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schlie@SionaSioux: Registered Jan 19th 2016. Still doing your AFF course? ;-)
No, I finished up a while back. Rained a lot but we got it done -- graduated four new instructors. Only had to send one home empty.
Und falls sie nicht wissen, Deutsch, es ist nicht zwingend dz.com beitreten wenn sie beginnen fallschirmspringen.
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WickedWingsuits*** Am I missing something ? I've seen a Styrofoam high five. A small cliff crack. And a ring of fire recently. Is jeb reinventing the wheel ? ? Not trying to diss the dude. He's awesome .Honestly. I'm Curious.
The biggest difference is the 20 trillion Chinese watching it live. Good for Jeb.
+1
As usual, he has three time more eyeballs on his exploits than see the Super Bowl every year.Always remember the danger.
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ryoderOne that won't make us sick
One that won't make us crash our car
Or make us feel three feet thick
ask that crazy lady in Colorado what she takes; seems to give her all years of 'mile-high' hallucinations without any apparent ill effects.Always remember the danger.
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DanGIt was a fucking joke. Grow a sense of humor.
I'll laugh when you say something funny. In the meantime, good on Def Leppard.Always remember the danger.
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schlieLet me put it like that. I am a brand and marketing consultant for years and years now. I have consulted mayor corporations globally from automotive to financial services to FMCG. When I make a statement on brands I usually get a lot of money for that. So it was an assessment free of costs for you. ;-) Enjoy your PF suit.
Just because Jarno is an overbearing pompous ass does't mean you have to act like one too, O Great and Powerful Brand and Marketing Consultant. :-)Always remember the danger.
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DanGHe came to Walter Reed while I was there to lead a drum circle with all the arm amputees. It was the worst drum circle ever. Not because everyone only had one arm, but because I think he was the only guy in the room with any sense of rhythm. It sounded like the proverbial infinite monkeys had given up their typewriters for bongos. He eventually gave up trying to get everyone drumming together and just talked about drumming in general. It was a weird scene.
If you knew the truth why did you LIE about it? What a dick.Always remember the danger.
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DanGWhy did someone photoshop the drummer's arm out? So weird.
don't think they did. see the little bit of hand lower down? Plus that would be really good photoshop to get 21's shirt so perfect.Always remember the danger.
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fanyaWhy? f111 wears out.
Get a spectre, it is an old boring rectangle 7 cell that just opens and you'll get 2k+ jumps out of it.
The Spectre is not a rectangle canopy and it you load it up it is not boring either. You did get one thing right, though; it will last 2K+ jumps.Always remember the danger.
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Skwrl***************
How is Daron relevant? They are going to slow the opening down and possibly give you more opportunity for line twists. What is your theory there? I am all ears.
No theory, just facts of basic physics.
Fascinating. Tell me more about untheoretical basic physics.
Quantum or Newtonian?
Your choice, I can handle either.
Well, maybe, just maybe - hear me out here, Doc - a quantum "many worlds" interpretation of what she wrote might make sense.
As in, it might not make sense to us here, but possibly in some parallel universe...
I bow to your... uncertainty.Always remember the danger.
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kallend******
How is Daron relevant? They are going to slow the opening down and possibly give you more opportunity for line twists. What is your theory there? I am all ears.
No theory, just facts of basic physics.
Quantum or Newtonian?
Fascinating. Tell me more about untheoretical basic physics.Always remember the danger.
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hjumper33I
could trulytruly couldn't care less what you personally jump, im more concerned with the logic behind the response to the original question of this thread. The OP more of less said, "hey im looking for information on a super doscile 7 cell canopy made of ultralight fabric", to which you replied "Stilettos are awesome!". I wonder why they dont make more elliptical base canopies, those are super low wingloading. Must be tough to be so much smarter than everyone else.
It is, but I manage. How bowchoo, Doc?
I mean, it must be tough to be so much smarter than everyone else that you can "logically" turn "a lightly loaded Stilleto with dacron lines works great for me" into "Stilletos are awesome."
Do you apply that "logic" to patient diagnoses too? I smell a Nobel Prize here.Always remember the danger.
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WickedWingsuitsEach to their own.
I ask you only one favor, the day you do have to chop it, please be honest and report back here.
For anyone else reading this and considering a Stilleto I would advice reading the following. A few things went wrong in this example but the main canopy certainly didn't help.
http://www.dropzone.com/fatalities/Detailed/502.shtml
http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=3823178
lol, will do, but you'll be old by then.
And is that the best (and ONLY) example you can find?
A guy who probably puled too low then definitely cut away too low?
I rest my case.Always remember the danger.
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WickedWingsuits
How is Daron relevant? They are going to slow the opening down and possibly give you more opportunity for line twists. What is your theory there? I am all ears.
No theory, just facts of basic physics.
Dacron does not slow the opening down so much as smooth it out because it has more give to it.
Dacron is thicker, so it can't wind up as tight as tiny lines. This in turn allows the canopy to balance out even if it is twisted so that it spins slower, if at all.
These attributes reduce the factors that lead to line twists that turn into spinners.
More important than line type though is the wing loading; the higher it is, the more likely any canopy will wind up into a non-recoverable spin.
Again, history and basic physics: The sport did not have spinner problems until people started loading up their canopies and going to microlines of various types.Always remember the danger.
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hjumper33Yup, couldn't agree more. There's a reason they're referred to as a spinetto. There was a while where I thought my crossfire 119 was a perfect wing suit canopy. Diving hard on your back in twists once or twice will teach you otherwise.
Elliptical canopies + wing suits = no Bueno
Crossfire 119? It COULD be a perfect wingsuit canopy if you didn't load it at what -- 1.7?
Seriously, dude, that's like complaining that the 7-0 suture you used on a high-tension skin closure didn't hold.
Ask someone with a clue about canopy performance how different the same parachute acts at 1.2 v 1.7... ellipticle or otherwise.Always remember the danger.
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WickedWingsuits******Episcene is the shnizzle for sure. As far as much less expensive canopies, unless youre flying a 120 or under with a large wingsuit (in my experience), a sabre 1 is awesome and will cost you $300-400 US, I think that works out to like 12 Krone. Pilot, or other 7 cells will be great too. Low bulk canopies are great if youre flying wingsuits and have a small container and want a bigger canopy overhead. Keep in mind if you have a 150 ZP in your current container, youll have a 200 sq foot low bulk main. I know a few people who jumped optimums as mains all the time. PD isnt too happy about it and wont sell you one (or at least they wouldnt a few years ago) with a bridle attachment, so youll have to have it modified. I would say 500-1000 depending on treatment is a pretty good bet. Ive seen many base canopies go over 1000 that are the same or similar low bulk material.
I use a stilleto with dacron lines loaded at 1.2. perfect wingsuit canopy; opens sweet whether in full flight or flare and the light loading and dacron means essentially zero line twists in 300+ ws jumps and absolutely zero spins.
History tells us that a Stilleto is far from a "perfect wingsuit canopy". 300 openings in one scenario doesn't compare to what we have already learned about it.
I know a guy who had many successful jumps on a Velo with his wingsuit, until he didn't.
And we all know a guy who had many successful jumps with his wingsuit, until he didn't.
Baaaa the way, what does "history" tell you about Stilleto performance when loaded at 1.2 with Dacron lines?Always remember the danger.
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nickfreyI'm just gonna assume you meant a Spectre or Safire? AS others have said the Stiletto is a poor choice for wingsuits and I've never seen one with Dacron, but Dacron is pretty common of Spectres...
What's that old saying about "assume..." ?
And baaaaa the way, how many of those "others" have jumped a Stiletto loaded @ 1.2 with Dacron lines?
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kallend******Episcene is the shnizzle for sure. As far as much less expensive canopies, unless youre flying a 120 or under with a large wingsuit (in my experience), a sabre 1 is awesome and will cost you $300-400 US, I think that works out to like 12 Krone. Pilot, or other 7 cells will be great too. Low bulk canopies are great if youre flying wingsuits and have a small container and want a bigger canopy overhead. Keep in mind if you have a 150 ZP in your current container, youll have a 200 sq foot low bulk main. I know a few people who jumped optimums as mains all the time. PD isnt too happy about it and wont sell you one (or at least they wouldnt a few years ago) with a bridle attachment, so youll have to have it modified. I would say 500-1000 depending on treatment is a pretty good bet. Ive seen many base canopies go over 1000 that are the same or similar low bulk material.
I use a stilleto with dacron lines loaded at 1.2. perfect wingsuit canopy; opens sweet whether in full flight or flare and the light loading and dacron means essentially zero line twists in 300+ ws jumps and absolutely zero spins.
I had over 1,600 Stiletto jumps without a cutaway. Right up until I used it with a wingsuit. Two spinning cutaways in 3 weeks convinced me to retire it and get a Spectre 135 instead (Spectre is now also retired and I have a Storm 135)
And the wing loading was...
And the type of lines were...Always remember the danger.
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hjumper33Episcene is the shnizzle for sure. As far as much less expensive canopies, unless youre flying a 120 or under with a large wingsuit (in my experience), a sabre 1 is awesome and will cost you $300-400 US, I think that works out to like 12 Krone. Pilot, or other 7 cells will be great too. Low bulk canopies are great if youre flying wingsuits and have a small container and want a bigger canopy overhead. Keep in mind if you have a 150 ZP in your current container, youll have a 200 sq foot low bulk main. I know a few people who jumped optimums as mains all the time. PD isnt too happy about it and wont sell you one (or at least they wouldnt a few years ago) with a bridle attachment, so youll have to have it modified. I would say 500-1000 depending on treatment is a pretty good bet. Ive seen many base canopies go over 1000 that are the same or similar low bulk material.
I use a stilleto with dacron lines loaded at 1.2. perfect wingsuit canopy; opens sweet whether in full flight or flare and the light loading and dacron means essentially zero line twists in 300+ ws jumps and absolutely zero spins.Always remember the danger.
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Well, so far, jet packs only send people to the hospital or prison.ryoder******http://kdvr.com/2016/04/08/jet-pack-crash-lands-pilot-in-burn-center/
Troy Widgery is the CEO of Jet Pack International and admitted Macomber wasn’t wearing a helmet at the time of the accident, “No, he should`ve been wearing a helmet but he`s so good and again this was just a test flight.”
WTF???
I was not aware that test flights were safer than routine flights.
Prison? I'm missing the reference.
Skydiver named Chris Wentzel was part of it...Always remember the danger.
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gunsmokexRecently I finally upgraded my phone and I looked around for skydiving apps for it. I didn't find much.
The only really useful thing that I found out as far apps go well at least I'm curious as to how it will work is an app called "Skydive Sensor Logger"
It looks interesting its an open source code project that I think some math guys developed you can log up to 10 sensors including things like:
Accelerometer, magnetometer, gyroscope, gravity, linear acceleration, rotation vector and a bunch of other crap. Looks great but I have my doubts that its going to work (weather has been crap here and haven't been able to jump yet this season).
Guess I was just looking for something that had altimeter, speed, G-forces, free fall time crap like that in a phone app.
I'll probably just end up buying an Altitrack in the end but was thinking if I could find a decent phone app that had MPH, freefall time, etc then I could just buy a Solo. None of the MPH, freefall time etc is essential for me but would just be fun to know is all.
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theonlyski***She likes paying Lawyers. I would love to be a fly on the wall in their office after she walks out. I bet they run around saying CHA-CHING CHA-CHING!
Which is interesting, because the court transcript says:QuoteMs. Gibbs has indicated she's dedicated the last several years of her life to shutting down Mile-Hi. She collects unemployment, she doesn't work. That's her choice. But the fact is she dedicated her life to try to shut down Mile-Hi.
maybe some concerned citizen ought to ask the unemployment office to start a fraud investigation since she seems to spend all of her time trying to close the DZ instead of looking for work.Always remember the danger.
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gowlerk***It's stupid. Yet another solution in search of a problem. Qualified wingsuit pilots and tandem instructors have been safely planning and performing flybys without incident for years. What's the catalyst for this ruling?
Now I understand and agree that a tandem should be notified and informed of the additional risks associated with such a jump, and should obviously be allowed to veto the idea, but I really don't see an issue with flybys.
Why not re-word it to something more reasonable? 100 feet still allows safe flybys without killing the whole game.
Were any wingsuiters consulted when this was written?
I'm sure the rights of wingsuiters were not considered, nor should they be. Is there some reason you need to do these flybys? Do they enhance the experience of the tandem passenger, or are they for the pleasure of the wingsuiter? Tandem skydiving is not a game. Your attitude needs a small adjustment if you think it is. Notifying the tandem of the increased risk? Are you kidding? Do you mean the TI, who should know better, or the paying customer who has no way of knowing better?
The BSR is entirely appropriate, at least as it pertains to tandems. Because no amount of additional risk is appropriate to add to a tandem skydive.
Edit to add: I don't think of this as a BSR about wingsuits, I think of it as a BSR about students and tandems.
It wasn't a wingsuiter that chopped off a tandem drogue on a recent flyby, so where is the BSR addressing THAT?Always remember the danger.
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RonD1120***Your political beliefs are genuinely disgusting. Once your culture* is gone the world will be a slightly brighter place.
* Not American culture - that left you behind a long time ago. I mean your culture. You and your insular, suspicious, bigoted mountain friends.
IMO, the only good thing to come from England was the American Revolution.
It was not a "revolution" because the Crown and its government was still in place after it was over. It was a war of independence, fought after the Declaration of Independence (not the Declaration of Revolution) was written.
If you wish for the old days you should know what they actually were.Always remember the danger.
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434Respect for your long and understandable answer.
But you know, Us, is the head of our world (our, allies, Un, etc), while Russia, is growing stronger, China is ahead, India next, so on.
When we as allies, turn our back to Us, because you have an moron as an president. What then? Trump can not take back all his statements. Mexico, China, bomb Syria back to stoneage, you get where I want.
All great civilations have finely ended. Thats my point.
the US already has a moron president who turned his back on allies and helped their enemies and started one war (Libya) that made another war worst (Syria) that threatens Europe. How can the batshit crazy billionaire be worst than the guy who never had a job? you all act like the moron for last seven years never existed. what is up with that?Always remember the danger.
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Longmont City Council will take up skydiving noise
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As Refugio suggested, the lawyer probably meant prima facie but the weed was too good so it came out a bit different.
prima facie
: (pry-mah fay-shah) adj. Latin for "at first look," or "on its face," referring to a lawsuit or criminal prosecution in which the evidence before trial is sufficient to prove the case unless there is substantial contradictory evidence presented at trial. A prima facie case presented to a Grand Jury by the prosecution will result in an indictment. Example: in a charge of bad check writing, evidence of a half dozen checks written on a non-existent bank account makes it a prima facie case. However, proof that the bank had misprinted the account number on the checks might disprove the prosecution's apparent "open and shut" case.
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