The_Don 0 #1 February 9, 2009 Not a bad take in general .. http://listverse.com/sports/top-10-fascinating-skydiving-myths/I am NOT being loud. I'm being enthusiastic! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Txflier 0 #2 February 9, 2009 I got into a debate over #6 with my Dynamics teacher.I'm not the rope totin charlie Bronson wanna be that's getting us fucking lost. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiverbry 0 #3 February 9, 2009 That was in fact very good for the Whuffo.-------------------------------------------------- Growing old is mandatory.Growing up is optional!! D.S.#13(Dudeist Skdiver) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #4 February 9, 2009 QuoteI got into a debate over #6 with my Dynamics teacher. The first thing that you have to understand about college is, even if you win an argument with your instructor, they will get even with you later. (Think grades) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildcard451 0 #5 February 9, 2009 QuoteNot a bad take in general .. http://listverse.com/sports/top-10-fascinating-skydiving-myths/ Reads like it was written by someone with about 50 jumps. Overall halfway decent for whuffos to read. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 3 #6 February 9, 2009 Quote Not a bad take in general .. http://listverse.com/sports/top-10-fascinating-skydiving-myths/ Bwahahaha . . . he's going to expose the myths of skydiving and he can't even get past his first example. I don't know about you guys, but every skydiving rig I've ever jumped has had a ripcord for use with the reserve. quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thanatos340 1 #7 February 9, 2009 Did you read it? QuoteA reserve deployment does use a rip cord to activate the chute, but this is an entirely different design and we hope we never have to pull that handle. he seem to explain it fairly well for wuffos to understand. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 3 #8 February 9, 2009 QuoteDid you read it? QuoteA reserve deployment does use a rip cord to activate the chute, but this is an entirely different design and we hope we never have to pull that handle. he seem to explain it fairly well for wuffos to understand. He buried that. I had already started laughing so hard that by the time he slipped that in I had already tuned out. I also like how the photo used to illustrate that myth is of a round parachute being towed. I'm sorry, but if he's going to start out that badly, I simply can't follow.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
futuredivot 0 #9 February 9, 2009 Quoteif he's going to start out that badly, I simply can't follow But it seems more intended for whuffos, not elitists and works pretty well for that audience.You are only as strong as the prey you devour Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thanatos340 1 #10 February 9, 2009 Yep. Buried it all the way down in the second paragraph. The same paragraph that says some places still uses Rip cord rigs for students. The article is not perfect but in general it seems accurate and written in a way that Wuffos could understand it. I did find it amusing that Wuffos tried to use the Shana Richardson story to show how you could survive falling without a parachute in the comments. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 3 #11 February 9, 2009 QuoteQuoteif he's going to start out that badly, I simply can't follow But it seems more intended for whuffos, not elitists and works pretty well for that audience. It's elitist to know the difference between skydiving and a parachute tow?quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thanatos340 1 #12 February 9, 2009 No.. It is elitist to read the first sentence or two and then discredit the entire piece because you know better. Just my personal opinion. Not sure about Divots. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJL 232 #13 February 9, 2009 #3. I wouldn't call 10.5-14k high altitude. Should just say that it's the normal range of altitudes. #2. Isn't entirely accurate. There are further inherent dangers to higher altitude jumps but I don't think that's the question he's trying to answer. 3000 ft as a minimum? HA! Get the sand outa yer vagina. Who wrote this? That hanger in #5 is SD West Point, VA."I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
futuredivot 0 #14 February 9, 2009 QuoteJust my personal opinion. Not sure about Divots. Close enough for government work.You are only as strong as the prey you devour Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Txflier 0 #15 February 9, 2009 Quote Quote I got into a debate over #6 with my Dynamics teacher. The first thing that you have to understand about college is, even if you win an argument with your instructor, they will get even with you later. (Think grades) Quote Some teachers I wouldn't debate with but he is a cool prof. He doesn't hold grudges. I'm not the rope totin charlie Bronson wanna be that's getting us fucking lost. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 6 #16 February 9, 2009 Quote Quote Just my personal opinion. Not sure about Divots. Close enough for government work. Coming from a guy with 'The Mad Cow' thing. ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJL 232 #17 February 9, 2009 QuoteNo.. It is elitist to read the first sentence or two and then discredit the entire piece because you know better. Just my personal opinion. Not sure about Divots. Table full of rushing to conclusions around here?"I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dqpacker 7 #18 February 9, 2009 wow some whuffo's are fucking retarded. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 14 #19 February 9, 2009 Quote wow some whuffo's are fucking retarded. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
futuredivot 0 #20 February 9, 2009 Quotewow some whuffo's are fucking retarded. At the end of it-if my only exposure to skydiving had come from movies or TV, I'd know more at the end of the article than I did at the beginning and nothing written is dangerously wrong. Hell some of it was a lot better info than I got from up jumpers when I first started.You are only as strong as the prey you devour Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dqpacker 7 #21 February 9, 2009 It was good info, but I was talking about all the response's about which falls faster. @John- No I was taught young that whuffos were retarded, I guess that comes with growing up at a dz and being raised by the community. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rehmwa 2 #22 February 9, 2009 QuoteQuoteQuoteif he's going to start out that badly, I simply can't follow But it seems more intended for whuffos, not elitists and works pretty well for that audience. It's elitist to know the difference between skydiving and a parachute tow? I suspect you pick at skydiving scenes in "fiction" movies too. ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,254 #23 February 9, 2009 Quote Quote Quote I got into a debate over #6 with my Dynamics teacher. The first thing that you have to understand about college is, even if you win an argument with your instructor, they will get even with you later. (Think grades) Some teachers I wouldn't debate with but he is a cool prof. He doesn't hold grudges. What the hell kinda college employs a professor who'd get that wrong?Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 3 #24 February 9, 2009 QuoteQuoteQuoteQuoteif he's going to start out that badly, I simply can't follow But it seems more intended for whuffos, not elitists and works pretty well for that audience. It's elitist to know the difference between skydiving and a parachute tow? I suspect you pick at skydiving scenes in "fiction" movies too. Are you saying that you can watch a movie about skydiving and not?!?quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJL 232 #25 February 9, 2009 Dynamics is a class for mechanical engineering, a trade in which providing the answer that is correct according to trade or peer knowledge takes the place of scientific proof."I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
