dqpacker

Maybe China? Just throwing it out there. Seems like the only superpower that has the funds and lift capabilities. 

You know this post is from 2006? 

2 hours ago, dudeman17 said:

Self-induced turbulence.

Like he flew Downwind of himself? Wait what??? Lol

58 minutes ago, rjklein4470 said:

It's a woman for sure.  Typically RDS does not get stuffed in a bra

I do all the time. I jump a full rds in street clothes and down the shirt is the best spot. Give me a name and photo of said girl that you claim this is. Lol 

1 hour ago, raftman said:

HE? Are we watching the same video?  At 1:51 I see a well endowed FEMALE having some canopy issues.

That’s a dude with his rds stashed down his shirt lol what kind of boobs do you look at normally lol. 
it’s turbulence or a dust devil. 

16 hours ago, raftman said:

dqpacker's eyesight isn't so good either!

Please explain yourself? Watch close he transferred to toggles. 

10 hours ago, Pobrause said:

Crappy turn, not much power left after levelling out, way to long on rears, too much rear riser input while leaning forward and subsequently his canopy stalled right before he transitioned to the yellow stopping thingies called toggles. 
 

user error and something you should discuss with a competent coach before learning to land with rears. gusts didn‘t play a relevant role in this if any. 
search this forum for explanations regarding toggle stalls vs rear riser stalls. 
 

stay healthy 

 

 

 

What video did you watch? He was on toggles already. 
 
Looks like turbulence or dust devil. 
there is a tree line and trailers not to far off to that side of the pond. 

21 minutes ago, PlaneFun said:

Mark-Maybe I misunderstood your comment , but why would a DZO or instructor who hasn't been making any money for 1-2 months not look forward to doing $120-150 re-currency jumps with already-licensed jumpers? 

Damn where do they pay $120 for a recurrency jumps?

16 hours ago, Westerly said:

Not all DZs are lame tandem factories. There are DZs out there that can remain profitable without ever sending a single tandem or AFF student. Some DZs hardly even do tandems at all. 90%+ of their clients are licensed jumpers. Those are what we call real drop zones.

Let’s see how these “real drop zones” fare after this shutdown with no tandems to build business back. 
 

And it’s not about tandems and students being to close, it’s about everyone being too close. How are these “real dz’s” gonna send fun jumpers with the 6feet between people recommendation? 5 people on a caravan is still to close. 

Move to Dubai and start blowing fake royalty and say fuck women’s rights and accept slave labor as the norm and all your dreams will come true.
 

And yes I’m jealous of the few that will ever get to fly that thing. 

The word you are looking for is audible not acoustic 

39 minutes ago, skow said:

Can you explain the reasoning behind it?

Removable sliders are usually smaller than a normal one for the same size canopy. A full rds uses the dbag and pc to match the drag of the normal slider. 

1 hour ago, 28337 said:

RDS is smaller than regular slider. Regular is 23"x31" and RDS is 20"x29" 

It will open faster with just the removable slider. Full rds adds enough drag to match the regular slider. 

chuckakers

***Ok, Captain Obvious question here:

No tags or anything like that, right?

Is that an outline of a bird up on the collar? Can you post a close up of that?

https://www.facebook.com/marsha.karpinen

Yep. Marsha out of Minnesota/Wisconsin area. Hawk suits.

Hey Mike DQ here from Spaceland Houston. I run the tandem department here and would love to take your family on a jump. All of our instructors are qualified and should take care of them. Cya soon and feel free to send a message if needed.
[email protected]

Camera on student, not telling the student to arch while dealing with line twist and improper emergency procedures while pulling handles or handle in this case.

If it smells like a Lodi and it sounds like a Lodi. It must be a Lodi. Lol

Proximity

Probably would go with the xfire by icarus spain on this one, pretty much the only canopy at this time with the schumann platform without x-bracing think if makes it more efficient/faster than some of the older designes.

Definitely not faster than a katana. It does carry farther distance. And now they want to be known as Icarus world lol.

Quagmirian

It's not April yet this is a bit early.

That’s what I was thinking.
I have never laughed so hard at an idea.
And your’re not a inventor. You’re a bad idea guy.

Do it. I know nothing about you, or even met you. No info in your profile and no info in your post? Also you are asking about some euro rip off canopy so what does that tell ya! Go ask someone at your dz

Spaceland Houston is flooded over. Everything but the building and trailer park is flooded. No damage from the wind. But it's not over yet, more rain to come.

He said contact a qualified coach not take a course.

None

Is it really that hard for you guys to stand on a scale with gear on and then use the calculator on your phone?

hjumper33

Looks similar to something Tony has been using for a couple of years, Im assuming that it was probably developed with him.


I can see the thinking behind it, and why it would slightly increase performance and safety. Maybe the equivalent of a comp velo with the 100 jump lines, or Jebs low pull rig with infinity. Designed for a small very specific group of pilots. They'll sell some for sure, but id bet youll see mostly sponsored pilots jumping them.

Jebs rig was from mirage not VSE.

Misleading title. I was hoping it was some kid in Mexico