weid14 0 #1 June 6, 2002 I was curious, so I asked Shannon what kind of set up he was using... In his words "Standard riser and Velocity set up" He uses a RW Micron rig. 418 feet, thats a heck of a long way! End line to end line of a football field (either football Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites brits17 0 #2 June 7, 2002 WOOOOHOOOOOOO! go velocity! LOVE that canopy :) C YA!Blue Skies,Brittany S!D-24752 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflycracker 0 #3 June 7, 2002 I must have missed where this thread came from. Im curious to know what kind of winds he was downwinding? or was he?Any video? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites weid14 0 #4 June 7, 2002 according to Jason who came in right after him, the winds were light ~5. I imagine there is video somewhere. I'll ask him if I see him at the DZ tomorrow. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites prost 0 #5 June 8, 2002 That is one hell of a swoop. I want to start going to comps to if nothing else see how far my swoops are. It is hard to get an accurate estimate without a course and someone standing by to measure.William Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mountainman 0 #6 June 8, 2002 ffcracker......this is from the locked thread a couple lines down.anyone have information about how FAST (in mph or km/h) these guys are going in the dive and then different parts of the swoop. I'm just curious.JumpinDuo.com...news, pictures, skydiving and links. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites weid14 0 #7 June 8, 2002 we (well, Shannon and Ian were doing it, I was bored and offered to help) set up a simple course with markers placed 25 feet apart, we used those flags you would use on the back of a bike, they're easy to put up and take down. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skygod7777 0 #8 June 19, 2002 so are there any pics of video??? it didn't happen with out them :-)laterblue sky's and long swoopskelly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
brits17 0 #2 June 7, 2002 WOOOOHOOOOOOO! go velocity! LOVE that canopy :) C YA!Blue Skies,Brittany S!D-24752 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflycracker 0 #3 June 7, 2002 I must have missed where this thread came from. Im curious to know what kind of winds he was downwinding? or was he?Any video? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weid14 0 #4 June 7, 2002 according to Jason who came in right after him, the winds were light ~5. I imagine there is video somewhere. I'll ask him if I see him at the DZ tomorrow. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prost 0 #5 June 8, 2002 That is one hell of a swoop. I want to start going to comps to if nothing else see how far my swoops are. It is hard to get an accurate estimate without a course and someone standing by to measure.William Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mountainman 0 #6 June 8, 2002 ffcracker......this is from the locked thread a couple lines down.anyone have information about how FAST (in mph or km/h) these guys are going in the dive and then different parts of the swoop. I'm just curious.JumpinDuo.com...news, pictures, skydiving and links. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weid14 0 #7 June 8, 2002 we (well, Shannon and Ian were doing it, I was bored and offered to help) set up a simple course with markers placed 25 feet apart, we used those flags you would use on the back of a bike, they're easy to put up and take down. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skygod7777 0 #8 June 19, 2002 so are there any pics of video??? it didn't happen with out them :-)laterblue sky's and long swoopskelly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
