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| Have any of you Tunnel Junkies flown in this tunnel? It looks very sky-divey .. Is it still a popular place for Tunnel Flyers to go? Or is it more for Skydiver training?
As with all wind tunnels around the world, i'd like to visit this some day .. All the tunnels are so well placed, all in places i'd really love to visit one day!
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Supreme Being
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| | I'm NOT a big fan of the traditional enclosed SkyVentures, however, I REALLY enjoyed my short time at Perris SkyVenture. It's SO MUCH BRIGHTER inside the chamber than I expected it to be. With any tunnel though, it takes time for the staff to get to know you, and trust your skills to give you freedom. I unfortunately did NOT spend enough time here to get that much freedom. It's certainly geared toward skydivers, being on a dropzone and all that makes perfect sense to me, and since they seem to stay busy, that's great for them. I'm not so used to flying 'relative' to the other flyers I'm with and that is something they want to see, so that created a bit of frustration for me, as they kept adjusting the airspeed to match our flight heights in the tunnel. In fact they adjusted the airspeed ALOT, more so than I've seen in any tunnel, but again, I'm guessing it's cuz they weren't used to how we fly and may never have been quite sure if we were on the verge of doing something COOL, or killing ourselves The staff were very nice to us, me & my girlfriend Rox, and we couldn't have asked for a nicer welcome really. The tunnel in Perris feels much smoother and cleaner than the Orlando tunnel, although I have a theory that it has little to do with the tunnel, and everything to do with the humidity in the air or lack there of in Perris that is. It was very smooth and constant, I felt very good on my first flight and could do anything I wanted to, physically. Just like AAC, or SVO it had much more airspeed than I could've ever needed available. I noticed little turbulance around the doors and I felt that it was a good experience overall. The tunnel cameras are all pointed very low to the net, flying above a few feet takes you well out of the camera view so don't expect to get great video of yourself freeflying above that line. RW'ers obviously hug the net very much and that seems to be the target flying area there. I was taught from the beginning (when I learned to fly) to fly at least 6 feet off the net for safety so it's awful hard for me to remember to stay close to the net. We also didn't get to decide how long we were going to fly for, they informed us that 2.5 minutes at a time was all we could get, so we ended up sharing nearly every rotation. Neither of us are used to flying for such short bursts of time, and next time we'll book an entire half hour to ourselves so we can just fly as much as we want, in a row. They sell a $30 DVD, a $15 VHS or maybe it was $20.. then they also have a $5 VHS with no promo on it... that's the one we got. I don't think they advertise the $5 version so be sure to ask when you visit! They do require suits, so we couldn't fly in jeans or sweats but we both wore our normal freefly suits and it was fine. Earplugs are a must of course and the observation area here is really nice too, for those who get to watch while YOU fly! We flew at 10am, the outside temp was around 85 degrees F and I never notice the warmth while flying at all! It was very comfortable.
Dawn Suiter
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| Yup, flown in that one too Since I just do belly flying, I didn't have the same issues that Dawn had. Dawn, did you really notice a difference in how smooth the tunnel air is there compared to Orlando? I think they both fly about the same. |
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| | Hi Mary, I DID notice a difference between the two... after Perris I went to TFTC in Orlando so it was only a couple of weeks between flights.. I sincerely felt there was a difference. But I truly believe I can equate it to Humidity in the air, or lack thereof.. as I have experienced in other tunnels better air on low or no humidity days vs. more turbulent air on high humidity days.
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| I just got back from the Perris tunnel. I was skeptical heading there because I had heard a variety of rumors about slow speed, bad management, etc. I had no problem at all with the speed of the tunnel (in fact, I thought it was a little too fast while I was back flying). It was actually fast enough to get our friend, who is about 230 lbs, flying just fine on his back and in a sit. ALL of the employees were very friendly and the instructors were really well versed and helpful. It was a very positive experience!
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| | I have been to SVO and Airkix in the UK, of course both are Skyventure tunnels and both run with a high degree of professionalism. I can't image a Skyventure tunnel that doesn't operate in the same way - and I haven't hear the comments you've made about Perris before and am glad that your experience shows them not to be true. In terms of air speeds etc I can't see how it would be different to any other skyventure tunnel (with some subtle differences because of air density etc). At some point in the next 2 years I am going to do a world trip and visit every tunnel. Anyone fancy coming along .. would mean taking a couple of months out! |
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