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Hi I am a C4 quadraplegic weighing around 200 pounds. Did a tandem last Friday at Zephyr Hills with no problems. Apparently the story is going into the Tampa Tribune the week after Christmas. Hope your friends jump goes well.

Thanks for that. Should be there sometime during the middle of December.

You may have already seen this, but if not, with the US elections coming up this is excellent. Sorry folks, attachment is too big to upload.

Brilliant!! Did one myself last May at Langar in the UK. Will be in Florida this December - Sounds like Z Hills will be the place to go to do another one.

I agree but you can't jump one until C licence in the UK.

No it's not. I used to jump an f111 canopy (a Wildfire) loaded at 1.3 for quite some time (about 250 jumps. Very glad I changed to ZP and certainly wouldn't recommend that your friend buys the PD.

I have just jumped a Cobalt 120 - brand new bar the 7 jumps the actual owner stuck on it. Lovely canopy to fly around, stays up for ages and hookx in nicely on fron t risers. Opening was 2 stage and reasonably soft. Before that I tried the demo 120 Atair sent him while he was waiting for his new one. It opened like a firecracker - 2 stage but still a slammer. The difference was the pilot chute - chopped it down from 28 inches to 22 inches, rolled the tail tight and openings are now sorted.

Test jumped a Faqtor 135 (loaded at 1.6) a couple of months ago. Handles a lot like the Safire except for the front risers which are very very light. Double fronts will put you into a dive with a very long recovery arc (you really need to plane it out). Opening was normal - took about 600 feet at terminal. Landing it was very like the Safire, you can surf it or just land normally.

Used it on a Stilletto loaded at 1.5. Worked well.

Riser blocks are a short length of webbing rolled up and stitched on to each riser. I much prefer them to riser loops and wrap some vet wrap (sort of self-adhesive tape used on horses etc.) around them to make them nicer to grab. Never seen them used on rears though.

You don't have to push the envelope on every jump. If the picture isn't right then don't take chances. I managed over 1,000 jumps without injury and then sprained my ankle which put me out of action for 3 days - not a hook but a straight-in off landing at Eloy where I was forced to take a downwind landing (thorn bushes right & left and a plane on finals behind me).

I've seen guys reduced to tears trying to get a new PD canopy into the d-bag. I learned the psycho pack without rolling the canopy (or psycho bag as PD call it) when I was floundering around trying to bag my new Stilletto - a guy showed me this new weird upside down method, bagged it in less than 2 minutes and I've done it that way ever since. It's great fun demonstrating it on a brand new canopy for someone who has been struggling for a while - they usually just kneel down and stare at the bag in disbelief!

Surely your rigger will keep your rig and repack the reserve just before you get it back - he/she won't want to have to open it all back up again to re-install the Cypres.

And remember to say yes if they ask you if you packed everything yourself.

Bought a used one at 50 jumps. Sold it and bought a brand new one at around 180 jumps. Downsized enough to have to buy another new one at 720 jumps.

I use neoprene cyclying gloves. Cheaper than diving gloves and they seem to work well.

Makes me sick if it's true - took me a good 30+ to get even close to that. Twisting upper body is correct by the way.

Sure we have just had a thread on this. I think the general concensus was to buy a two piece suit and get the best of both worlds.

It doesn't know when you pull, it only knows when you have slowed down! Protrack is the same.

I agree with hookandswoop on this one, I use pulling up at traffic lights as an example of bleeding off your forward speed ready to touch down gently. Bear in mind that you are also coming downwards as well as forwards and the wind speed will have a big effect on the way that you flare - so you can't have one technique for all occasions, you need to adjust your flare for the conditions. If the wind is strong you will need very little brakes to stop going forward across the ground - so you would flare low using just enough brakes to stop. If the wind is light (or nil) you will have more speed to bleed off so you will need to start your flare higher and then smoothly judge bringing down your toggles so that you run out of forward speed about a foot above the ground. Be ready to take a step or so forward if you get it wrong.

It's not more effective, it's more controllable. You can control the input much better with toggles because they are less reactive than rear risers.

Alan is a friend of mine but I haven't seen him since September as he was off to Kenya to help out with Tomb Raider 2. He has done quite a few arial stunts on Bond movies in the past and he told me that the double for Halle did 3 takes before she was dropped and replaced by Ian Marshall (of Team X). Trouble is that Alan would not necessarily know when I spoke to him how much of the film was used and how much was either "blue screened" or CGI in the final screen version. Although I enjoyed the film I was quite disappointed with the skydiving sequences. Especially as I know that there was some good footage, taken from a helicopter, of the switchblade stunt and the freefall that followed.

Had the reverse in Ampuria once! CCI accused me of pulling low but had me mixed up with someone else with a similar canopy. I had actually opened at 3 grand to get back from a s****y spot! Showed him my protrack and all was well - he probably would have believed me anyway but it cut out any doubt.

Have a great time. Will be over there from the 27th - probably see you in the Surf Inn or Captains Cabin.