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BEFORE YOU BASE, SKYDIVE.
BEFORE YOU GET TOO CRAZY WITH YOUR CORVID, TRAIN!
Even our most experienced team pilots need many skydives before they feel comfortable
and confident in new designs. These are pilots with 10+ years of experience, thousands
of skydives, and over 1000 BASE jumps.
Please take your responsible progression seriously
: skydive your wingsuit extensively
before you BASE jump it, and train in your wingsuit extensively before you attempt any
advanced maneuvers.
The CORVID is intended for intermediate to advanced pilots who seek a high-performance
wingsuit that is suitable for modern technical Wingsuit BASE jumping.
The CORVID is a large surface area wingsuit that should only be flown by pilots who
meet the INTERMEDIATE-ADVANCED suit requirements described on the CORVID
webpage (and every other wingsuit product page) at
www.squirrel.ws
, and
www.squirrel.ws/wingsuits/corvid
.
Before BASE jumping this wingsuit, you should have at least 50 skydives with your CORVID
and be supremely confident with its characteristics at all possible angles, speeds, and modes
of flight. That is our standard recommendation; some pilots may require more training to
become competent in this design.
Wingsuit BASE jumping is an incredibly hazardous endeavor. Every year, wingsuit BASE
jumpers die from mistakes and errors of judgment that have been made many times before. No
wingsuit BASE jumper plans to die. We recommend a cautious and slow progression with an
acute awareness of your own personal limitations and experience.
Respect the limits of your abilities and progress slowly. Seek coaching and qualified instruction,
and always maintain awareness of your surroundings. It is your responsibility to avoid collisions
with other wingsuit pilots, parachutes, all air-traffic, and the planet Earth. Skydiving and BASE
jumping are extremely dangerous, and complacency kills.
USE CARE AND FEEDING OF YOUR SQUIRREL
3D Compression Inlet
The 3D Compression Inlet provides efficient inflow at a wide range of
AoAs. We recommend that you do not store your suit in a tightly packed
configuration. Do not store your suit folded tightly in hot conditions. Do
not leave your suit crammed into your stashbag in a hot car for a few
hours - do this, and your inlets will surely deform. In the case of inlet
deformation, massaging them into shape at or above room temperature
will help to re-form them.
