The following items are strongly recommended: Once you have 10+ good wingsuit BASE jumps you could consider jumping with a higher performance suit. So you still want to wingsuit BASE? Let’s talk about specific preparation:įirst thing, it is strongly recommended to start wingsuit BASE using a low performance wingsuit i.e. See Appendix B for specific flight drills to practice whilst jumping the wingsuit from the plane.Ī person who has read all the incident reports, analysed the contributing factors and accepted that wingsuit / BASE jumping is worth the risk of serious injury & death.ģ.Ideally have performed some wingsuit balloon jumps to simulate the exit & sub terminal flight.Able to fly the suit comfortably without “potato chipping” achieving reasonable fall rate and forward speed.Familiar using arm and leg cutaways in freefall and under canopy immediately after opening.Able to unzip arm wings instantly after deployment - like 2nd nature.Well practiced at recovering from instability.
Always able to find the PC quickly and cleanly, with good on heading openings.Who wears a wingsuit as if it were pyjamas, not feeling physically restricted by the fabric.
With minimum 50 wingsuit skydives (but more jumps are strongly recommended!).Have consistent record of stable deployments and on-heading openings.Have excellent canopy flying skills and landing accuracy.Have good sub & terminal tracking skills.Always performing solid exits, also when exiting with arms by your side.Cool under pressure, very comfortable in the BASE environment.With minimum 50 BASE jumps (but more jumps are strongly recommended!).Before even considering doing a wingsuit BASE jump you should be: The jumper must be absolutely sure of his own capabilities and those of his equipment when undertaking jumps that allow little margin for error.Ģ. Experienced wingsuit BASE jumpers may attempt to make jumps that would be otherwise impossible without a wingsuit.The wingsuit jumper must always ensure sufficient altitude for a safe deployment - bear in mind that as soon as the PC is released the wingsuit jumper will stop flying and drop vertically approx. In this situation the jumper must remember that the critical altitude is the immediate vertical elevation they have over the talus or slope. looking at the valley floor in front of them). The jumper often focuses on the airspace they are flying towards, giving the illusion they have lots of altitude available (e.g. The wingsuit jumper must also pay attention to his altitude when flying down a talus or over sloping terrain.The wingsuit ground rush for a minimal canopy ride is a lot less intense than for normal freefall. The low fall rate and high horizontal speeds can fool the jumper that they are higher than they actually are. Experienced BASE jumpers who use ground rush as an altitude indicator must exercise caution during their initial jumps.The wingsuit jumper must carefully assess the terrain he intends to fly over as the eventual opening point and landing area will be different than for a normal BASE jump and will also depend on flight performance.The wingsuit complicates deployment and prevents you from controlling your canopy immediately after opening.difficult to climb down to the exit point, easier to go unstable and then harder to recover. The wingsuit restricts your physical movement making exits harder to perform i.e.There is no substitute for one to one coaching.Ī wingsuit allows for incredible freefall delays and horizontal distances to be achieved, almost eliminating the chance of striking the object you jumped off, the number one cause of BASE jumping fatalities.īut jumping a wingsuit also has some serious drawbacks: If you choose to pursue wingsuit BASE you are strongly recommended to seek instruction from an experienced wingsuit BASE jumper. Wingsuit BASE is more dangerous than normal BASE jumping if the jumper does not conduct adequate preparation. This document is not an instruction manual. This document is intended as an initial information source for BASE jumpers interested in starting wingsuit BASE. It is natural to want to follow in their slipstreams but let us make sure we do so safely and with adequate preparation.
We have all seen the amazing videos of people like Robert, Yuri and Loic flying their wingsuits.