measurements for my wingsuit (Second submission)

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I had myself re-measured by someone different, this time not wearing jeans, sweatshirt, or other mid-weight clothing.

When my rigger originally measured me, I was wearing jeans, t-shirt, and sweatshirt as suggested I do, for wearing clothing in winter or cold weather.

On the right side of this page, please find measurements taken by a second person. The only significant measurement difference is that we measured from the "taint" or area between scrotum and anus to the hole in the throat/where collarbones meet, whereas the original measurement is from at the crotch, next to the penis.

Hopefully these photos help, in case any measurement problems are noted. Scroll down to find the pictures of exactly where/how measurements were taken.

5'8"	Height: 5 feet, 8 inches
190	Weight: 190 lbs
30"	Torso, measured from taint to apex of neck
32"	Inseam measures 31.5 inches, I rounded to 32 due to thin shorts vs the heavy seam of jeans
43 1/2 "	Chest is 43.5 inches, measured at the nipple/widest portion of chest, while holding a breath of air, standing straight.
40"	Waist is 40 inches, measured wearing shorts, no jeans, no belt.
42 1/2"	Hips are 42.5 inches, measured around the fat of butt cheeks, wearing thin shorts, no jeans.
19 1/2"	Shoulders are 19.5 inches, measured across the back with arms down, shoulder bone to shoulder bone, wearing "normal" shirt, not a sweatshirt.
9 1/2"	Wrist is 9.5 inches, this is my normal wrist and not adding for gloves and alti, no sweatshirt or other thick material.
24 1/2"	Thigh at thickest point is 24.5 inches. Muscle is flexed, thin shorts, not jeans.
9 1/2	Shoe size is 9.5 US Men's measurement.
17 1/4	Neck is 17.25 inches, measured on bare skin, no collar on shirt.
**32"	Back of neck to taint/behind scrotum area is 32 inches
**15"	From shoulder to Elbow bone/joint is 15 inches
**12"	From Elbow joint to wrist joint is 12 inches

***31"	Measurement of Phantom from back of neck to wrist seam. It is slightly too short, but it stretches very tight with the thumb cord.
***23 1/4"	Measurement of Phantom from shoulder SEAM to wrist. It is slightly too short, but stretches very tight with the thumb cord.
***9.5"	Wrist fabric measurement of the Phantom. It is very snug, and cannot accomodate my alti strap nor glove underneath.
	**These are measurements you don't ask for, but we compared them to previous suit orders for freefly, camera, etc. and wanted to re-measure to be sure we're in the same range.

Notice how bunched the legs are, even wearing my very large running shoes, and stretching to full width. Also can't grasp the gripper without significantly distorting the wing edge, and can't stretch the arm far enough to put my thumb in the thumb cord/swoop cord.

Here I am holding the suit, shoes on, but the suit obviously isn't on my body. With the legs properly stretched, the suit is taller than I am even at eye level.

Wearing shoes, legs spread so the tail is horizontally taut, there is no tautness in the vertical of the leg. You can see it's loose in the thigh, toe to waist, and shoulders. Arms are so long I can't get my thumb into the swoop cord/thumb lock, and grabbing the gripper causes distortion of the wing. I'm wearing shoes larger than I normally wear in this picture.

Full wing extension, thumb cord/swoop cord as tight as it can go (won't come off my thumb). Wing edge very distorted and puckered.

Notice tail is fully stretched tight along bottom, but legs are baggy. I cannot unzip the zippers on the legs, as there is no tension on the zipper.

I'm on tiptoes in this shot.

Same here, tiptoes, wing stretched, baggy legs.

Tiptoes here, crotch is very baggy, nearly 5" of free fabric on each side, tail completely taut/stretched.

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This is from the BACK OF THE NECK to the wrist of the Phantom. It is 31", and is just slightly too short. This suit was not made for me. This is one I bought used from another skydiver.

This is the SEWN SHOULDER SEAM of the Phantom. Measurement is 23.25". It is slightly too short.

This is the wrist of the Phantom, it is very snug, and cannot handle an altimeter nor glove beneath the fabric. At the bottom of the zipper, it measures 9.5". the 9.5 measurement is the same as I took with my wrist with nothing on, so I've not added enough for this.