T-Bird Base Jumping

2009-05-07T16:26:00.000-07:00

The Thunderbird goes to Italy! Friends Oliver Furrer and Markus Wyler took their new T-Birds to Italy and Did some Base jumps with them.

Initial reports indicate the suits flew GREAT. They had over 1 minute flights from the cliffs at Arco. Great job Guys!!!!

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2009-04-10T04:56:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Our new Tonysuits Blog!!!
Here we will be able to keep you up to date with all of our fast advancing wingsuit designs! Sign up for this blog to get Email alerts when we update the page.

To start, we decided to do a T-Bird blog. There has been alot of questions about the suit.
So read up and check out the pics.

Jeff Nebelkopfs latest Brain Child the Thunderbird is a result of over a year of research, building and testing. We recognized the need for a mid range suit, but would not sacrifice precious performance.

Enter the Thunderbird!

Photos by Scotty Burns
With the wing profile this suit allows for very stable flight, easy reach for deployment and is very easy on the arms. The wing root of the Tbird is the same length as a Super Mach 1. The first Two cells are that length, giving the suit balance, and HUGE lifting power. The wing then tapers Up and out, clearing all the inside wing out. This gives the Suit really nice forward speed. Also allowing for very easy inputs and EASY pull.

Our airlock and cross porting technology allow ALL of our suits to inflate VERY rigidly. The wings of this OR any of our suits do not flap. We have a patented inside zipper on the wings. These allow the user to control the inflation level on the suit. For example, If you want to learn acrobatics opening the zippers in the wing will remove the airlock. This will make the wings easier to shut down for rolls and such. Remember though, this will take some performance away. The open zippers allow or an easier deployment. Base Jumpers and new flyers like this feature as it means a guaranteed legwing shutdown.

All T-Birds come with the new Safety sleeve. This patented sleeve design allows you to reach out of the suit Instantly. Combined with our Legwing zipper pulls, You can have Arms and Legs free in seconds. (Great for Base).

Below are more photos of the T-Bird.
The first three show the Inflation of the new Arm wing design. The following photos are an overlay of a T-Bird, Raptor and XS.

Photos taken By Tony Uragallo and Scott Callentine.

1. Maroon Tbird with one arm inflated
2. Inflated arm
3. Inflated arm

In the Overlay photos colors are:
Raptor - Turquoise, white and Blue
Tbird - Dark and Light Blue
XS- Brown

Retail price of the Thunderbird is $1099.00 U.S.
contact: Jeff Nebelkopf or Justin Shorb for sales info.
www.tonysuits.com
See The Thunderbird in action.

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T-Bird Base Jumping

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