adamhildreth

Skydive Spain in Seville! ... Great instructors, friendly atmosphere and fast twin turbines to 15,000ft... They have both BPA Advanced instructors and USPA plus the student equipment is excellent.

I know lots of people who have completed AFF there including myself.

I did thanks.....

Should be sorted soon. Not really sure why I would attempt to repair myself when it is under warranty....

Hi,

I tried to find an existing topic but couldn't.

My Alti II is getting stuck on the way to altitude - it's off by about 500ft to 1000ft before i 'knock it' and it pops straight up. I don't think it gets significantly stuck in FF, but I have nothing to compare it to apart from my audible.

Is there an easy fix or any tips?

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Minimum opening heights as per BPA Ops manual

AFF and Category system students 3,000 ft AGL
A Licence and above 2,000 ft AGL
Student Tandem 5,000 ft AGL
C Licence and above, on demos 1,500 ft AGL

For main parachutes......

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1500ish is the absolute lowest I'll go without a landable parachute over my head.

But I keep my audible "flatline" setting at 2000. Why? Because if I ever hear it in freefall, and haven't yet taken any action to deploy a parachute, I'm pretty sure that muscle memory is going to kick in and I will reach immediately for my main. If I hear that alarm at 2000, then I've still got a sporting chance at getting the main deployed and opened up before AAD-spooking altitude.

It means that very occasionally I hear the flatline while the main is deploying. I'm okay with that.

Exactly the same! And i do occasionally hear the flatline during the last snivel... Which sort of worried me to begin with but happy with it now as it's only once in a while.

I've never taken instruction in the UK but Black Knights is an excellent DZ... That's about as far north as I get but can definitely recommend it as a DZ.

Skydive Spain is absolutely fantastic.... Brilliant coaches, excellent Planes, and the weather should see you complete AFF in a few days...

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And I feel a little sorry for your descendants. I think it is really cool to find stuff my grandfather wrote. Imagine 50 years from now when nobody writes anything anymore. Even today logbooks are becoming electronic. You are not only depriving your doddering old self some memories, you may be depriving some yet unborn great-grandchild. They may enjoy it (or sell it on some future Ebay).

I log everything - draw pretty pictures -print and staple photos in the log, and get everything signed.

Far too much time on your hands...... Sleep, Jump, Land (repeat as many times as possible) - Beer, Sleep

Thanks - is it worth calling up and doing it beforehand or just doing it on the day?

I have a spare weekend on a business trip to LA next weekend and was going to spend it at Perris. As I'm only there for a weekend I'm not going to bother bringing a rig so i have a couple of questions:

Will I need to sign up for temprary USPA membership and can I do it on the day?

Is it impossible to hire a rig for the weekend? Do I need to speak to someone in advance to sort this?

Apologise if this has been answered elsewhere I couldn't find it....

Hopefully there will be a few people around for a bit of free flying


I will have my FAI licence, log book etc with me, anything else I need to know?

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I can't add power to fix a bad glide slope.

+1 - very annoying!!!! :-)

In the UK you will need an AAD!

Regardless of DZ rules, I reckon work towards other people filming you for the next 100+ jumps - always fun to be in the video not taking the video!

You're allowed to shoot camera with 75 jumps? And with a non A licence holder?

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Hey Ladies and Gents!

I was having multiple discussion over the summer with some people that are really rushing to jump with a camera.

My main drop zone doesn't let you jump with a camera before 200 jumps, and I believe I was told that this is a USPA thing (if that is wrong let me know). But I saw other drop zone that doesn't really care.

I have a hard time believing that is the correct thing to do (let a newbie jump with a camera). Am I the only one that has that train of thoughts?

And what is with the big rush of jumping with a camera?

They'd be better off jumping with more experienced jumpers who have cameras - the person wiithout the camera is in all the footage

I was just 'RTFM' actually
When it say's it guides you between the second and third descent altitudes are those beeps all the way through from second warning altitude to third? That would explain a lot........

I'm trying to get used to the canopy descent sounds - i get the 1st warning a single beep. and the second (a single beep), but the 3rd is a multi-tone beep.

Why the difference in the last one vs a single beep again? Is it simple to keep re-confirming that you definitely need to be turning to final??

I'm not and never will be doing a high performance landing. And I'm currently landing on visual (not relying on the beeps and never will) but trying to get a much better accurate view on exactly what altitude I'm at in my pattern.

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Don't DZ have a nominated 'jump master' who is responsible for spotting (also exit order, jump separation, etc)? How can the front of plane know if the spot's right?

I've been on loads where I've literally been pushed out the door by the occupants behind which was a bit worrying since the uppers were honkin' and I was trying put some air between me and the group in front. .

BPA rules mean you have to have a Jump Master on each load - not sure about USPA but i don't think it's a requirement.

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So how about England? I heard they've got some *cough* traffic issues.

this is a topic specific forum not bonfire

UK / BPA is turn right - and it's taught at day one ground school, I'd consider it one of the most important things you should know, given that there really is such little time to react in that type of situation.

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Your are not a Dr and you can't declare anyone dead. Do your job and shut your mouth.

^^^This

Don't tell anyone to give up, unless you're the person pronouncing them dead!!! What you chose to do based on your own knowledge is your own business.

Not familiar with USPA regs - how many jumps are you supposed to have? Or is there no requirement, just CCI approval?

BPA is C Licence aka 200 jumps I believe, plus CCI approval.

Perhaps point the person in question to incidents involving low jump numbers and cameras?

STOP!!! This is not what the official advice is to non trained medics.

If someone is unconscious and not breathing (do not check for a pulse) you should carry out Hand Only CPR - carry on Hand Only CPR until a trained medical professional arrives.

Do not provide advice that contradicts official guidelines for non-trained medics - you could very well lead to someones life NOT being saved.

Carry on with those chest compression's until someone with appropriate experience tells you to stop!! You can and will save someone's life with this.

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Testing, testing, testing ..... and some more testing and also lots of demonstrations and some more demonstrations.

If even "only" 1/10 cypress's were being activated, and 1/10 of those was a real save, ...

Thanks for the clarification.

Cypres-usa website.

the actual wording is:

"Over 79,000 CYPRES 2 units now in use!

22,000+ loops cleanly cut, ZERO FAILURES"

I'm guessing 'loops cleanly cut' refers to 'in use units' not just a test unit sat there constantly cutting loops

If I'm reading the stats correctly (22,000+ cypres fires and 79,000 sales) then we're looking at 1 / 4 cypress's being activated?

Does this sound right? It seems scarily high to me....?

Having just read the incident forum regarding attempting a landing with snapped A Lines, I'm really intrigued as to what people consider a malfunction when it comes to holes / snapped lines? And why would you not just chop it and go to your reserve.....? Why would you ever attempt to land a less than perfect canopy?? This is a question, not a "you're all wrong for doing it..."