLYER"......VERY NICE EXPLANATION BORIS...........2PAC

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What I can add to this is that during Vichy's boogie 2000, several people with all levels of practice and all kinds of body shapes were flying WS together with different suits (Birdman -even last models flown by the Birdman dudes themselves-, Crossbow, and others types...) and it appeared clearly to ALL that the CROSSBOW was flying far better... to the point that Birdman dudes didn't want to fly in the group again and left Vichy to fly at another dropzone....

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If you were in Vichy, you will know that French organizer did not allowed Birdman dudes to have first flight courses. Therefore they went to another location. Looks like French way to fight against another manufacturer to me....

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there actually 2 snaps, an inside one and an outside one. Between the two it should hold the handles on the outside of the wing. NOTE: this is true if your suit was measure for the rig(s) you are jumping. If someone should put a rig in your suit with a smaller harness, they should try a flex test, to make sure it will not get sucked into the suit.

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Dear Boris,
It is obvious that you are a limited in your capacity to think, so I shan't be witty, just straight forward.

Your quote
>Statement like this that "one is
>better than another" are STUPID
>without the information who flew one
>or another and with what (BirdMan have
>three different models...).

I can understand how someone would think that such statements might be made without the proper research or with out any research at all. As you would probably be like that yourself. Please rest assured that we did (and are continuing) tests. Generally we take the same pilot put him or her in the three suits we have available. Then we have them make 5 - 10 flights per suit performing set maneuvers each flight. Afterward we gather the info from the protrack, chart and graph it, and compare. Naturally none of these pilots are in your class. In our defense, we try and get people who are enthusiastic about wing suit flight for the test.

If you would like send me your e-mail, and I can pass on some of the info. It probably will not do much for you, but, what the hell.

In closing, I would like to add, Boris, it is nice to see someone as opinionated as yourself. It is truly a pleasure knowing that people of all types can enjoy our sport. For me, personally, it is much more important that there are those that are willing to try the new, and I give them much respect for forging the cutting edge, that some of us choose to follow. As for the prodigies of this sport, (like yourself), I can only hope that they take the time to pass on their knowledge, and educate the masses of us out there.

Tchuss,

Alexander