northcave 0 #1 March 24, 2008 It seems that lots of people learn to ground launch on large sand dude (for obvious reasons). Anyway the point is illustrated well in Brain's video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=fp-V8CFIiys My question to people that have some experience here, will the sand screw up your good rig or is it just a case of getting out there and cleaning it all up afterwards? If not i suppose the people in the video are using old rigs they don't mind get mucky and sandy right? Thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites rhys 0 #2 March 24, 2008 Yes sand will screw up your good rig. Use and old container like an old racer or vector that have nice comfortable harness, you don't need to drag your resaerve up and down the hill and buy a second hand canopy to use. for $500 or less. you should easily get ssome appropriate gear to use, and it will save you more than that on wear and tear on your good gear. it wouldn't be advisable to use your good skydiving gear for Speed flying on sand."When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites dploi 0 #3 March 25, 2008 QuoteYes sand will screw up your good rig. Use and old container like an old racer or vector that have nice comfortable harness, you don't need to drag your resaerve up and down the hill and buy a second hand canopy to use. for $500 or less. you should easily get ssome appropriate gear to use, and it will save you more than that on wear and tear on your good gear. it wouldn't be advisable to use your good skydiving gear for Speed flying on sand. If you're going to go with non-SF-specific gear (ie, skydiving canopy/harness), you're better off getting an old BASE harness and cutting off the flaps. Easy to find for $100 or so. Much lighter weight than an old skydiving harness, which is important is those long uphill hikes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites hjumper33 0 #4 March 26, 2008 Ok... hope kim doesnt read this..... I took a pd demo out to those exact dunes in the video. It is virtually impossible to get all the sand out of a canopy, espeically when its the really fine sand that makes it nice to GL off of. Get a crappy sabre1 or stiletto. I got my stilleto 120 and my harness for a grand total of $250. 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
rhys 0 #2 March 24, 2008 Yes sand will screw up your good rig. Use and old container like an old racer or vector that have nice comfortable harness, you don't need to drag your resaerve up and down the hill and buy a second hand canopy to use. for $500 or less. you should easily get ssome appropriate gear to use, and it will save you more than that on wear and tear on your good gear. it wouldn't be advisable to use your good skydiving gear for Speed flying on sand."When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dploi 0 #3 March 25, 2008 QuoteYes sand will screw up your good rig. Use and old container like an old racer or vector that have nice comfortable harness, you don't need to drag your resaerve up and down the hill and buy a second hand canopy to use. for $500 or less. you should easily get ssome appropriate gear to use, and it will save you more than that on wear and tear on your good gear. it wouldn't be advisable to use your good skydiving gear for Speed flying on sand. If you're going to go with non-SF-specific gear (ie, skydiving canopy/harness), you're better off getting an old BASE harness and cutting off the flaps. Easy to find for $100 or so. Much lighter weight than an old skydiving harness, which is important is those long uphill hikes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hjumper33 0 #4 March 26, 2008 Ok... hope kim doesnt read this..... I took a pd demo out to those exact dunes in the video. It is virtually impossible to get all the sand out of a canopy, espeically when its the really fine sand that makes it nice to GL off of. Get a crappy sabre1 or stiletto. I got my stilleto 120 and my harness for a grand total of $250. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
