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This happens to one of my buddies. It first happened to him on jump 15 or so, and he needed to pull his reserve because he could not reach his main. It has now happened 4 times in total within 100 jumps. The second time, he managed to extract his pilotchute with his left hand. The third time it happened, a very heads up jumper who already knew of my buddy's shoulder problems pulled for him. After all this, he converted his rig to have the BOC on the left (easy to do). He also picked up one of those shoulder 'braces' (kinda like a knee brace). The brace has helped a lot however he has had one dislocation in freefall with the brace on (but this involved extreme circumstances...a badly funneled exit and an odd position of the arm that resulted....he should have released his grip). Keep in mind that you could move your BOC and get a brace but this only slightly reduces the danger that you put yourself in with a shoulder like that. It would be very difficult to cut away with a dislocated right shoulder. You could use your left hand for both handles it would take a long time....time you may not have. Also, he has found it difficult to convince doctors that he needs surgury, because they tell him that the risk of the surgury is not worth the rewards in his case(obviously they are not skydivers). Anyways, I hope this helps you, and I hope your shoulder doesn't give you much more trouble......although it probably will. Flying Hellfish #470

This is an excellent one as well. It shows some ground, plane, exit, freefall, canopy, and landing stuff. Its this guy's 6th jump so he only has one instructor with him. http://www.skydivingmovies.com/ver2/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=1604 Flying Hellfish #470

Tell them to think about it this way: Back in the day, round parachutes were used. The round chutes did not create any 'lift' like a square does. But....deploying your round chute still slowed you down after it opened. The mass of the system in this case doesn't change as a result of deploying the canopy, but the drag does. If what your friend is telling you is true then when you deploy the round chute, you will not slow down at all.....that would make for one hell of a hard laning. Flying Hellfish #470

Smallest rig I've seen personally (so obviously there are smaller ones) is a mirage G3 with a Vengeance 89 and a Phantom 22' round reserve. Its pretty tiny! These are the parachutes it was made to fit but I don't know the size code for the container. Edit to add... actually, the same guy has a homemade harness and container. The only metal on it is the grommets, pins, and 3 rings. No joke. The leg straps were not adjustable, the chest strap was fastened by some kind of stiffener type buckle (no metal). there was no cutaway handle, just the bits of yellow cable up near the three rings. The reserve was a throwout pilotchute. This rig weighed in at around 10lbs with two parachutes in it! Oh........and uh he put like 1000 jumps on it. And these included a couple cutaways I think. Flying Hellfish #470

Here is a link to an old post on the subject. There is a video link in there that is dead and I couldn't find it on skydivingmovies.com. However, I have a copy of the video on my hard drive. I cut out the part with the rear riser stall for you and attached it. The quality is fairly poor because it had to be small, but you still get the idea. The original video was called BajaTrailer.wmv Flying Hellfish #470

Hey! Another Canadian here. I'll be there for sure! I had a great time last year eh. Prolly gettin there on the 27th, can't wait. We're bringin a bunch of crazy f*ckers with us representin the Bend! Flying Hellfish #470

They are updating it (at last!). Apparently the site is finished, but it has yet to be uploaded to the web.

its 2:30am on friday and I am just going to leave my house. I should be in Richmond by like 9:00am! I can't wait. I'll see ya soon! Flying Hellfish #470

I did my first jump at the Grand Bend Sport Parachuting Center, and went through the PFF program there. Bob is one of the best teachers there is and his program at GBSPC is excellent. This dropzone is very friendly and has a nice small DZ feel. The views of Lake Huron at sunset are incredible. When you aren't skydiving, Grand Bend is an exiting town to visit with cool bars, shops, and a nice beach. There is also a dragstrip and a microsprint track right beside the DZ. Be sure to come check it out if you are in the area, or are looking for a place to do your first jump! See ya there!

also done from a tube.............everyone lets go with one hand (the same one) then it flattens out nicely into a donut. Then everyone tracks and you spin the donut!!!!!!!

I think the Grand Bend crew is gonna have enough people there this weekend to fill a whole otter load. I can't wait! Flying Hellfish #470

I have a sil 150. I have about 150 jumps on it loaded at 1.1. I enjoy it but have only flown a few other parachutes. The sil will not flare as nicely as an all zp canopy but by no means is the flare bad. I still get plenty of surf.........it just takes more of the toggle stroke to get there. I was just starting to get bored of this wl and parachute but went to Brian's course and suddenly loved to fly the sil 150 again. I will probably keep it for 100 more jumps. It is a good parachute to start on but keep the wingloading to 1.1 or less. Performance deteriorates after that level (I have jumped with up to 15lbs of weight). Flying Hellfish #470

Much of the info in my first post may be inaccurate. It sounds like the rig you are looking at is much older than mine. Flying Hellfish #470

I have one of the Northern Lites from 1997 (It was called a Northern Lite Infinity, now Velocity Sports Infinity). I see nothing wrong with the container. It is quite a bit like the new Infinitys but its not as good in the flap department. What I am trying to say here is that the flaps will open a bit easier than the new Infinitys. That said, the only flaps that I have had trouble with are the riser covers. They would open in freefall occasionally. This was fixed by changing the way the reserve was fit into the freebag. My reserve and main flaps always stay shut even while freeflying

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From what I have learned it takes two to tango......er I mean carve/orbit. It is not one person's fault. Here is what is most likely happening: Both of you are sliding forward for a dock, and if your aim was perfect and you went directly towards each other, then you would get the dock. However, if you are even the slightest bit off to the side then you will start to orbit. This occurs because as you approach a person from an offset position, you turn your body to face them thus making your offset position look straight. Then as you pass the person and miss the dock, you continue to turn to face them and continue to drive toward them. You two are in a continuous state of forward movement and turning and you are continuously missing the dock and passing each other. This is a vicious(sp?) circle than won't stop untill someone stops turning and driving foreward. This is a phenomenon that can only occur in the air because of the lack of a frame of reference. It is something that inexperienced people do by accident and that experienced people do on purpose. I don't even know if that makes sense to you.....it makes perfect sense to me. Flying Hellfish #470

I have an HPI RS4 touring car with a .15 SS engine. I also have a Traxxas T-Maxx with a brand new Fantom FR18 engine. The T-Maxx has nearly 2 hp! I have just finished breaking in the .18 in the maxx and can't give it full throttle from a dead stop because it would wheelie and flip over. Flying Hellfish #470

I asked almost the same question a little while ago. I got some good replys. Check it out here: club questions Flying Hellfish #470

I think one of the problems with this is if there was more than one rubber band. With 2 bands, they would need to release at the same instant or they would likely cause linetwists. Obviously this would be a non-issue on the accuracy equipment you speak of. Flying Hellfish #470

All of this talk about not hearing your audibles seems very strange to me becuase I can hear mine loud and clear. I used an NVertigo helmet and a Pro-Dytter (external mount). I would compare your Pro-Track to someone else's on the ground to see if your's is ok. I have also heard that some people simply don't hear the audible because they are concentrating on freefall activities so hard. edit - I cat'n spel Flying Hellfish #470

Maybe the guy isn't canadian at all. Maybe he's from Philly and realised that if he wants to cheer for a winning team, he needs to cheer for the LEAFS. Flying Hellfish #470

Wings with all the options PD 143 Reserve Big Air Sports Lotus 135 Flying Hellfish #470

Thats a perfect analogy and is completly correct

I am an engineering student at The University of Western Ontario. The engineers have done some pretty cool things over the years. Here are some examples: -They took a car, cut it up and welded it around a tree. Then they suspended the car 5 feet off the ground. -They made a car-henge (kinda like stonehenge but with cars) -They placed a Mickey Mouse face in the clock (50' up a tower) at Middlesex college to express their opinion of the type of classes taught there. The mouse was painted on plywood and was designed to fit behind the clock arms at precisely 5:27. -Last, a huge steel 'art' structure was removed from outside the university community centre, taken apart and then reassembled in the community centre atrium. This puzzled the university for quite some time as to how the engineers got it in through an eight foot door, until it was taken apart and thrown outside. A bill was received from the 'creator' of this sculpture, demanding $1400 for time and labour to rebuild it. As a result, an invoice was sent by the engineers for the time it took to disassemble the sculpture. The total of the invoice indicated that the artist actually owed the engineer's money! Flying Hellfish #470

Um, when you have reached terminal the blood will go to your head. This isn't what you would be paying attention to anyways because......well you have more important things to worry about. Also, like spidermonkey said, I think the increased heat rate would prevent this somewhat. Flying Hellfish #470