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my only concern with this is what to do with newbie solo belly fliers pulling high.. I say put them out last. if they screw up they can't hurt anyone. if they go first, track up jump run and then pull at 5k you could end up in trouble.. Why trust a newbie to fly and pull properly? If they are out last then no matter what happens in their jump, it shouldn't affect the rest of the group. Thoughts?

This fool just sent me a reply for my canopy. STAY AWAY FROM THIS IDIOT... Username => chriscooper1890 URL => http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/classifieds/jump.cgi?Detailed=155740 Name => Wilfred Peterson FromEmail => [email protected] City => Country => USA Comments => Is your canopy still available for sale?I will like to know the final asking price and I will like to pay using PayPal,After payments has been made,I will arrange for the pick-up and will you let my pick-up agent to come to you house for the pick up?Because i don't want you to worry yourself about the shipment,Kindly get back with more pictures. Regards

I have a pulse 170. I have put 180 jumps on it. Its opens nice and flies great. Its probably the best canopy for a newbie at 1:1. The downfall to this canopy is the flare. It sucks compared to the sabre2. I would say get a pulse as your first sport canopy then a sabre2 when you are ready to downsize.

After 130 Jumps on this canopy, I feel i can give you a pretty solid review. Ill keep this short and sweet. -The canopy Packs better than any canopy out there Period. -Openings are Soft and on heading. Probably the nicest openings of any canopy I have flown. 600-700 ft snivel on average. -Toggle input is nice and soft and the canopy turns about the same as the sabre 2. but with a far better glide. long spots are not a problem. - front risers are pretty stiff. Rear stalls are fun. give it a try. this canopy has great recovery. - FLARE.. Well.. there really isnt any.. sorry but its true.. Im loading it 1:1.1 and if there is a flare in this canopy I cant seem to find it. If you dont mind skidding in your landings then dont worry about it. Keep your speed up and you can run out the landings if you want. PD changed the brakes on the bigger Pulse canopies because of bad flare.. I think they should address this issue on all of them.. If you wrap the toggles and bring it to the edge of stall you can feel the same flare as a sabre2. I dont like risking a stall so i dont do this. The bottom line is that this canopy is awesome - PD Please fix the Brakes, and this canopy will dominate. Im still considering a new Pulse 150. Cheers, James

Hi Alex, I dont know if you remember me but i was sitting with you guys on the picnic tables when you girls did your first jump or tandems. That sucks you had a bad experience but just remember all the other great people you met and all the fun you had! I seem to remember you laughing a lot that day out at the landing area. I know we all had a great time!!:) I suggest you come down to Big Sky on a weekend if possible and hang out and get your Jump plans sorted out. There are a lot of great instructors there that will gladly help you with any questions you have, The Food is awesome, and you can even stay for a fire at the end of the day! If you cant come down then just give Big Sky a call and let them know who you are. Im sure they will be tripping over themselves this time to help you out!!! I know I would be. If you are still Leary send me a message and ill help you get it sorted out. Dont let 1 person ruin your fun! Come Jump and ill see you at 12.5!! ;) Cheers, James

hey Sparky, the ad is not listed as a scam yet that i can see. check it out. http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/classifieds/detail_page.cgi?ID=131915

dissapointing to see that even after 2 attempts to report this guy as a scammer, the ads are still up.. someone is dropping the ball on this one. i hope nobody else gets ripped off..

Ok I just got this from the guy on the same rig that was already sold to Gowlerk No Paypal. Send the payment via Moneygram money transfer to the name of my wife: Joann K. Salter first name: JOANN middle name: K Surname: SALTER Address: 4033 Silver Lake Terrace, St Anthony, MN 55421 Send the Moneygram and also email me the Moneygram Transfer Confirmation slip. Yes I can ship via ups, send your shipping address. NB: DO NOT TRY TO SEND THE MONEYGRAM ONLINE. YOU MUST GO TO WAL MART OR ANY OTHER MONEYGRAM OUTLET IN PERSON WITH THE CASH TO SEND IT. Expecting your email with the Moneygram Transfer Confirmation slip. Cheers, Michael

Thanks Ian! see ya on saturday man and ill tell you the story about this goofball. GOWLERK.. Man i hope you didnt get scammed. Was it the wings rig? ill email him now and offer to pay him and see what he says.. stand by

HI Guys, I didnt know where else to post this, and i reported him as a scammer but nothings been done. i just dont wanna see anyone get ripped off.. ID: 131915 | Michael Weber (atthew) Check this guy out and his other ads. they all have different names/locations. looks like he has changed his id or name a couple of times?? he even posts that he wants to buy gear and only wants it rigger inspected. But when i asked him to do the same he refused. I asked him where his home DZ was and for references and he did not reply.. heres a copy and paste of the emails. ----------------------------------------------------------------- No Paypal and no rigger third party. Its a bunch of stress. I will accept half now half later after you inspect the rig. How about that? -----Original Message----- From: James Nation To: Michael Weber Sent: Tue, Aug 28, 2012 12:42 am Subject: Re: Wings W14, Sabre2 190, PD Reserve Hey Michael, He is very interested, we can sort this out. Firstly. He would like to use PayPal. He can pay the transaction fees so it won't cost you anything. It's just a very safe way to send money for both parties involved. He would also like some info and to get a rigger involved if possible. As you can understand its a $3000 deal so he just needs some assurance that everything is legit. What's your home DZ? Can we get your rigger to "middle man" this deal? Please let me know and let's get this deal rolling. Cheers James On 2012-08-27, at 5:08 PM, "Michael Weber" wrote: Hi James, Ok I will let your buddy have it.$3000 Shipping to Canada will cost you additional $49 Making $3049 I will accept payment via Moneygram money transfer to the name of my wife: Joann K. Salter first name: JOANN middle name: K Surname: SALTER Adress: 4033 Silver Lake Terrace, St Anthony, MN 55421 Send the Moneygram and also email me the Moneygram Transfer Confirmation slip. Things go fast here and I have a couple of people seriously interested, But I decided to let you have it because my mum is Canadian. I advise you do it immediately and let me know. I will give you till the end of tomorrow Tuesday. Cheers, Michael Weber also if you do a goole search for the address of his "wife" you will see.. Jerry Faust - 4-Year Term Ends 1/1/16 4033 Silver Lake Terrace St. Anthony, MN 55421 Phone: 612-789-7684 E-mail: [email protected] here is the webpage for this address... http://www.ci.saint-anthony.mn.us/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7B611B5E0D-90CD-497C-9371-286566DD6E20%7D there is no doubt that this guy "Michael Weber" is a scammer..

Thanks for all the input here. although some of it has gone way off track. I am not claiming to be anyone above average or anything like that. in fact I have even said myself that i downsized pretty fast and im aware of this risk. Facts. I bought this gear on my own doing. My multiple instructors with 6000+ jumps all supervised me and made me do all the different types of landings under canopy to satisfy them with my newbie skills. xwind downwind flat turn etc.. I pretty much have a c2 watch every landing. I was off radio by about jump 5 or 6. ive put more than 10 jumps on this canopy now and im at about 30 jumps. so far im having fun with it and have been practicing up high. I have had so many people with 1000+ jumps tell me that for my size and skill level a 1:1 is a good start. play safe and learn the canopy up high.. Some are going to disagree with this obviously. But these are the guys that are watching me fly so i have to trust their judgement somewhat. I dont claim to be anything but a rookie so if anyone can offer up some great advice that would be awesome.. dont post some crap about a swooper piling in and telling me i think i have mad shills.. wtf. thats not relevent here. Thanks for all the great input from the peeps that have offered up their time to give me GOOD advice. i appreciate it guys. Im just trying to learn. Cheers,

lol somehow i wanna say I know what you mean but i dont know how to say it.. haha

Cool thanks ill keep at it. been practicing the flat turns and riser stuff. ill now work on this set of tasks! thanks sundevil.

yeah your right man. Ill ask a guy i know with a 190 for sale if i can "rent" it from him for about 25 jumps. That should only be about a month tops.

Thanks for the concern pifly. I agree its pretty quick. As i had said the pulse is different than the 188 for sure but it wasnt a major adjustment. The speed is very similar and the turns were pretty close also. Yes the 170 is faster but i was expeting more. They have designed the pulse to be a little docile..Its not like the Sabre. you should jump one and see for yourself if you get the chance. I was pretty surprised at how mellow it was. My DZ is on open fields.. Nothing but open space to land in. its very safe out here. I always make sure im first to land or last. everyone is always looking out for eachother here, and a plan is made before each jump.. I usually have at least one or 2 coaches on every load and we always watch out and talk about landing patterns and so on. I have a great resource of knowledge available to me out herre its awesome. Our DZ is like a small family, everyone is looking out for each other it seems. I know shit can go wrong. but that could happen just as easy under any canopy? I honestly dont feel this canopy is going to make the game breaker difference between it and the 188 in a high pressure situation. but then again what do i know. All i can do is play safe, and learn my canopy as best as i can. isnt that how we learn? just learning here not trying to argue at all i appreciate all the advice i get here and respect everyones opinions. Cheers

Thanks Chris, As a rule from 1000 I only make 90 degree turns at most. i try to make them as flat as possible also. Quagmire. the first thing i do is my control checks then i play with the risers. try to rear stall and so on. I find the flare and stall and figure out if i needed to wrap toggles a bit and so on.. (Student gear is pretty worn out i find and the flare is usually pretty weak without wrapping the toggles a little bit.) I flare and stall the canopy more than i turn it probably. BUt from 5k you have lots of time to do both. When im satisfied that i know the flare point then ill try front riser chin ups lol and have fun with it.. all well above 2k obviously. Cheers,

i changed the original post. Yes 180 at the door that puts me at 1:11 Chrisl i agree with you. and im not trying to be cocky at all. I dont want to pile in any more than the next guy thats for sure lol.. Every pilot is different. I have watched my student buddies fly and Im doing better than average i think. Instructors (5) have told me to play safe and ill be ok. They even made me jump the 188 one more time in front of all of them to watch before they let me jump my rig.. I intend to take it easy and not push it. Most of my pulls are going to be around 4-5k and i am going to really get to know this canopy up high. Im not going to jump it in sketchy winds and so on.. Ill play Safe. Its a great canopy and to be honest. it not much different than the 188 so far.

Hey guys, I had a few people ask me about the Pulse, and i have seen a lot of posts on here asking about it so i figured id give you my review on it. I am a rookie so i can only give you my opinion based on new guy experience. I am pretty solid on accuracy and my canopy skills have been good enough to satisfy my instructors so i could downsize. I am in no way setting an example of how to downsize. Most will say i downsized too fast. I can agree with that. The only reason I did this was because i bought this new rig with the pulse 170 and I wanted to get on it as fast and safely as I could get away with. Weight at the door 180 Container Wings. 2012 Pulse 170 My jump history. AFF - 3 Jumps on Manta 288 AFF - 5 jumps on Rascal 266 Solo - 6 Jumps on Pilot 210 Solo - 6 Jumps on Pilot 188 Solo - 3 jumps on PD Pulse 170 First opening was a bit hard. Probably packed it bad. Canopy Flies pretty fast and turns great. Comparable to the 188 pilot. NO WIND. Definitely noticed the decent rate is much faster but the glide is very good also. I set myself up for a long final approach to play it save and i glided farther than expected witch was cool. Notice a speed increase on landing from the 188. Its about 10-20 % faster. 2 stage flare works good. Lots of flare on the canopy. Second opening went for a wild 360. probably another bad pack job. Lots of fun on the risers and the canopy can really fly fast when you lean into it. The canopy Packs up pretty easy because of that new material they use. Its the same as the PD optima reserve. Pretty slippery but packs down really well. If you have any questions Feel free to ask, but again, im just a rookie so i can only give you a new guys opinion. Cheers, James.

ended up getting a pro tec half shell, And some motorcycle (Bobster) goggles. They kick ass. Loaned my goggles to a couple peeps and they like the, also. Little bit of antifog dosent hurt as well. Cheers, J

lol thanks, gonna try to get 4 AFF jumps in on sunday. should be fun, Thanks for the advice. I think ill get a benny and Galaxy3 for now. I dont want to have to buy everything all at once when im ready for my own gear. nobody really said anything about goggles though.. Any suggestions? I wear contacts. Thanks again, James

they use chest mounted radios at my DZ. so speaking of that. I see guys wearing ipods or wearing earplugs. how can that be safe?? wouldnt you want to be able to hear someone under canopy if you had to??

Cool thanks! ill check with my instructor and make shure hes cool with it. I was wearing their helmets already, same as the benny pretty much. I just want my own stuff.

Hey All, Ive been riding motorcycles all my life and i like the wind in my face. (Except for the odd face strike of course) I see a lot of guys with the protec skate helmets. I think im going to pick one up today. (I know im new, but i just want to have my own helmet goggles and galaxy3 to to start) that should be ok right? Any issues with goggles and those helmets? I wear contacts so i would like to wear them if i can find a good comfortable Helmet Goggle Combo. Thanks for any advice, Cheers/BS