LeeroyJenkins

You really need a third option, "I don't care" or "I do not have a educated opinion on the matter"

kpow or perris?

Exactly! I often wonder why so many people try to make it harder than just that. Well I've seen several rather experienced WSers bring their arms in after deploying. Some of the people in the Squirrel instructional video on deployments do it if I recall right as well. The argument I got was that it reduces the size of your burble if you bring the arms in after pitching vs putting them back out into full flight. By the time you pitch and begin to move your arms forward your canopy should already be out of the bag.

I control my heading until I'm in the saddle then I start unzipping my arms.

Using your knees to slow down during flocking is a different topic. You fly fast (not max speed) because that is where lift and power come from. You don't flock in a slow and floaty formation, you defiantly wont flock with "the big boys" trying to fly like that. As you said if you stall you screw up the formation. When I and 99% of people say fly fast its about horizontal speed. This varies on your angle of attack. When I tell you to fly your suit as fast as possible on solo jumps it is so you can learn to fly faster and more stable. No trying to toot my own horn but the group of buddies I learned with are not as good of pilots as myself because all they do is fly slow and floaty. You want to have the range in skill to fly your wingsuit at the min and max of its performance. That twitchiness is something you will learn to control, you are correct though the extra airspeed can be dangerous.

My only cut away was a spinning mal on my back. When you cut away you should try to get to your belly however you can. Arching is always a good idea. Keeping your arms in close to your body is also a very good idea because you do not want the reserve PC to go under your armpit. Even with a MARD/RSL you should see the reserve PC/Bridal come up next to you, roll away from it. I personally think the first method is fine. I don't know how many jumps you have but you should now have the knowledge to look at your canopy and identify any issues with it. As long as you take care not to knot up your toggles when you unstow them it shouldn't be a problem. There is no reason to change your decision altitude (Assuming you mean the one that you will cut away at) If you pull at 4.5 or even 4 you will know well before 2K if you have a landable parachute. You should and would likely cut away much before that. The only thing you should fight to your decision altitude is stable line twists.

Lol, what? In an attempt to not be rude I will assume your first language is not English. What you wrote and what I wrote mean the same thing in English.

Keep the politics in SC and leave this thread for discussion of the advisory. Your one warning. That's what I was trying to do. I want to know what he thinks the expense to the membership without all the crap he normally says.

You were not there, not knowing me, but you're pretty sure that I have exhibited bad judgement in the past. WOW!I can guarantee you've exhibited bad judgement before. You are coming here to solicit support against the person/persons who have disciplined you at your home DZ. That speaks volumes about your judgement. You have a lot to learn about getting along in the culture; this one and/or any other. This website does not accurately represent the culture of skydiving.

Only because a few of us participate here, (somewhat successfully I think.) Others will never participate because they do not want anyone to challenge them with questions. In general this website is not a good indicator of the skydiving community as a whole. In general most people think this place is insane.

Never said it was. I said it was not something the USPA should be funding. I am not alone in that thought: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=334066#334066 That whole thread actually has some really good points. This whole thing goes back to before 2002. The PIA and the USPA each gave matching grants of 25K to the "The American Museum of Sport Parachuting." The American Museum of Sport Parachuting was established in *1986*. And as of 2018, we still have no museum. I have friends that bought "bricks" for the museum. The museum has still not been built. I have no issue at all with a museum. I just don't want the USPA to waste money on it. I'd rather the USPA work on airport access issues and lobbying efforts to support skydiving. Maybe focus on better student programs, better gear, support the National teams, ensure the insurance is still available. Here is a thought, maybe spend some money on jump pilot training? Maybe work on reducing these types of accidents: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=4895519;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread I think if a private entity wants to run a museum for..... Well, anything, they should do whatever they want. If you want to spend membership money on it, then you should ask the membership. Not a difficult concept. Understandable, you normally mentioned it in the same breath as other criticism and wasn't sure if they were related.

I know you're you, but I am going to give you the benefit of doubt. Can you please explain in detain how exactly "the USPA represents the financial machine that drives skydiving at the expense of the membership?" What is the EXPENSE of the membership. You and one other keep saying thins like this and I know your both semi alt-right anti government people but I just do not understand what the USPA does that is costing its membership? This isn't about dollars, you guys clearly mean something else.

Ron, Can you explain why a museum is a bad thing for the sport of skydiving?

I do the last method you mention on both because it makes the most sense in a physics point of view.

It will look worse faster. I had white on my first wingsuit, my second one does not. Remember the first rule of skydiving and life.

What decisions, in your opinion have gone against their stated mission?

You were not there, not knowing me, but you're pretty sure that I have exhibited bad judgement in the past. WOW! Like I said. There is no point. Stop replying.

While your questions are valid. I gotta call BS on you knowing what was going on during your first jump. There is litterally no way for you to know if people left after you. Don’t argue against a point OP didn’t make. Stick to the questions. To Op There is no point in arguing or debating with anyone here. You screwed up, take your two week punishment, don’t do it again, it’s that simple. Also I know your new but always check the spot before you leave.

I’ll take it.

I don’t even know is we disagree on that. Speed creates lift and gives finer control of the suit. I think we agree on that.

That's incorrect. Transitions without any loss of altitude require good technique. Using the bad technique open wing 'throwing' transitions some people do, indeed you need the full speed to fix/remedy that. But flying transitions with correct technique, you can do them at any speed, slow or fast, near stall or ballistic forward. Having the ability to fly slow or fast while maintaining the same glide angle is also of value. For base you do want to always fly at max speed, but that's more about having margin. In skydiving its not at all a thing you need, and flying in a comfortable range with margin on both ends, works quite well. Though for sure flying too slow is not good, and for many people 'comfortable' is actually way too slow, max speed is not at all what you need for precise control. And it actually punishes mistakes and instability worse when (lesser experienced) people try new things at high speeds. That said, legs should always be straight, flying slow or fast, the range in speed should come from the angle of attack, and that is all in chest/head/shoulders/arms, and not in bending legs. Bent legs distort the full body 'wing' and will lead to instability and control issues esp. when overdone. Bent legs are a technique we should leave behind in 2005. This isn't directly at you mccordia, more a general statement to everyone. Flying fast does not mean flying pinned at max speed. Stop conflating the two. I know a few people that like to flock in their ATCs at about 60 MPH, it is mind-numbingly slow.

I don't have any action to take. I'm not disgruntled with the USPA. If I was really disgruntled I would run for BOD, granted I have a masters in public administration which is important for managing non profits and am already on a couple non profit boards. If I were to complain I would make sure I am factual, provide evidence, and explain why my complaint is valid because I know there are people like me that with look at the content of what is being said. I have also never had an issue contacting my regional director. Every time I needed to it was a text or email away with a quick response. One of those was to resolve an issue and the issue was handled quickly.

Speed=control=safety But I understand what you are saying.

Complaining can do a lot, like educating people on a topic. I am always glad to see Ron share what he knows. If he was using facts and data to educate people it would be one thing. He doesn't do that, he just complains about things her perceives as issues.

I disagree with this in the skydiving environment. When you're flying relative to other people I propose that you are safest when you are right in the middle of your comfortable range, both vertically and horizontally. It gives you room to maneuver in any direction if you need to - left, right, up, down, back or forward. If you're already at max forward, you're eliminating your freedom of movement in one direction, and it happens to be the one direction where you can see where you're going the best. I'd rather be able to move forward if I need to. I don't understand the trend toward sprinting speeds in group skydives. There is no terrain at the drop zone - you don't need to worry so much about energy conservation. The ability to flare out at any moment is not a safety consideration at 8,000 feet. Breakoff? Go ahead, pin it out, get the hell away from me. Until then, fly at a speed that optimizes the group's range of maneuverability and allows people to use the space that we have in the sky. I'm not a BASE jumper, and I don't know the technical details of that environment. But I've never heard of a skydiving fatality that resulted from bent knees in a wingsuit. You don't need to pin it on a flocking jump, but this guy jumps solo a lot it seems. He should practice flying fast on those jumps. This includes flying on their back fast. On a flocking jump everyone should still fly fast. You may disagree but it is true that power and agility come from speed. Minimal altitude loss transitions require speed. If you lose altitude transitioning to your back, you're flying wrong. Flying near stall speed is unstable and super common with new jumpers. I know a could people on ATC that like to flock at about 70 MPH and its a nightmare to flock with them in a freak.