JohanW

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  1. Kevin, honest question: How often have you seen a CRW-dog going through 750 ft at 78 mph? And how did the answer to that question influence your perception of that likelihood? We're dealing with exceedingly small risks and sample sizes here. Johan. I am. I think.
  2. JohanW

    pd pulse

    That's why the top skin is regular ZP. No, hybrid canopies are not affected that way. Johan. I am. I think.
  3. 'bout 52 seconds. Including everything of course, including all the static lines, hop&pops and 18000' wingsuit jumps. Johan. I am. I think.
  4. They're no longer online, but the PdF website used to have that information. Which has been archived here. Hope your French is up to par.
  5. (Sorry for hijacking your thread to do some stirring Nat. Here, have some popcorn.) Johan. I am. I think.
  6. Sheesh Mark, channelling Shah here? One is enough really! Johan. I am. I think.
  7. Of course it's selfish, nothing wrong with honest selfishness, it's a very good motivator. And nowhere did I say I wanted to save lives either. Can we shut up and jump now? I have a date for doing some recreational instructional CReW tomorrow, helping another jumper get more educated and experienced. Johan. I am. I think.
  8. I can't. I won't. I have a mental block on joining Facebook. It's just not worth it to me .. it's only a picture of a custom Vigil, I can live without that. Johan. I am. I think.
  9. Then you are wrong. We fail to predict much simpler systems behaviour let alone a human jumping a parachute from a plane. That's OK. I've been wrong before and it'll happen again. You're reading that chart for something it isn't, though. ..and I'm also allowed to go smaller. It is just not a wise decision according to Brians knowledge and experience. YMMV (like with everything else). You just made my point. Yes, you can. No, it's not smart. If you can "give" one person the right to make stupid decision about himself, why deny others to do the same? Because it's not an informed decision. As soon as he can make an informed decision, I will not be my brother's keeper. Actually, I will, but no longer will I keep him from taking risks I consider stupid. Maybe I'm just not that smart, and I smoke myself, so I don't feel the need to start a crusade against smoking. I do, however, feel the need to keep parachuting fatalities and injuries to a minimum because I generally like the people that die, I generally like the people that have to clean up the mess, I don't want the media attention that usually accompanies accidents, I don't want the public opinion to get any worse than it already is, I don't want government oversight closer than what we already have and parachuting students don't know what they don't know. Johan. I am. I think.
  10. Please don't take this the wrong way but does anyone here really expect that one guy is smart enough to produce a spreadsheet that is correct for every single soul in this universe? Yes, I do. Not to mention a great teacher and a parachute designer with a lot of meta knowledge in all those fields. He does get soft, fuzzy and vague sometimes .. That's why there are minimums in that chart. You're free to go bigger, may be a very good idea actually, even for the coached, the current, the talented. The same can be said about >2.0WL rocket pilots. They actually have accidents in perfect weather and perfect spots, but no one runs up to them bitching about how that WL might get them in trouble. Somehow they earned to do "stupid things" that can (and has) led to injury or death. Yes, we earned that right. We know what we're doing and made an informed decision it's worth the risk. Now hold my beer and watch this .. Johan. I am. I think.
  11. Not working, still .. Johan. I am. I think.
  12. Worcestershire sauce. Johan. I am. I think.
  13. Problem with landing into the wind behind the obstacle is it's often turbulent there. So decide high enough to land "far enough" behind the obstacle, or next to it, relative to the windline. Johan. I am. I think.
  14. We don't fall, we fly. You wouldn't expect a plane formation to 'take docks', as has been pointed out by Kallend in an earlier thread I can't be bothered to look up right now. Problem is, nobody has ever dug up rules for what does and does not constitute a plane formation. I was going to ask Guinness (who verified a plane formation, see before-mentioned thread), but they were closed for Christmas. It's slipped my mind since. But probably, those rules simply don't exist. Plane formations look good enough that nobody brings up the point. But in that thread, nobody could come up with a viable alternative either, even if a grid does suffer from 'Yuri scatter'. Johan. I am. I think.
  15. She ca'nt spell. She feels the need to wear a helmet in her avatar. No, that'd be Nataly. Anyway, all skydiving chicks are gorgeous! Johan. I am. I think.
  16. Yes. You could be jumping a Velocity! Did I change your mind? If you don't feel the need to downsize, of course you don't have to. Johan. I am. I think.
  17. Hey, that's what you get for focussing on one point skydives! Johan. I am. I think.
  18. So you want to force the Beeb to give the BNP airtime, then prosecute them (the BBC) when they (the BNP) say things that break the law? How does this make sense to you? How do you solve that problem for live shows (I can see how you solve it for canned ones) ? Even on canned shows, I say let them hang themselves; air it after 9 so the kids should be in bed but can watch it anyway, put a disclaimer on it and get everyone to talk about it the next day.
  19. But were any of those jumps logged as shorter than 8 seconds? I have dumped off the step as well; my ProTrack, permanently in slow mode, mostly registers them just fine. But none of them are under 8 seconds. I (heart) subterminal openings!
  20. What do you base that on? I looked, and I honestly couldn't find anything he wrote in this thread to corroborate that. No comment. Johan. I am. I think.
  21. Will it register freefalls shorter than 8 seconds in student mode? That would mean the student jump type actually does something. I've never found that in the manual, only slow mode is mentioned I think. (Then again, my only experience is with a ProTrack, not a Viso.) Johan. I am. I think.
  22. PA rigs. Swoop rigs. But regular freefall rigs? No debate. Johan. I am. I think.
  23. They fixed the site. Before the weekend, this link wasn't working. Good service, again, from L&B. Johan. I am. I think.
  24. PA deleted. What I think of you is unprintable. I also think you're dangerous. Johan. I am. I think.