Colugo

COLUGO

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AGILITY, POWER, PRECISION

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The Colugo is our big mountain terrain flying suit for pilots of intermediate to expert ability. This is our most versatile wingsuit, and what we recommend to experienced pilots who are looking for a next generation all-around BASE wingsuit.

The Colugo provides solid glide performance, a fast start, high agility for rapid banked turns, and a clean and accessible BOC pull.

It is a myth that one suit can be good at every aspect of flying, but the Colugo offers the best balance that we have ever experienced.

We designed this suit specifically for pilots who want to carve big mountain proximity lines. The Colugo remains stable and pressurized at a very wide range of angles of attack, and delivers a solid and pressurized precise feel through every section of your flight, from steep dives to long glides.

The most common question that we heard this year was, "What other suit is it like?" The answer is that the Colugo was developed specifically for maximum all-around performance in wingsuit BASE. This is our vision of an all-around suit that is ideal for a huge range of BASE jumps and terrain flights, for pilots who want a fast start, high maneuverability, and good glide. It is accessible and easy to use for its size.

We've taken the best aspects of the other wingsuits that we have flown in the past, and combined them into the ultimate suit for next-generation BASE jumpers.

Simply put, this suit is capable of the shortest starts and the longest glides out there. If you want to ace the short start and fly the complex lines of The Brevent in Chamonix, or fly from the High-Nose to Air Glaciers in Lauterbrunnen, then the Colugo will get you there, and beyond.

DETAILS

True Performance is a balance of ideals. It is not a fictional glide ratio, a mythical top speed, or a competition title. It is a blend of safety, comfort, agility, and speed, and when each of those factors comes together properly, the result is a suit which you can truly use to your full potential.

LEADING EDGE

The Colugo's leading edge is a multi-layer design finished in GlideSkin™. Inside the sandwiched construction is a layer of non-flexible AirMesh material, which prevents deformation or stretching in the leading edge. What this means is that the material which covers your arm and forms the leading edge is flexible at the wrist but stable in high speed flight. The material will stretch and flex over the natural curves of your arm as you adjust your position through various modes of flight, and then give you a comfortable flex when you reach back to pull. The foam edge is removable and adjustable for careful customization to the shape of your arm.

HIGH PRESSURE

The Squirrel 3D inlet maintains its size and shape no matter what position or abuse you subject it to - the multi-axis reinforcement keeps it open and feeding your wing as you move your arm through the many positions necessary during a proximity flight. Arm wing pressurization is crucial at every moment of your flight, from exit to pull time. A lack of internal pressure during the pull sequence can cause top surface fabric from the first cell to cover your PC. The 3D inlet and also the shortened height of the first rib near your PC help to ensure that the pull is ultra-clean, every time.

GLIDE PERFORMANCE

The glide performance of the Colugo is excellent for its surface area. It is no longer accurate to make broad assumptions on the glide performance of a suit based on its surface area alone. More surface area always means less agility, so it is important to squeeze the maximum amount of performance from every bit of surface area in the suit. As for speed, we strove to achieve a wide usable speed range that would allow a fast start and also a stable dive for proximity flying. 17 ribs and mini-ribs at the trailing edge of the leg wing keep it sharp and smooth, preventing "ballooning" and unnecessary drag. A mild camber combined with moderate forward thickness lends stability across the suit's speed range, and helps ensure the fastest start possible. A medium-volume wing and carefully moderated bottom surface tension also help the Colugo to achieve a quick start. Experienced pilots will easily reach full flight inside of 3 seconds.

ALL NATURAL

We think that wingsuits should fly well in a relaxed and natural body position. No elbow kinks, no strange rotation of your forearm - just a natural arm position that is supported by the internal pressure of your wings. The Colugo flies straight and stable in this relaxed position, and requires no special effort on the part of the pilot to achieve a decent glide. "Maxing" out the suit for best l/d performance is intuitive. At the end of your flight, when you transition from steeper terrain flight to flatter "glide" flight, you will experience a shorter and more powerful recovery arc, convert speed to lift more effectively, and pull higher at the end of your flight.

SKYDIVE IT SAFELY

We believe that skydiving is critical to BASE training. For that reason, the Colugo is fitted with the Innie-Outie BASE / Skydive system that allows you to choose between BASE and Skydive modes. When BASE jumping, placing your harness inside your suit creates a more uniform surface and slightly increased wing area. Simply unzip and re-fasten to expose the entire front of your harness for safe and normal skydive rig use.

THE PULL

The single most important factor when flying a wingsuit in the BASE environment is being able to deploy your parachute easily. The Colugo has the cleanest pull we have experienced. The ultra-simple arced wrist design allows you to reach back for your PC while pulling less of your wing's top surface with you, and there is less material hindering the twist of your wrist. High internal wing pressure, thanks to the 3D inlet, makes reaching around the wing easier. We have done our best to join the top surface of the wing to the area around your back smoothly and without ballooning cells which can hinder PC access. Because of this unique design, all Squirrel suits are flown using BOC PC position. With the RAD system, quick brake toggle access is also very simple and we have fine-tuned the now widely accepted cutaway-free concept with the wrist-arc, allowing your forearm to slide through more easily.

Developing the Colugo was an exciting process and we are looking forward to sharing the results with you and hearing your feedback. Cheers from the whole Squirrel Team, we hope to share an exit point with you one day!

Materials

Main Surfaces: Our main concern was finding an ideal ratio between weight and durability, along with high mechanical stability and good results in stretch and tear tests. Our main surface fabric is a 210D Ripstop, with very low stretch, and a good rigidity to comfort ratio.

Internal Ribs: All ribs are constructed from the renowned Porcher Skytex 40, which has an unparalleled stability-to-weight ratio.

Leading Edge Mylar: We offer two choices for wing surface Mylar reinforcement on your Squirrel Suit:

Porcher Sport (white / translucent). This is our standard option.
Dimension Polyant Carbon-Graphite (black / clear). The highest quality laminate on the market, with a carbon and graphite weave. It's black, and it's more rigid, but there is not a measurable performance difference over the Porcher mylar.

COLUGO REVIEW

"The starts are amazing... and better when extending the leg wing just after the arm wing. Pulling [BOC deployment] and [reaching toggles] is so easy, no matter how many layers of clothes I'm wearing. Adjusting the gripper position [to trim the arm wings] works very well, I gained around 0.1 points of glide by playing with this. In this category of size, it's the safest wingsuit I have ever tried. I love it!"

-Vincent 'Le Blond' Descols

"Flew the red Colugo off of Table Mountain a few times. I love flying this wingsuit, it is the perfect suit for base. Exits at Table Mountain are between 400 and 750 ft and the Colugo's short start arc is great for this. I must say that it is a very impressive wingsuit. It feels very nimble and extremely stable at all sorts of dive angles. Even flying close to head-down the wings remained stable, unlike other suits I have flown. I feel like it is just waiting for me to tell it what to do and it will instantly point me in any direction I want to fly as soon as I make the slightest input. Definitely high-performance in a very good way. Backflying was also stable, which is impressive since the wings weren't able to inflate very well without back-inlets. I am very interested in flying one of these things with back-inlets to see what it can do. The forward speed is awesome, this suit is very fast. I flew with a very capable pilot in a _______ and I was able to easily out-perform him in forward speed and vertical speed. This suit also has the ability to flock with much smaller suits at slower forward speeds. I have been doing this with my ______ for a long time and the Colugo seems to have similar characteristics in this realm. This suit is very impressive and I think you guys are probably now making the best suit out there. The aerodynamics, materials, craftsmanship, and feature designs are all top notch."

-Will Kitto

"Gotta say, I love this suit. As I'm getting used to it a bit more, it continues to impress me more. I could write a laundry list of details that are vastly superior over anything else I've seen, but its stability at very high speeds is incredible. I can't get over the range and glide I'm getting out of this thing... Nothing else comes close in speed, and due to the efficient shape of the wing the speed equates to that much more glide and range. I swooped a cloud in a diving 180 turn and made it over the top of another cloud I didn't think I had a chance of reaching... the winglets on the grippers make all the difference in the world. Suit f&*#ing rocks bro... Nothing comes close, even with the best wingsuit pilot on the planet chasing it... Nice job! :)"

-Scotty Burns

"I had the chance to get my hands on the Suit. It's nice to finally get to see one in person and take an intimate look at it. The quality and overall craftsmanship looks great, you are going to have a product like no other. but I think you already know this. The suit inflates very fast, and I had immediate range on my friend flying his ____ both vertically and horizontally. The suit was easy to control leading with my shoulders and torso. I pulled out of a long and dive coming over the top of a cloud I was surprised at how easy it was to maintain and even roll out. I then attacked the cloud line and did a high angle turn, it rolled and turned so much cleaner than my _____. Overall, the suit feels more like 1 wing. The arced wrist cut makes it really easy to find the pilot chute, and the R.A.D. works great."

-Scott 'Plamer' Palmer

"I love going fast. This suit is faster than any other I have flown, and I love it. It banks harder and faster than all of my previous suits, and the glide is awesome. Most of all I was impressed with how stable it was in a dive, the steeper I flew it the better it behaved, and the arm wing pressure stayed constant and stable the entire time. It feels overall like it does exactly what I ask it to, and is super agile. The handling and speed are impressive. It's without question the best-built suit that I have ever seen, the quality is impressive!"

-Gunnar Jeannette

"As a Wingsuit BASE jumper at heart, I look for certain qualities in a suit. Quick starts, solid pressurization, and a safe clean pull are just a few. My Colugo gives me a solid piece of mind every time I'm standing on an exit point, whether it be a 6000ft Alpine dream, or a some new short rock drop. The Colugo is the right tool for the job."

-Robert Scott Morgan

"Until today I was not sure about my Colugo and I was very careful with what I said about it. But now I can say that it's the best suit I've flown so far. It combines fast starts, perfect stability at high speeds and steep angles, a lot of power to separate from the terrain as well as the cleanest pull I've ever experienced! Thanks!"

-Yannick Gundi