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Contact Frank from Lookma Paraphernalia http://www.lookma.de/ Highly recommend, I have been exclusively jumping his sliders on all my canopies for the last 1300 jumps. Easiest and fastest reattaching, nice minimalistic ring design and fast, friendly service, and everything a lot cheaper than comparable us products. ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

You can't make sure you wont have any issues. Even the most reliably opening canopy can smack you hard enough to injure you, especially if certain parts are already preweakened. But if your problem is the harness vs shoulder part you might want to tighten your cheststrap more so that your harness rests firmly on your chest, where it should be anyways. Also be pepared. Don't pull and relax. Pull and expect a hard pounding every time. Muscle tension in the critical parts in combination with a good stretching and warm up is the most effective way to avoid opening related injuries. ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

It took me a few seconds but now I got coffee all over my pancakes -.- ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

Although your mind is already settled on the PD230 you might want to demo other canopies in that size range. Even if just for shits and giggles, you might be surprised. Pulse, Navigator, Spectre, Storm, Silhouette, Pilot, Safire, S-Fire, Omega... all names, that could fit your bill and, depending on age, might not even be much more expensive. I wouldn't expect it to be very easy to find a low jump numbered and reasonably priced PD230 nowadays. Good luck anyways.

Hi, I'm looking for a car with 5 seats. What should I buy? Any comments on Opel models? . . . Your search turned up 23.465 different car models ranging from Ford S-max to some second world war tanks.... ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

Parachute systems uses UPTs spectra reserve ripcord on their skyhook rigs. I haven't heard of any manufacturer offering something comparable. ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

Just search for sangi on here and youtube. Wheelchairs are kinda cool, was driving one for probably 5 month, because of some stupid downsize. Too bad this is a troll, the last post Was just too obvious. I had high hopes to witness the birth of the next world champion of canopy piloting. ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

By wingload I meant more the ability to penetrate the wind, not deforming the canopy or altering the factory trimm, both of which would be negligible and most likely not even noticable under standart wings and loadings. 0.8 lbs/sqft --> even light wind impedes forward movement Same canopy/size with 1.8 --> even high winds allow forward movement Of course relative to the ground, should have made that clearer ETA: After a friendly tipp from hooknswoop I looked up L/D and infact the definition of L/D is the amount of lift generated by a wing or vehicle, divided by the aerodynamic drag it creates by moving through the air. The ground obviously isn't relevant in aerodynamics, who would have thought So I retract my former statements about influence of L/D by wind direction and such. But I also want to add, that for skydivers the concept of L/D in a scientific way lacks a lot of important things one should consider before choosing a canopy because of its flat trimm. ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

Simple question, not so simple answer. Depends on headwind, downwind, wingload, profile, canopy size, inputs... just to name a few. Assuming no wind, no inputs I would bet my money on a lighty loaded biggish pulse. And of course nearly every 9cell student canopy. Last sunday at a DZ I visited however the canopy with the best g/r was a VK75 at 3.4. Everybody else barely made any forward movement or was driving backwards. ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

Jarno, when are you going to implement your ws tunnel hours into your profile? ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

Why do you need a specific suit and helmet for the tunnel? If you are buying tunnel time to drill your air skills you should be wearing what you use on the skydive, and that can include your rig if you are team training. Right now he's only tunnel flying and not skydiving so getting tunnel specific equipment is reasonable. To OP: suitwise you can't really go wrong with any of the bigger and many smaller manufacturers. If tunnel flying is your priority right now get a tight fit. Harder to fly, better for learning it correctly right from the start. The chances of finding a tight and reasonably well fitting suit used are slim so you'll most likely have to buy new. Helmets come in all shapes and sizes, what fits one perfectly is rubbish for somebody else. Only because the majority is flying g3s doesn't mean they are any good for you. You will have to try them on and decide for yourself. Don't buy a helmet just because it's cheap! But if the cheap one fits you the best, go for it. When you figured out which one is for you try to get it used on FB or here in the classifieds. If money really is that big of an issue right now get a pair of clear, well fitting, padded goggles like SORZ or similar and go fly the helmet and suit the tunnel provides you with. How many hours of tunnel time are you aiming for as a start? Is it enough to even justify a $600+ investment? ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

Depending on your exit weight the Sabre 135 could be quite a long way down your road. Get the rig checked and in order but don't expect to be able to jump it any tine soon (200-500 jumps?!) ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

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*** An inflated ego with a Pilot is something I have problems understanding. But don't tell him that or will downsize more aggressively . Hehehe ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

a few times, mostly at those "arriving at the DZ 4 minutes after the last 5 minute call". All where highpulls, no helmet, dytter, normal sunglases and work cloth on. Altimeter was optional, too. Jump out, take care of RDS, sit back, deep brakes and enjoy the sunset at 13k, best jumps ever

You can have them make a pocket for audibles, no problem. ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

Hip rings or leg straps mostly. Often they are long enough to route around a harness part and fasten it back with itself. ETA: skydiving planes are seldomly used to just transport whuffos from point A to B where I jump. They are obviously ill equipped for that task

You can achieve a better fit around your legs with the 2-piece, imo its only better for those, that got really skinny legs. ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

It's 3/8" "out" of trimm, 0,95cm. That's close to nothing on a main and perfectly normal for untreated lines that where used in terminal, fast reserve deployments. what's the fuzz about?! ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

Empuriabrava, Sevilla, Algarve... pretty much all the bigger southern ones. ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

Season or all year round? ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

What is important is for all jumpers to understand that the critical comparison for separation upon opening (discipline differences not withstanding) is the variance in wind conditions between exit and deployment. Any jumper falling through the air from 15000-0 during a load experiences the same variances in wind conditions and therefore the same drift. If everybody drifts the same, nobody does and separation will only be achieved by distance above the ground and not time or anything else given the same discipline. Yuri gave a nearly perfect and easy tool and showed the math behind it for everybody to adjust for his/her foot size/altitude. Now you only need to understand and use it. Of course the winds at exit and opening altitude are equally important. For spotting that is and not for separation. ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

And rightly so. If I have no movement over the ground (STRONG uppers) a ball I throw out the door will land on the exact same spot no matter how long I wait (assuming the differences in wind speed from exit to the ground don't change significantly), even an hour won't change anything By his logic the ball would land in another state if I wait that long, although my spot over the ground hasn't changed. Simplified: Ground speed matters, nothing else! Go troll somewhere else ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

I've only done a few handfull of jumps on various VK, Leias and a Petra but from what I've seen and heard from those jumping them regularly they all experienced significantly more tension knots than when jumping with "oldschool wings" like VC, Xaos, JVX. It's not just a VK phenomenon. The reasoning behind PDs 'fix' can be used for all the new hp-wings imo. Very low pressure during the opening process on the outer lines, them being able to move around more and subsequently hooking themselfes together with other fuzzy lines. Not something you can fix with different packing techniques, if you ask me. The higher wear some guys experienced is a different issue. On the Vk the flapping slider problem might have its role, too. But on those VKs I've seen/ relined so far the lower line parts where ok but the area above the cascades was the most worn out. That might have two reasons. Firstly they snivel more, slider stays up longer and has more time to mess with beautiful orange lines. Secondly on some landings, especially the very fast ones you can hear a high frequency vibration sound. Like a mosquito, that is buzzing close to your ear. I heard it first from a Helix 71 during a competition. I asked what that was and was told the lines are vibrating, a good indicator for speed and power ;) Afterwards I searched for that sound on other canopies and found it on VKs and another Helix. And sure enough, on those wings the part above the cascades was fuzzier than on similar wings you couldn't hear this sound from. Illuminati confirmed? ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

It's literally just the same simple button combination to access every product they produce. Intuitive? No. But easy and fast nontheless ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends