JohnPolk

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    Skydive Twin Cities
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    32121
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    USPA
  • Number of Jumps
    800
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  1. hello all. trying to make my own remote switch for my new canon g10. tried friends switch for his 35mm canon and it doesn't work. was thinking of buying a canon remote switch, cutting it and splicing it to a tongue switch. my question is does anyone know what i should do with the ground wire in remote switch? there is a red wire and a white wire that i suppose i will hook to the two terminals of the switch, but then i am left with a ground wire that i'm not sure if it is important.. does anyone have any knowledge about this sort of stuff??? thanks
  2. thanks for the info mike. been looking at your website for info, just trying not to rush into something i'm not going to like. thanks
  3. hello: looking for any advice that people may have regarding setting up my first camera helmet. been asking friends at the dz and reading through the forums but i'm looking for some specific advice. I am primarily planning on doing tandem video and possibly some team stuff. Already bought a cx100, and am thinking about buying a cannon g10 with a rawa helmet. should i get the Rawa box or a aftermarket one and mount it myself? It sounds like there is no room for the D plug of the cameye light/switch to be contained inside the rawa box? any advice regarding any of this gear would be appreciated especially which helmets, mounts, eyesights etc people like or recommend avoiding. thank you
  4. Dq. bring it on, im goinna make you cry Rabbitt. Probably forgot everything but how hard could it possibly be?
  5. its like a big happy reunion here
  6. i'm a pilot and i started flying jumpers with 150 hrs and a ppl. it didnt take long for me to put in the next 100 hrs for a commercial, but if i would have paid for the hours it would have taken significantly longer. I got my commercial asap, and the examiner did give me a little crap about it all. it was an oppertunity that i was thankful to get.
  7. for some reason i dont get anything when i click. just a little icon in the top left corner of the screen. a cirle square and triangle.????
  8. on the same subject, do any of you have a rubber band on your slider that is wrapped around the brake lines? ON my old canopy i did and i used it, but now i have a new canopy and i am considering putting one on. Anyone have any opinions about these?
  9. i just sold my sabre 120 and bought a stilleto 120. The first thing i noticed was the awesome openings. There was a huge difference!! Seems to fly great and theres a ton of flare on landing.. havnt flown the crossfire 2 so i cant compare, but i love my stilleto.
  10. hey quade.. i've never really understood this density altitude thing... when an awos report says that the density altitude is 3000ft, what does that mean exactly? i know how as density altitude increases it reduces the efficiency of an airplane (or parachute) but how do they compute the Density altitude?
  11. antipinkchrissy has a point. if someone else finds it, its probaly been out in the elements for a while, and if you dont find it in the first few days your probaly not going to want it any way. John
  12. never done it but would like to. not to many big cliffs in wisconsin though John
  13. clinton was almost impeached because he lied under oath. not because he was messing with interns