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  4. rwieder

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    HAH he also says in his previous thread that he jumps at most once a month. This is either 100% a troll or he is serious.

    Methinks he's a lawyer, or a reporter gathering information. he's no sky diver.

    Best-
    Richard



    I'm neither a troll or a lawyer. You guys are pretty quick to pounce.

    Yoink- I can take criticism no problem, I even welcome it.
    I called Bullshit to your troll comment and the unfamiliar acronym but that's 'water under the bridge' now (pun intended).

    I have decided that up-sizing is in my near future. I have nothing to gain by pushing the envelope and everything to lose. even a brand new rig.
    I have to find out how I got here though!

    Thanks again for all the input.
    we're not all trolls!!!!!

  5. irishrigger

    yes you should indeed!-Worry about the 1.6 wingloading if you only have 80 jumps as stated in your profile.
    personally speaking a couple pounds over the max weight limit is not a huge problem, i am a big boy also.so know what that is about, but dude i got almost 7000 jumps under my belt.

    the biggest concern here as everyone has mentioned sofar that if you have only 80 jumps a wing loading of 1.6,which is far more dangerous!!! 1.6 WL is considered to be almost extreme for an expirienced jumper.
    to be honest,i am shocked,suprised and worried that your instructors and your DZ have allowed you to downsize so fast! making rough calcultations i take it your exit weight is 270lbs, you said you did 23 jumps on a 270 then 43 on a 190. you had a wingloading of 1.4 on that 190 and you did not have a Licence at that stage. that is way outside what any manual and guidelines say.
    it is proably not what you want to hear and you think we are all talking BS,as you know what your doing and we dont etc etc.
    I will ask you to look through the incident forums and see how many incidents are listed there who thought the same as you.

    I hope you reconsider your wing loading! none of want to hear or read about you in the incident forum.

    My 2 cents

    Rodger






    wow!! Honestly I don't know what to think.

    I take my inexperience very seriously and value the mistakes & experience of others and for this I thank you all (except for 'yoink'. He can go to Hell)

    My confusion comes from all the coaches, JM's and DZO's I've interacted with in the last year and not until now has there been any hint of a red flag. I take full responsibility for my decisions on this. I must carry my weight well I think.

    I don't want to argue the point but help me understand:Please explain the flight characteristics of an 'extremely' WL pilot 168.

    High openings, conservative set up and landings. I haven't felt scared on no-wind days and do fine, I just come in fast. I take learning how to really fly this canopy seriously.

    Yes, the WL is out of control and I am prepared to do something about it.

    thank you for the concern.

  9. It's a Cessna DZ. I get on every load I can regardless of alt.
    I'm just stoked to learn too really fly my new canopy.
    I was just racking my brain on any little thing I can do at home in the mean time to help. Hence the 'target spotting video' idea.
    Thanks.

  10. Hello all,
    I would like to work on my accuracy on landings.
    The whole concept of looking for that point on the ground that isn't moving is where you'll land, is a skill acquired with experience.

    I only get to jump 1 weekend a month at best, and this does not help.

    If there were a compilation of POV straight in landings
    on-line I figure this would be a big help in training the eye in a non-stressed environment. I do realize there is way more to a good landing than just the final approach but its a simple exercise that can be done on the ground.

    You-Tube is hit and miss for the right POV.

    I don't have a huge problem with landings but I would like to 'nail-it' more often than not.

    Thanks for reading.