Progression of flying 132 flights over six days in the Indoor Wingsuit Tunnel located in Stockholm, Sweden. Each clip shows the key learning objective of the flight. Total of 330 minutes edited down to 33 minutes.
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I went tandem skydiving last year and then followed up with a tandem wingsuit flight. I unfortunately don't have the time to go through a fullskydiving course to then put inenough hours to then turn to wingsuit flying. Would a person be able to learn enough using just the wind tunnel to be proficient in the air? I realize that before being able to use the wing suit. I would have to take at least basic skydiving course to learn parachute release and landing techniques. I only had enough time to do one tandem wingsuit flight last year due to time and distance but I really would like to do some more.
No matter your experience level, everyone starts on the leash and goes through the same progression. There was a guy there at the same time as me who had never flown in a WS before (or even made a skydive) and was progressing at about the same rate as me. There was another guy who had more WS experience than me and was progressing slower because he tried to rush the process. You have to forget everything you know and relearn. I intentionally spent more time on the leash and harness and belly to set a solid foundation. A lot of people go with an end goal in mind within a certain amount of hours, but you’ll be better served to just take it slow and master every step along the way. It is VERY different flying than WS BASE. Like, completely different configuration. If you’re going to learn transitions and then immediately try to translate it to transitions in the valley, don’t. You’ll want some time in the skydiving environment to really work them out because it’s different.
Thanks for the response! This helps a lot. Yeah, as with all tunnel flying, it puts your skills in check pretty quick. Relearning from scratch just about. Given your advice maybe I’ll try to go for a week a few months prior to The Valley that way I can translate some of it to the sky. Worth bringing your own suit? Or just rock one of theirs? I currently have an ATC 3.
It all depends on how many hours you plan to fly and what your goals are. The tunnel is going to help you really understand how little movement it takes to make a big translation. This will be beneficial for multi-ways in skydiving. Be conscious of the difference between tunnel and BASE config as you might start to fly head high and arms back - which is the opposite of what you want in the BASE environment. Also, I don’t know your WS BASE experience, but I would not recommend throwing any transitions in the BASE environment until you are absolutely 100% dialed in the tunnel and in the skydiving environment. I’m guessing by you being in an ATC that this is your first WS BASE trip. Make sure you have your 2-piece dialed and I’d recommend making your first flights in Brento and focusing on getting your cross 1:1 dialed before heading to the valley. Happy to help.
Right on, This will be my 6th time to The Valley. Not even sure if I plan on using the ATC3 there this season as I have been having a lot of fun in the PALA4 and feel like there’s still a lot of room for improvement there with consistency. I was planning for a 10 days total trip. So maybe 7-8 flyable days. One last question… How many hours did you fly in how many days?
@BMAC Yeah, I should have structured a better question. I did leave that wide open haha. I meant price but thanks for the glide ratio. That's good to know. I looked up the packages, seems legit. I thought it would cost more based on how much iFly charges.
