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Idk if you get a skydiving license, but I think to jump by yourself, you need somewhere around 100 tandem jumps logged.
Im sure to wingsuit, you would need X amount of solo jumps on top of that.
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Idk if you get a skydiving license, but I think to jump by yourself, you need somewhere around 100 tandem jumps logged.
Im sure to wingsuit, you would need X amount of solo jumps on top of that.
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A buddy of mine has been sky diving for about 2 years (weather restricted of course) and he only just got a beginner wingsuit like 4 months back.
It takes a lot and even the lower end ones are like a grand just for the suit. Kind of go in steps from what I hear to the wing suit because the ones like in that video are hard to use
It takes a lot and even the lower end ones are like a grand just for the suit. Kind of go in steps from what I hear to the wing suit because the ones like in that video are hard to use
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Requirements vary from school to school, but typically it takes ~25 jumps as part of a structured course to obtain a solo license (full tandem and along side instructors) including the one I completed.
So 100 tandem jumps is overkill, boring and pointless as it doesn't teach individual anything (if we are talking about being strapped to belly of instructor)...not to mention very expensive...unless it is just done for touristy ****s and giggles...at least this has been the case from my personal experience. Someone elses mileage might vary.
That said, wing suits require a LOT of jumping experience to operate WELL. The handful of wing suit flyers I encountered over the years completed 6,000-10,000+ jumps. Plus quality equipment is not cheap, as already mentioned. Unlike land or sea sports, there are no "heave to" or "pull over" options at terminal velocity. If you **** up, you are dead.
So 100 tandem jumps is overkill, boring and pointless as it doesn't teach individual anything (if we are talking about being strapped to belly of instructor)...not to mention very expensive...unless it is just done for touristy ****s and giggles...at least this has been the case from my personal experience. Someone elses mileage might vary.
That said, wing suits require a LOT of jumping experience to operate WELL. The handful of wing suit flyers I encountered over the years completed 6,000-10,000+ jumps. Plus quality equipment is not cheap, as already mentioned. Unlike land or sea sports, there are no "heave to" or "pull over" options at terminal velocity. If you **** up, you are dead.
A buddy of mine has been sky diving for about 2 years (weather restricted of course) and he only just got a beginner wingsuit like 4 months back.
It takes a lot and even the lower end ones are like a grand just for the suit. Kind of go in steps from what I hear to the wing suit because the ones like in that video are hard to use
It takes a lot and even the lower end ones are like a grand just for the suit. Kind of go in steps from what I hear to the wing suit because the ones like in that video are hard to use
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