skydave89

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  1. Fata-

    As you mentioned in your last sentence, I don't ever have issues diving to a slot or slowing down when I'm using my standard techniques. (Im between 450-500 WS jumps). Just wanted to solicit opinions and make sure I'm not using old, outdated, inefficient techniques if that makes sense.

  2. Fellow birds -

    Had 2 things I wanted to hear opinions on: going steep and going slow (not at the same time, obviously).

    Steep: what's your personal strategy for a steeper angle of attack? It seems like some people sweep the arms, and some basically tilt the whole leading edge. I've always found it much easier to dive by sweeping the arms, but I feel as though it's slightly slower. For anyone that isn't a "sweeper", any tips?

    Slow: when you're trying to slow down horizontally, what's your body position? I was taught/learned how to slow down by just bringing my heels back to my butt, whereas during recent jumps with an organizer I was told to essentially dig my knees in. Is there a "right" answer, or is it all personal preference?

    Thanks for the input. Also - for the love of god please don't turn this into another brand war clusterfuck.

  3. Ok, here's something I'd like input on: reading the thread, I see quite a few people saying that turning 45* off jump run upon exit is a way to reduce collisions in the event of an unstable exit by jumpers later on in the order. This weekend I was doing 4 way WS jumps, and we were just flying straight up jump run on exit. 2 different times, 2 different jumpers had unstable exits that put them into very steep dives at almost exactly 45* off of jump run, which was just fine, since we hadn't turned. And in my experience, this isn't uncommon. Is 45 the most widely used pattern, or would it be better to go say 90 immediately or something? Just trying to up my knowledge of organizing, since I'm the most experienced WS jumper at my dz and in turn the de facto jump organizer everytime.

  5. I've spoken with a uspa BOD member about this issue. They agree the 500ft is a little silly, but basically said the same thing as someone above: 500, 400, 300, 200ft, etc isn't easy to discern, but 15ft is pretty obvious and that's what they're really trying to stop.

    Personally, I did tons of tandem flybys before this was actually a BSR, and now I'm just going to randomly upload them for the rest of my jumping career ;). If you see a flyby of mine, it was taken years before this ruling.

  7. Update to my last post: A month after I chopped my 120 Sabre I had to chop my 107 Spectre. I had a barber pole before the canopy even fully opened. I have to agree with Jarno's statement about canopy size. It might be a 7-cell, but I found my Spectre 107 spinning and diving towards the ground at a rate that I never would've expected. (WL @ 1.7).

  8. I bought a Triathlon 175 as my first WS canopy because I wanted a boat. Mission accomplished. Loaded at 1.1 it was ridiculously tame, to the point of boring, after I was no longer concerned about being able to pitch stable. Never jumped one at a high WL so I can't comment on how they handle that though.

  10. Recently chopped spinning twists on my Sabre1 120 in my Havok. Just bought a Spectre 107 and I'm way happier with the openings. (WL around 1.7)

    Although I have to add - I was deploying in full flight with the sabre, and on the cutaway I felt hesitation so I looked to check and it opened really offset. That said - it spun up way faster than my spectre does or even can, I imagine. Quite happy with having a 7 cell.