DougH 270 #26 November 26, 2006 Several times I have been the only jumper in my pilot's 206. Free early bird if you are there before 7, and apparently we have a bunch of rich and lazy jumpers. Personally I will walk barefoot over coals at 6:30 for a free jump with a sunrise. On the flip side every time I have been in a 182 with four people I started to have a panic atack. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zoobrothertom 5 #27 November 26, 2006 How about 4 jumpers + pilot in a C-172! ____________________________________ I'm back in the USA!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #28 November 26, 2006 5 jumpers + pilot Only did that once. It was cramped as hell and took forever to get to altitude. It was kinda fun though...yet very unsafe. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vt1977 0 #29 November 26, 2006 Where's the option for "never jumped a 182" and "never been on a DZ that operates one"?! Vicki Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DougH 270 #30 November 26, 2006 You are missing out... exiting from that strut is a trip. I only have a couple of 182 jumps but they were a blast. Especially the one time that I climbed out way to early and had to crouch down and wait. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #31 November 26, 2006 5 jumpers + 1 pilot at 5000 foot field elevation. Then the engine quit. At 500 feet agl. I've also seen a bunch of little Idonesian skydiver women in a 182. Don't remember how many, but I think a half dozen or so. Probably still a light load. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #32 November 26, 2006 An entire 8-way team. Plus video. Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PeterB 0 #33 November 26, 2006 6 jumpers and a pilot on some hop n' pops. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
floridadiver81 0 #34 November 26, 2006 Quote I've been the only one from 4000 to 14000 in a Twin otter, 1st load in a sunday mornig at ZHills some SOPs guys were HnPin from 4K so they (6 of them) paid for the plane to go to height and they all got out at 4K, I was by myself all the way to the top, that was friggin wierd I kept sliding on the floor My tandem was done out of a twin otter...and that load had 18 plus the pilot. Being that this was my first jump..i cant even picture jumping out of a small azz cessna....lol"Age has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge, learning, respect, attitude, or personality." -yardhippie "Fight the air, and the air will kick your ass!!! "-Specialkaye Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lekstrom10k 0 #35 November 27, 2006 Years ago when gas was cheaper we did a 16-way out of 2 C-182s and a C180. The 180 still beat the 182-s to altitude, and we turned points too. There had been 8-ways out of U-206s too . We did a 4-way out of a C-170 no seat and a regular door from 7000 in the winter.. All things are possible if you have enough crazies to try it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 212 #36 November 27, 2006 QuoteI saw a post about fears, claustrophobia and and Cessna 182's. Just curious what everybody has seen loaded in a 182. I "overhead" a discussion between to skydivers, one of whom said they had five people plus the pilot, the other said four plus pilot on said load. The instructor was kneeling aft of the person sitting next to the pilot, leaning forward on takeoff. J At the Haloween boogie in Atlanta, it was said that there might have been an 8-way team with video that had a 182, granted it was a wide body.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ExAFO 0 #37 November 27, 2006 IIRC, the only restricting factors on the # of ppl in a 182 are GTOW, W/B, and available seat belts... But the pilot cramming so many pax into a 182 is necessarily shorting himself on fuel, and is gambling with safety.Illinois needs a CCW Law. NOW. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 212 #38 November 27, 2006 QuoteIIRC, the only restricting factors on the # of ppl in a 182 are GTOW, W/B, and available seat belts... But the pilot cramming so many pax into a 182 is necessarily shorting himself on fuel, and is gambling with safety. Great response! All we need is some more blue midgets and HEY - we have the green light!I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bolas 5 #39 November 27, 2006 I've heard more than one pilot tell me, "If you can fit them in the plane, a 182 will be able to take off and fly with them."Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jcecil 0 #40 January 15, 2007 Never jumped a 182 only a 180, but I've seen 4 pretty large people in that 180, and the pilot still took off from our 2300' grass strip with plenty of runway left :-D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Unstable 8 #41 January 15, 2007 I've jumped a number of times out of a wide-body 182 with a beefy engine and 3-blade prop with 5 people - climbed like a bat outta hell. At our DZ, 4 is the Max -=========Shaun ========== Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
