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Normally it's not that bad, but it usually moves around a little. That landing was a 3 mph crosswind, but there was plenty of flare to make it a soft landing. The performance of the canopy is amazing, which still being a sane choice for someone who doesn't want an elliptical high performance canopy. There's a reason PD has sold 20,000 of them Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it

Yikes. Nice job not panicking and dealing with it! Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it

If this helps, here's a video of my Sabre2 170 loaded around 1.3 opening up. Normally it don't open with this much of a twist, but it usually doesn't open on heading. I always have to pump the risers to bring the slider down as well. Love everything else about the canopy though. As other have said the flare is very strong. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jht065RBA8M&t=25s Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it

The new sizing guide seems to have done away with the whole "soft" and "optimal" size. Now for most of the containers there seems to just be an optimal size. I currently have a Mirage G4 M4. The last sizing guide said the R-max 168 and Sabre2 170 were an optimal fit. The new sizing guide lists the Sabre2 170 as "firm", and lists an R-max 148 as the largest reserve (of the R-max) that can fit. According to Mirage now, if a jumper were to follow the sizing guide to a T, they would have to buy a new container almost everytime they wanted to downsize. That's just one example, but this is going on with the other sizes as well New Sizing Guide: https://miragesys.com/support/container-sizing-guide/ Old Sizing Guide: https://www.yumpu.com/fr/document/view/38439087/mirage-systems-inc-container-sizing-guide Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it

I will second OOTB. Main differences. Mile-Hi is 5,000 MSL, OOTB is 6,100. So max you're gonna get at OOTB is 11.5-11.8k AGL, vs 12.5k at Mile-Hi. A full jump ticket at mile-hi costs $28 vs $25 at OOTB. I didn't see Roaring Fork Skydivers in that list, that's a really cool 182 DZ that operates IN the rockies, but last I checked their plane needed some major repairs and they were having to borrow a plane, so I would call first. BTW....OOTB has heli-jumps this weekend!! EDIT: Didn't see you mention you jumped at mile-hi. Personally I've noticed that the landings are a little bit faster at OOTB Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it

Haha no way. Like I said it's not the end of the world (far from it). But I do wanna know what causes it. Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it

I have a Sabre2 170 which is loaded at 1.3, that is stuck out of my reach on just about every single jump. What am I doing (or overdoing) that could be causing this? It's worth noting I had a sabre2 190 before which rarely ever had a stuck slider. I stopped tucking the nose but it still hangs. Not the end of the world, it comes down easily once I pump the rears, but wondering what I can do to fix this. Other than that it opens fine, a nice snively, typical Sabre2 opening. Not sure if this helps but here's a video of the opening. Off heading but the on heading opening get stuck too. https://youtu.be/jht065RBA8M?t=30s Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it

Flight one has an outside camera debrief...so I'm wondering, did they let you use your camera with less than 200 jumps and did they use your footage in the debrief? Yes they did. The outside camera is useful for landings, not so useful when I'm wanting to know if I performed drills correctly up high, or got the intended effect out of it. Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it

I currently speedfly/ride with a Fazer3 14m sq (~150 sq ft). I have approx 3 hours total flight time, and my wingloading is 1.41 for speedflying and 1.53 for speedriding due to the extra weight of skis and bindings. For skydiving, I'm on a sabre2 170 that I have 120 jumps on with a wingloading of 1.33. I'm looking for my next canopy to have similar characteristics to my Fazer3, and would appreciate any recommendations. Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it

Nope no camera for you. You can only partake in less dangerous skydiving endeavors, like jumping out of a plane at night in as little as 50 jumps. Obviously that's sarcasm. I jumped with a camera when I had less than 200 jump and I honestly think it helped me out. Did a few flight 1 courses and got valuable feedback from that footage. Helped me find the sweet spot for my flare too (I could see the spot I was flaring when the sun was at back and casted a shadow over the ground). I get the intent of the recommendation...skydiver gets A license, skydiver wants to impress friends on FB, skydiver whips a 270 < 300 feet and faceplants into ground. USPA doesn't want to see that (among other things). But I think there is a bona fide benefit to jumping with a camera in certain situations, be it coaching, canopy course, etc. I think USPA should revisit this. Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it

Bump. What's the fate of this jet? Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it

Right now I'm looking at the w-13. Looking to fit both a 170 main and reserve Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it

I'm looking to buy my second rig, and I'm considering getting a Wings. Doing a search on the interwebs, I found a link from this site that doesn't speak too highly of them http://www.dropzone.com/safety/Gear_and_Equipment/6_Ways_to_Be_Less_Dumb_When_You_Buy_Used_Skydiving_Gear_1219.html I've also heard second hand from jumpers, without them giving a specific reason, albeit I got the impression they never owned one. Everyone I've spoken to who has actually owned them has spoken highly of them. Am I missing anything here, or am I just asking the wrong people? Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it

Cool thanks all for the input. If I'm understanding correctly, this rig is more for someone a couple inches shorter than me, and a little more, uh, stout? Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it

I'm looking at a new container and I'm trying to figure out if it will fit me. It's a good 500 miles away so I wanna have a pretty good idea it fits before making the long trek. My current rig lists the size as 18 17 STD. I weigh 190 pounds, and I'm 6' tall w/ an inseam of 32", using the crude calculations out there I've seen that puts me at a MLW of 20" I would say the current rig I have is comfortably snug, which is good for backflying but I don't think I can go much smaller. The leg straps fit me pretty well. The new rig I'm looking at is listed as 16.5 23 +.5 Off the bat I'm concerned it could be too small, but I want a second opinion here and see if someone could help me makes sense of the 2nd and 3rd set of numbers. Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it