outlawphx

I started jumping in Vegas in the 90's, so this sounds vaguely familiar

Here's a good thread on that

Yep. Ultimatums and relationships don't go well together, so she was foolish to give one. I had 500 jumps early in life before I met my wife (I wasn't actively jumping anymore), and I started back up last year. Her biggest concern is the time it takes, so I compromise by only jumping two days a month. I also try to give her equal time to do what she wants.

Of course no one likes to think anything bad will happen to them, it's still important to think about. As far as the financial issues, I have two insurance policies on myself, money in the bank and retirement accounts, and no debt except a small mortgage. For everyday support, my wife's parents are retired and help with our son right now. My parents are retired and are waiting for a new house to be build near us to move down. They all love my wife and son, and our parents have been close friends since they all went to college together 40 years ago. My biggest worry here is hurting myself really bad (i.e. vegetable, paralyzed, etc.), but otherwise I feel pretty comfortable that my family would be taken care of.

I actually did a seach on it here before posting, but not on your site. Where is it on your site? I tried searching under "wing", but didn't find it.

Actually, the wing is a storage compartment as well.

How about a real strap-on wing Stealth Wings

Good: Brenda @ Rigging Innovations Art @ The Skydive Store Linda @ Bonehead Composites Mike @ Michigan Suits

Nice. Is the tricky part that you can't finish your flare with the toggles? Otherwise, I've seen jumpers turn 180 and back before. Forgive my swooping freestyle ignorance, because that's 1000% harder than any landing I could do.

This link may be helpful...

That's awesome!

See here I just bought another new canopy last month, and it's been a breeze packing. I guess it's all in the technique

The reason I like HMA is because it doesn't shrink up like spectra and change the canopy's trim. I've been a little concerned about tension knots though, because I often have to clear tangles when I walk my lines up to flake the canopy. That's not to say I didn't have to with spectra, it's just the lines and tangles seem to stick together more.

That's a scary a** picture, and I'm glad you came out of that OK! There was a fatality recently due to the same circumstances, but the jumper tried to cut through the bridle of his main PC before going for his reserve. Also, RSL's are generally considered to be a bad idea while jumping camera, due to the possible snag hazards. If you haven't already, I'd recommend doing a seach on the subject.

My Precision Aerodynamics Nitron was made in the USA.

Strange. I got my A in 1992, and my number is in the 15000's

1 out of 577. Lineover on #44.

Anyone else see the "freefly schurken" video on SkydiveMovies.com? About 50 seconds into the video there is first person video of someone riding a spinning main with major line twists into some trees. Talk about someone having a guardian angel! A few hundred feet in another direction they would've landed in a field or on the runway

The PC size is usually an option. Bridle length is probably standard though.

Background: At the time of this review, I have 580 jumps. I’ve jumped a mix of demos throughout my time skydiving, but my canopy progression was: a Manta 288 (loaded at .75) for 100 jumps, a Nova 150 (loaded at 1.45) for 100 jumps before it was recalled, a Stiletto 150 (loaded at 1.5, since I weighed more back then) for 250 jumps, a nine year layoff because I got bored, and finally a Sabre2 150 (loaded at 1.4) for the last 90 jumps since coming back into the sport last year. I bought a Nitron 135 (loaded at 1.55) to continue to work on my swooping for a couple hundred jumps. My landings are usually either a 90 or 180 degree front riser carve to final based on traffic. Ordering and setup: I custom ordered my Nitron from the Skydive Store, and it took 6 weeks (which is pretty fast for any custom gear in this sport). I hooked it up, and set the brake lines with an extra inch of slack. I ended up letting about 3 inches out of my Sabre2 to keep from deflecting the tail while front risering. It turned out that the break settings on the Nitron starting deflecting the tail right at the break line setting mark, so I ended up letting out about 6 inches. Flight impressions (Comparison to my Sabre2 150): My first jump was a terminal opening at 7500ft to check it out. The first thing is that the openings on this canopy are wonderful. It opened nice and soft, while staying on heading on every jump I’ve made so far. I jump a top mounted video camera, so openings are important to me. Toggles turns are very responsive (it is an elliptical), and it was significantly quicker than my Sabre2. I did my various control tests at altitude on toggles and risers, practiced some flares, intentionally stalled it a few times, practiced dive arrests on toggles, used my Sunnto Observer to measure altitude lost in various types and lengths of turns, etc. Front riser pressure was very similar to my Sabre2, but it turned into the dive a little quicker. Recovery arc was very similar to my Sabre2 as well, and speed at neutral full flight felt a touch faster. I’ve just done double fronts and 90 degree front risers so far, and I’m getting about 10% more surf out of it. Overall, it reminded me a lot of my old Stiletto. Overall: I think this is going to be a great canopy for continuing to progress with swooping. I’ve done a few high opening jumps, and I’m continuing to do so to get familiar with it. I’m planning on grabbing one of the badass canopy coaches here in Eloy after another 25 jumps, because I want to be comfortable with the general flight characteristics before really wringing it out with a coach. I’ll post a follow up after that.

Thanks!

Thanks guys!

I assume you're just doing head up freeflying, so freefly pants adding drag on your legs won't really be doing you any good. They are effective if you're flying headdown for the exact reason they're not very beneficial for head up. I'm getting ready to put my fullbody ff jumpsuit away for the summer (eloy, summer, 100+ degrees) and go back to shorts and a t-shirt until it cools off.

They're soft links. I can take the links apart and put them in whatever order they need to be in, but I just need to know what order that is...