Spaceball anyone?

[burnout 0]

Does anyone know how much weight is needed to make a freefly spaceball? How bout a belly flier spaceball?

[CSpenceFLY 1]

You can belly fly with a Red Dot brand cue ball.

[burnout 0]

I've heard that and bought one to try this weekend. I put it inside a tennis ball to make it more visible in the air. Do you think the tennis ball will change it's fall rate significantly?

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Do you think the tennis ball will change it's fall rate significantly?

Yes.

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[za_skydiver 0]

Short and to the point answer.

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[CSpenceFLY 1]

Yes it will slow it down alot.I would not do that unless you can fly real slow.Also talk to your DZO and pilot about this.

[pilotdave 0]

Ha...haven't seen that question in years now. That was up there with AADs and RSLs as topics that have been beaten to death when I started reading rec.skydiving in 1998. The answer back then was "we're not telling." Hopefully that hasn't changed!

Dave

[DougH 270]

Are there safer alternatives out there. I just imagined what a cue ball would do to the many roof around my dz if it wasn't retrieved, and it was not a pretty thought.

"The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall"
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[dragon2 0]

On a lot of dz's spaceballs are banned, either totally or unless a ball master is present.

For a safer alternative look up "Vladiball".

ciel bleu,
Saskia

[DougH 270]

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For a safer alternative look up "Vladiball".

Awesome, that product is exactly what I was wondering about.

"The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall"
=P

[CSpenceFLY 1]

I would never do this in a populated area.PERIOD!!

[DougH 270]

I didn't think you would, and I wouldn't imagine doing it either!!! That is why I was wondering if there were "safer" alternatives.

Maybe a bowling ball with a pilot chute and an AAD.

"The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall"
=P

[valcore 0]

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I didn't think you would, and I wouldn't imagine doing it either!!! That is why I was wondering if there were "safer" alternatives.

Maybe a bowling ball with a pilot chute and an AAD.

And whats the point of the AAD? i don't think the pilot chute would help much on a bowling ball. But thanks for your panicking concerns DougH.

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[DougH 270]

The AAD was for the bowling ball, and I was being sarcastic.

I wasn't panicked, but now I am a little concerned that you might have something foreign lodged some where important.

My apologies.

"The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall"
=P

[jsaxton 0]

Note to self "don't use a red dot que ball as a space ball when exiting over Spences' house ;)

[ChasingBlueSky 0]

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Ha...haven't seen that question in years now. That was up there with AADs and RSLs as topics that have been beaten to death when I started reading rec.skydiving in 1998. The answer back then was "we're not telling." Hopefully that hasn't changed!

Dave

Hehe, I remember those days. Alot of it was because freeflying was somewhat new and you could name off each of the good headdown guys around world in just a few seconds. Another reason was that one certain person associated with games that take place in space :p wanted full control over that area of the sport to capitilize on it. Then Snuff would ramble on about youn'ins

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[atmos114 0]

Do you have a dolphin number? (I doubt it with your number of jumps) If not I Dont recommend dropping any object from an aircraft. The Spaceball is self-regulated, the rule of thumb for jumping the space ball is to have a dolphin number first, this was a test started by Olav Zipser and his clan, there are over 400 people with dolphin numbers now, find someone with one to jump the ball with you. That is my advice. If we dont take proper precautions and jump the ball willy nilly and something bad happens (like someone being killed on the ground), then we wont be able to jump the ball at all. Another piece of advice, learn to freefly first.

[bradcurn 0]

I have jumped with a Vladiball and it is very cool. If you are thinking about doing this, the Vladiball is a very good and "safe" option.

But do listen to the other advice here and make sure that you take an experienced ballmaster along on the jump. It will cut down some of the chances of losing the ball.

We have had a couple of cases where the ball was not retrieved by the breakoff altitude and the mechanism does work as advertised.

Good luck, have fun and be safe.

Blue skies

Brad

[PWScottIV 0]

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On a lot of dz's spaceballs are banned, either totally or unless a ball master is present.

For a safer alternative look up "Vladiball".

Heh, you said "Ball Master"

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