Your SUMO 3 can be hand washed in cold
water, or machine washed cold on a gentle
cycle. Never tumble dry your SUMO 3. Hang
dry in the shade.
The SUMO 3 is a mid-volume tracking suit designed for beginner trackers. During
your skydive training, we recommend that you fully master heading control, sink rate,
maneuvers, instability recovery, and deployment before using your SUMO 3 in the BASE
environment. Training is critical!
The SUMO 3 flies equally well with a narrow or a wide leg stance. Choose the leg
width and position that is most comfortable for you.
As with nearly any freefall aid, de-arching will increase glide performance and arching
will increase stability. It is not necessary to aggressively de-arch the SUMO 3 or to
employ aggressive or complicated body configurations. Relax and let your torso lead
the way, with your arms and legs providing balance and stability.
The SUMO 3’s sink rate and forward speed can be easily adjusted through simple arm
movements. The suit can be flown with palms up or palms down. Adjust your hand and
arm level from waist to butt and higher as you get to know the suit. Any instability in the
normal track position can be solved by relaxing and adjusting the level (height) of your
arms. Glide performance comes through a combination of flattening or de-arching, and
positioning your arms closer and lower on your body.
Generally, a feeling of instability indicates too-slow, too-flat, flight. If you suspect this
might be the case, decrease your AoA (fly a little more “head-low”) to increase your
airspeed.
If you are jumping with massive boots, the ankle
closure may not reach all the way around the
top of your boot. In this case, close the ankle
cuff around your ankle
above the boot-line
,
and then pull the billow of the pant cuff over the
top of your boot. If you have any questions then
please contact Squirrel before use.
Close the velcro at your wrists and ankles.
Triple check the pant zipper, making sure
that the zipper is closed entirely and securely
trapped by the ankle cuff Velcro, which should
be closed snugly.
VELCRO AND ZIPS
GARMENT CARE
IN FLIGHT
