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I'll be there.

I might try it once, but I think it will still be pointed in the wrong direction, back and up about 30 degrees. to get it leveled out to the rear would mean really cranking your neck back. or building an angled mount with all the problems that would bring into play. it could work if you built vertical formations above the camera and the base tucks their head down.

I don't really care what type of cable/connection is used (firewire would be nice). The CX7 has no method of recording from another source, which means I have to lug around my laptop or another camera with input recording.

my only addition to DSE's list would be input recording, it would be nice to be able to get video from others directly onto my camera without having to bring the laptop to the DZ, especially when traveling.

I've already purchased my plane tickets to get there. See you there in a month. and I really don't mind flying base.

I haven't noticed that!

Have you spoken with the Monkey about #3?

Scott, Call Glazers camera in Seattle. Next time tell 'pinhead' to fill the helmet with crush foam before he jumps it, that way all the extra space will be filled up.

those are not horns, they are pitot tubes to gather flight data for the pretty spirographs

I think you need to understand that PD has a patent (or maybe its just pending) on the idea of soft links with no metal. I believe the idea of a soft link with a metal ring predated the PD soft link and is not patented. Demanding that Precision infringe on PD's patent to idiot proof the design is not going to get very far. from PD's patent application " With either method, the present invention provides a soft connector link, which eliminates the need of any metal hardware thus reducing the weight and the cost of the link. Furthermore, the connector link is easier to install as opposed to previous connector links, and does not require any sewing or tools for installation." the patent number is 6,270,128 and the application date is aug 2001, so unless the patent office denies the application PD has rights for quite a few more years.

there are none!

If you start at 0 jumps with the goal of becoming a proficient wingsuit pilot, you would be paying for a license program, buying gear, doing another 175 jumps (because of course you would follow the recommendations on jump numbers, all within 18 months), buying a wingsuit, and doing another 100 jumps with the suit. 15 grand, as an estimate, is not that far out of the ball park. now if you don't get the 200 jumps in 18 months and have to go all the way to 500 jumps before you can start flying a wingsuit then the estimate would be somewhere in excess of 20 grand.

I use one of those collapsible ice chests that I had sitting around, it provides a little bit of padding and some space for the extras.

One really good thing to know is, the runway length, since we are usually in sight of it. you can use that as a measuring stick, even on the first flight at a new DZ. Especially if you know about how far you can fly in the altitude you have available.

do you have a trade in program? more forward speed would make the wings following me much happier when I decide I want to fly the Prodigy instead of one of the other suits. I like the new color pattern. Or would a single layer leg wing extension to the prodigy1 give the same added speed?

Depends on the camera. You can do it manually like you did, or on some cameras there is a shooting mode that will try to determine what you want. on the canon dig rebel xti it is called A-Dep, when in that mode you get the focus points to cover what you want to be in focus and the camera will determine the aperture that will give you the correct depth of field. trying to cover a fence post with the focus points would be a pain, so manual mode would be easier. on a different camera I have you set it to the mode and put the focus point over the first point and then move it to the second point, it then determines the aperture required to get that depth of field. this method would be easy with a fence post. bottom line read the manual for your camera, and experiment, with a digital camera it cost you nothing but some of your time.

Karen, this sounds like your brother is asking the same question. you might try reading this thread and others there. http://forum.doityourself.com/showthread.php?t=334062&highlight=epoxy

Ed, I really thought you knew better than to make an offer like that to Glen. please don't do this while I am around, I don't want the image of Glen's smile while its happening stuck in my mind.

How many times has that bear ate you?

if your using a canon rebel try the Canon Remote Switch RS-60E3. push the button done slide the lock and it shoots until you are out of memory or slide the lock back. no thought no effort. just another complication before exit and after opening.

Since you seem set on ignoring all the advice here, if you read the manual for the remote Canon sells with the camera that has been suggested you could find the answer to your problem.

also, what capacity memory sticks have you used. I'm asking this because the CX7 documents say "Tested to support up to 4GB media capacity" does it work with the 8G memory sticks?

What makes you think that Robi-2 and Robi-1 would get the same L/D on the same equipment leaving the airplane at the same time? what makes you think that Robi would get the same L/D on two consecutive jumps? You consistently disregard that the wingsuit is continuously changing cross section, due to the adaptive airframe it covers. you could do thousands of flights with the same pilot and suit and never figure out what the true L/D the suit is capable of, because as soon as you put it on a different jumper you have a different adaptive airframe. you can use the results of the thousands of jumps done by one jumper to then figure out if putting a different suit on that adaptive airframe gives better or worse L/D, and if its significantly better, then maybe it will be better when others use it. I would bet that the reason the best wingsuiters out there are the best, is that their adjustments to the airframe are done subconsciously versus seeing/feeling and reacting for the rest of us.

I'll qualify this by saying I don't film tandems, so my needs are basic. in addition to start/stop/indicate, power on/power off would be nice. if its possible to program in settings then a couple of function buttons that set the zoom/focus/mode/white balance to a predefined set of values would be really slick. you could have button one be freefall, button two be in the plane, and then your process would be power on function button one then start recording. if that could be done and the cost kept reasonable, wow.

the reason for the D to D cable is it is a cleaner connection than a cable to adapter to cable, it eliminates the two connections. the make a female S-video to Female S-video that could be used instead of the rca video connection in your picture. I am going to get one of them to use, but the wish is for a single cable.