Frickflyers is the youtube channel for the Frickflyers freefly team. Here you will find videos of team training, championships, camps, canopy piloting, wingsuit and even educational videos. Educational videos come out every week, every other month we do a Fricky stuff or Frick Gravity Swoop video which consists of a compilation of videos of that season and of course our randomly announced originals!
First of all it is very sad to hear the passing of Chris. On your video, it is the first time I see (to my knowledge) a Top level Canopy pilot debrief is own jumps in competition..and teach people what could you have done differently and your future plans.. that says a lot about how down to earth and Humble you are! Keep it up Im sure you'll break more records in the near future
Congrats man, it’s great to follow your journey and see you climb that swooping ladder so successfully! I’d like to know your opinion on one thing that kinda being sitting on my mind. Right now mutants are viewed as “top performance option for swooping gods only”. But now that supine harnesses is clearly where the future of swooping goes - why not starting early? I’m a baby swooper flying JFX at 2.0 and learning my 270’s. I don’t really need an RDS now but I still use, the main purpose is just to get used to it. Same with supine harnesses, I’ve flown those in paragliding like forever, why not starting early and letting my brain learn it right off the bet? The only ‘con’ I could find is it does require specialized training, as in everything is different on it as opposed to regular harnesses, so my coaching options will be limited. But at this point I already account for that and will only be seeking coaching from mutant-trained coaches, we are lucky to have a few options for that in North America. Would love to know your opinion man.
Petra, lmaaaoo Can you clarify changing your angle of incidence? My understanding is that AoI is the angle between the mean chord line of the wing and the longitudinal axis of the fuselage. How does that apply to wingsuiting since the wing and “fuselage” aspects are so integral? Thanks in advance!
Not sure if it was covered before, but at least from the names of videos in these series I didn't find it. So I'd like to know more about the shooting process: positioning yourself in relation to the object (for different jumps, e.g. FF, Angles, or just belly), aiming, and aiming ring adjustment. Would be super useful.
You mentioned longer slinks on your rears. I've heard people doubling up to get a longer recovery. Is that all your doing or do you actually have longer one? Are there any cons in terms of how your wing handles or is the affect strictly limited to the recovery?
I made longer ones, but doubling works too. its changes the recovery arc and opening too. id be careful in what type of wing I use it, and I don't use it anymore because I do freestyle on Petra now so I don't mod
