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  1. 11 hours ago, billvon said:

    I would add that sometimes it's not the person who does something stupid who gets hurt.  I've had two good friends killed by other skydivers "just having fun."  And in both cases it wasn't something new - these are people that had been talked to several times about the same problem that led to them killing other skydivers, and always answered along the lines of "geez, no one got hurt, what the fuck is your problem?"

    Can you shortly elaborate that? I'm just thinking what can happen multiple times and people are considering that it is not dangerous ("geez, no one got hurt") and then it kills two people?! Normally after something went wrong the majority of people recognizes that this was a bit dangerous and will speak to the other people and maybe they will react in that way. But if it will happen multiple times, there will be some kind of a consequence (especially if it really have the potential to kill 2 people).

  2. On 3/18/2019 at 9:19 AM, oldschoolratz said:

    Here what its work with me it took me around 50 ish jump to get to look far away  in front of me and not at my feets or the ground above... thats what it work for me...  and that advice was from a canopy coach pilot at my local DZ. Hope it works for you ! Soon its better. Let me know ! Excuse my poor english hope l’ve been understood-  Bluesky

    This also worked for me. I used to look down to estimate when to flare and an Instructor gave me the advice to look 30 feet or so straight ahead. This really helped me to know when to start to flare. If she will be able to have good stand-up landings, there is no reason for having any fear.

    I f it is more about what happends if something will go wrong, practise PLF and do it. She will notice with bigger canopies and low WL you jump at the beginning, there is not so much that can go wrong, if you can do a proper PLF.

  6. I don't hink you made a really bad deal as some people are saying.

    Depends where you live and surely details of the system (options of the rig, line conditions of the pilot, ZPX or ZP fabric, overall jump numbers, etc.).

    In Germany gear is really expensive (mostly due to the bad ex-rate) and ok systems are very rar. Therefore I guess around 3500€ for the system would be a very fair price. A new system with the components you mentioned can be easily around 8.000€.

    Have fun with it!

  7. billvon

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    Cost - more time for jumpers, more cost to the DZ. (i.e. you have to spend time identifying jumpers who land out, and then you have to do something - which means more time for an employee.)


    I think regardless of a check-in system the DZ should identify jumpers who land off and do something about it?! It just makes it safer and easier to recognize it. The only cost I can think of is an system such as a touch screen and software to display all the names on a load. The system should actually even could safe time for the person who otherwise needs to spot all and then maybe ask some people for missing jumpers.

    billvon

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    There are lots of things you could do to improve safety. You could have a rigger (or designee) to check every single person's gear before they get on the airplane. No biggie, and would probably have a moderate impact on safety. (The recent triple fatality comes to mind.) Or you could require all jumpers to do a quick hanging-harness training each morning. No biggie, and probably have a moderate impact on safety overall. (Again, look at the number of late/low/no cutaways that result in fatalities.)
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    In my opinion it is a difference if the potential failure is something you can directly do about it (such as packing or gear failure) or something that just will happen to you at some point (as landing out). Sure, there is always something you can do to not land out, but I think you can what I mean.

    But I also (probably) understand that you mean that either the DZ can be "made" responsible for something as taking care that all jumpers are coming back safely or the jumpers by themselfes should be responsible (as e.g. doing gear checks to each other) and there is a point where the DZ should not be "made responsible for".

  12. Javelin23

    Hi guys. I'm aware Aerodyne have their own sizing charts etc but just wanted to ask you guys and gals a quick question. I'm jumping a Spectre 170 in my Icon I5 Nexgen but want to downsize to a Safre 3 149. Is this doable? Aerodyne recommends a 168-1880 Aerodyne canopy but, what about a Safire 149? Any advice would be welcome. Many thanks!


    I have the same container and I asked my rigger even to put a 168er Pilot ZPX in and he replied that I can do it, but it is a little bit too loose and it is better to choose a ZP 168er. A 149er would be even more loose and Aerodyne clearly recommends a I4. I personally would not do it.

  15. In the thread it is clearly posted, that a tandem RIG with a baglock is a very unique situation, where it is maybe necessary to clear the risers, before pulling the reserve, because of the collapsed drogue.

    I do not think, that if your (not collapsed) PC is not clearing the risers, that you are manually able to do so (as bill said). Or what do you think? In the case you are not able to clear them, the only think what will happen is you are losing time...

  16. Skyhelmet did not really start their business (mass production) yet. You can contact them via FB and they will send you a link to a reservation form. You can reserve a helmet and if they get close to finishing the production of the reserved helmet, you need to pay to transform your reservation into an order.

    Currently you need to wait a minimum of two month (estimated and not guaranteed), but it can be much more and in the past afaik it was up to 4 month or maybe even more.

  17. Hi all,

    I ordered a Skyhelmet Fujin and I'm pretty sure I want a chin mount with a rubber band routed through the air ventilation (like the GreelFab mount for a Cookie G3). I think this is the most secure way to mount a camera, because I think if a line get stuck on the camera or the mount, it will just break away (the rubber band will not hold) immediately.

    Does anyone have a mount on their Fujin or does anybody know how and if this works?

    Thanks in advance and best regards, Tim.

  18. Hi,

    I'm a silent reader of this forum for a while, but now I'm feeling it could be beneficial for me (and maybe a bit also for others) to be an active part of this forum. Therefore I want to start with introducing myself.

    I'm Tim from Germany, 34 years old and I have done now exactly 120 skydives. As I'm pretty new to this sport, I'm currently trying different "disciplines" and just like to have fun. I'm mostly into freeflying (I can hold a sit and stand over a full jump and started to approach others in a two way), but I also like to bellyfly, doing funjumps (e.g. horny gorilla, etc.) or tracking jumps.

    Basically I like everything skydiving has to offer (but definitely no CRW at this point) and I hope I will be able to stay in this sport over a long period of time.

    Best regards, Tim.