Timmeeh

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  1. I've been doing 450's for a long time now. 

    Last year, I wanted to try out only harness to explore the difference. I think I ended up doing 200 jumps with harness only.

    I'm jumping a HK-75(WL 2.6) and a HKT-69 (WL 2.9).

    • Front riser turns: Gave me a much faster dive. Sometimes at Pink Open, it can get turbolent. And sometimes so much, that I couldn't hold my front risers down thoughout the dive, ruining the dive.
    • Harness only: A much flatter a searching dive. I was doing the turn too slow though. And when I was speeding up the turn in general, I found it hard to get enough speed for the rollout-power to be efficient. It's quite comfortable though. You just chill and turn, giving your brain peace for concentration(no mucles needed, pretty much).

    At the moment, I wanna go back to 450 with fronts, or go to 630 only harness.

    At times, I would get the SAME horizontal speed on the 75(WL 2.6) with fronts, compared to the 69(WL 2.9) with harness only.

     

    As far as Setup: 

    • Fronts: Easy. You don't travel as much in the dive. You don't have to account for drift in the turn as much.
    • Harness: Semi-Hard. You have to start the turn further out, and you travel a bit more forcing you to really read the winds and try to calculate the drift in the turn.

    So my conclussion was:

    • Harness only = less speed and power through the gates. Hard setup. Easy to turn. Needs a bigger turn, or I simply need more training to adjust(faster turn).
    • Fronts = More speed and power through the gates. Easy setup. Hard in turbolence. 
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    you should not jump velo if you ask this question. imho.

    anyway, ask it [url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/sofpidarf/]HERE[/url].



    Don't worry. I am ready :) The more I get into a discussion about it - the less in doubt I will be. It's good to discuss even though it is common sense :)
    I also had a lot of guidance from people 10 times more experienced than me. And it's pretty simple: Rear the massive power into those gates!
    Look mommi! Me jump out airplane! Wiiiii

  4. Hey guys! :)
    I just jumped into a Velocity (first owned x-braced) and have done about 35 jumps on it so far. Lovely canopy :)
    Canopy Wing Load: 2.05
    Turn: 450 degree
    I feel a bit confused / frustrated about the recovery arc.

    Every canopy I have jumped so far have told me when the exact best spot to be on when the canopy recovers - As there is pretty much no In-between!
    The Velocity just keeps diving. Not that it is a problem - I am just trying to figure out where the sweet spot is to be able to have as much speed as possible :)

    I guess I will find out after a lot of jumps. But I thought I would hear you guys opinion!

    - How long do you want it to dive before giving input on rears?

    Thanks!
    Look mommi! Me jump out airplane! Wiiiii

  5. Hey adrenalin junkies / blue skies chasers / crazy fuckers!

    I'm about to buy a new helmet.
    I'm working as a tandem photographer. Some of my colleague are using a modified Cookie G3 with a plate for 2 GoPro's and a cut-away system - Which does the job alright. But I would like it to be completely shake-free.

    I was just kinda hooked on the Fuel - cause I wanted to use it for swoop as well. After they announced the chin-cup I pretty much fell in love.

    My problem is to find a solution for mounting 2 GoPro's on the original mount spot? A homemade copy of the original one - with a plate to mount the 2 GoPro's perhaps?

    Would be awesome to have something you would be able to take off for filming Take-off's / Customer expressions etc. without having to use your whole helmet. B|

    Any Ideas?

    Thanks!;););););););)
    Look mommi! Me jump out airplane! Wiiiii

  6. Hey adrenalin junkies / blue skies chasers / crazy fuckers!

    I'm about to buy a new helmet.
    I'm working as a tandem photographer. Some of my colleague are using a modified Cookie G3 with a plate for 2 GoPro's and a cut-away system - Which does the job alright. But I would like it to be completely shake-free.

    I was just kinda hooked on the Fuel - cause I wanted to use it for swoop as well. After they announced the chin-cup I pretty much fell in love.

    My problem is to find a solution for mounting 2 GoPro's on the original mount spot? A homemade copy of the original one - with a plate to mount the 2 GoPro's perhaps?

    Any Ideas?

    ;);););););););)
    Look mommi! Me jump out airplane! Wiiiii

  10. Hey Guys!

    I need skydivers help with this one!
    I'm on an assignment and made a rookie survey.

    Will you answer 4 simple questions for me? It would be a big help.

    NOTICE: If you do not drink energy drinks at all, just answer with the "other" option. Thx

    http://questionpro.com/t/AJu78ZPESg

    Thanks!
    Look mommi! Me jump out airplane! Wiiiii