Conquest150

lookin foward to seein ya there. we will be there jumping friday all day so feel free to come join us and get some good jumpin in.

here are some pics from this past weekend out at Raeford.

I currently jump a xfire 2 119 loaded at 1.6. ive got about 600 jumps on that canopy. i was jumping a mamba 111 loaded at 1.7 I had the mamba for the past two weekends. The first weekend the winds were not desirable to really be jumping but i did get 4 jumps on it. It was a blast to fly. The second weekend i managed to get 6 more jumps on it with a few of those in light winds. Now on to the technical stuff. I am comparing this canopy with my crossfire. The front riser pressure was very comparable. it was light and i could hold it for a full 270 with absolutely no problem. Had to initiate a 270 higher than my crossfire due to it staying in a dive alot easier. I would have to say this canopy was the most fun ive had flying a parachute in awhile. it turns really quick and is just an all around fun canopy to fly. The only thing i didnt like about it was the rear risers. It took alot more input on the rears to get it to plane out than what i was use to and what i would like to have on a canopy. ill have some pics to post next week as i forgot them on the computer at the dropzone.

Brian Germain will be hosting a canopy control course at skydive coastal carolinas on safety day weekend March 9-11. If you are gonna be in the area stop by and join us. if you want any more information feel free to pm me.

ya beat me to it carl. ya definitely need to stop by scc. ill attach a pic so you can see some of the waterway view that we have.

that dakinetrack is an awesome looking jump arvel. i think i might have to try that one here soon.

i am also in the process of building my own slider, of course with the help and guidance of my rigger. It is coming along very well so far and im hoping to have it done this weekend so when i get my canopy back i can start trying it out. i will also post some pics when i have it done.

we have had both good and bad experiences as far as icarus goes at my dz. i bought an icarus canopy a few years ago and got it within 2 weeks, stock of course. we have had 3 guys this year buy a safire 2 and they were all about the same time. 2 were custom colored and one was stock. the 2 custom colored ones are here adn they are jumping them but the stock one isnt here yet and he keeps getting told its on its way and that has been for 3 weeks now. they told him that they had to build teh canopy for him but it would be to him real quick and its still not there. I do have to say up until about 3 weeks ago they were real good about it. They did send him a demo to jump until he got his canopy. Then they told him his canopy would be there a certain day and to send the demo back and he said he wouldnt send the demo back til he had his canopy in his hands and he still doesnt.

hey dru, yea that happened to me when i flew to michigan over the holidays but for some reason it didnt when i flew up to your place, or maybe it did and i didnt notice it.

heres one from last weekend

i will be up there but i dont think im gonna do the competition.

your welcome for that one ian. I would post dads awesome swoop on the pond but i think he might get a bit upset with me. here are two from that pond swoop i was tellin ya about this past weekend and then just another one from a couple months ago

i will normally wear my helmet on takeoff unless its my camera helmet, then i connect it to my chest strap and if there is enough room i run my seat belt through it. i dont see a problem with this becase if the plane does crash or something goes wrong the only person the helmet is going to bother is me.

the 1000 is suppose to be this weekend if i can get the jumps in. And it is going to happen as SCC down at teh beach.

Any one planning on being out at raeford this week during the evening times who wants to make a few jumps? im coming up on 1000 jumps and only have 12 more to go and really want to hit it this weekend so i was thinking if i could make a few jumps during the week it would help out alot. So if anyone is planning on being out there let me know so i can go adn get a few jumps in.

your damn right its gonna get you in the long run, the biggest thing thats gonna get you is that overconfidence and that monster ego you got going.

i just had a ride on my smart 120 last week loaded at 1.5 and it was an awesome ride.

ive got an hc-20 but teh screen hasnt blanked out it just has some crazy distortion adn color issues with it. i dont use teh screen to much anyways so i have never really worried about it.

you are not jumping an original monkey fist. we manufacture the monkeyfist pilot chutes at my home dropzone and we use the little yellow styrofoam balls.

Not that i know of, But my dad and I are tryin to plan a boogie for this summer. we just havent figured out when we want to do it.

teh closest is skydive coastal carolinas up in oak island, nc. its about an hour north of myrtle. we will be up and runnign this weekend with safety day saturday.

skydive coastal carolinas is in the area. its about an hour or so north of myrtle. you would need to call and see whats on the schedule and check and see if any upjumpers are gonna be coming out. when are you planning on being in myrtle. i will prob be out there either thursday afternoon or friday mornign. also on the way down 95 there is skydive air comforts(i think thats the new name of it now) but its on exit like 32 or 33 in north carolina and its a cool place to jump.

ive heard of someting real similar happening. one of our tm's from last year or the year before dont really remember was tellin me about it and he said the when they went to pull the vidiot got under him and with the combo of the trap door adn burble the vidiot and the student ended up belly on belly adn the student grabbed the cutaway handle and pulled it on teh video guy.

i mainly shoot on my belly. my exits are on my back out of a 182, but i transition to my belly as they set the drogue or whenever i feel the need to but if i stay on my back for much longer after the drogue set i tend to sink out on the tandem. ive tried 2 or 3 times to fly on my back all the way through on a tandem with no payin vid and always seem to fall to fast. i plan on working on my backflying this season (on nonpayin vids) jsut so that ill have that to use if i absolutely have to. i also transition from my belly to a sit and sometimes to my back for the opening shot and it tends to give a great opening shot.

ive had 2 reserve rides due to CRW wraps. And ive got around 740 jumps.