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  2. I am visiting Dallas next month and was considering taking my rig. I know of Skydive Spaceland and Dallas Skydiving Centre, but not much about either. Do they both have mid-week sports jumping and a good fun jumper scene?

  3. Using your rears will increase your glide ratio. Sitting in half breaks with a headwind will reduce the ground distance covered and therefore be beneficial if you are going to over shoot your target, however as it reduces your rate of decent the use of half brakes in a tailwind situation will make you travel further and therefore make your situation worse.

    If you are overshooting with a tail wind your options are to increase your ground track to your target, i.e conduct S turns, or increase your rate of descent by using your front risers. Note that this will increase your forward speed as well.

    Depending on traffic and obstacles your best bet might be a cross-wind landing.

  4. I am looking for a waterproof alti that will withstand a trip into the pond. Now that Alti-2 have stopped making the Neptune, I was considering the Atlas, but wasnt impressed with the supposidly waterproof N3.

    Any recommendations?

  8. What canopy were you jumping before?

    If you want good openings definitely consider an XF-15, otherwise try a Velo, JVX etc and see what you like. They have pretty different flight characteristics. Wouldnt recommend a schuemann planform canopy as your first crossbraced though.

  10. Trafficdiver

    Being able to fly on your head in the tunnel 10-15 hours.

    Being able to do basic VfS in the sky 20 hours.

    Being able to do big ways 50-60 hours.

    Being able to not be that guy ... I have no idea. I'm at 70+ hours and I still am that guy.
    :|



    This.

    Getting 10 hours should see you flying on your head without killing yourself, but being able to confidently get down to a formation, fly docks/transition on level etc will take longer.

    I recently got back from a tunnel camp doing approx 10 hours, out of the two who were at your stage when they started one could hold HD and just about transition, the other managed to get off the net but still needed holding.

  11. Have a guy at my DZ making a freefly tube up for me but I am unsure of dimensions. Looking at a 12 inch diameter and assumed maybe 15-20ft in length?

    Anyone have any advice on dimensions?

  12. I am at Flystation for the next two weeks and would like to jump when not in the tunnel. Is Skydive Kasimovo in St Petersburg still active? If so can anyone hive me a contact number for them, if not can anyone recommend amywhere else to jump near St Petersburg?

  15. I haven't had any personal dealings with Chaos Suits, but a few mates have ordered them. Most of them have had issuse with sizing and the design tends to use a variety of low- and high-drag materials depending on the colour pattern of the suit which doesn't look like the best if you are planning on using it for any serious freeflying in the tunnel.

  17. So I am looking to buy a new Mirage G4 and am trying to work out what size to get; it would be required to hold an Optimum 126 and AAD, with either a VE90 or 79 main.

    I am well aware of what the Mirage sizing chart says, but would be interested to hear from anyone on this forum who has either of these sizes and how they found canopies of these sizes fit in their containers?

    I currently have my VE90 fitting fine in a G4 M0, despite the sizing chart saying that a VE111 is a soft fit in it.

  18. skydiverek

    Quattro has 4 freefall alarms. Optima II has 3 freefall alarms.

    Quattro has a freefall "Track Guide". Optima II does not.

    Optima II has canopy "Swoop Guide". Quattro does not.

    Both have 3 canopy descent, and 3 in the plane, warnings.

    Optima II has its LCD/LED version (not water resistant). Quattro does not.

    Normal Optima II and Quattro are both water resistant.

    So, Optima II is better for swooping. Quattro is better for Big-Ways.

    You can also check Protrack II.


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    What is the "swoop guide" that the Optima has?

  19. I am looking for an audible to use for CP jumps. Looking at the L&B website it indicates that both have canopy alarms but implies that the Optima is better suited for swooping? Are the Quattro canopy alarms good to for swooping as well?

  22. DemolitionDarby

    Hey guys,

    I’m traveling to Australia here pretty soon and I’m wondering if someone could help me find a DZ that will allow me to make a beach landing.

    I won’t be traveling with my rig either, so I’ll need to rent a one (minus alti and goggles)

    I’ll be in Brisbane, Gold Coast, and Sydney. Anything within an hour or two drive in any direction from those locations would be ideal.

    Thanks for the advice in advance!

    -D



    Check out Moruya, its south of Sydney. Super nice DZ and people there. Its right by the beach and they often land on the beach.