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Is it just me, or is "Undertaker" a really bad name for a swooping canopy?

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The latest news seem to be that speed will use the normal IPC rules and for distance, the speed's VE rules apply for the first 50 meters and touching water is allowed, but not necessary.

So it's more or less than same as before then?

Previously if you touch water after the entry gate in Distance, then that was where your distance was measured. Seams weird that touching water "is allowed"

There will be more swimmers!

From what I understand, as this is a Category 2 event, they can use it as a trial for the World Championships next year....

Thought this may have been bought up already.....

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Hello CP-competitors, hello participants in Canopy Piloting at the 3rd DIPC & Gulf Cup 2011

NOTIFICATION
Recent achievement in the Distance events, featuring distance World Records well over the 200 m mark, we will be running short on DZs, which are able to provide and to fulfill the safety requirement standards, which are in our current rules of "+ 50 m above the world record".
One of those DZ being affected, is the one at "SKYDIVE Dubai", which does not only host the 3rd Dubai International Championships and Gulf Cup, coming up soon, but also will be host to the "Mondial 2012" including all World Championships. And limited space is a major factor in Dubai.

By taking precaution considerations into future international events like the World Games 2013, being hosted in Cali, Colombia, (located at 1005 m/3015 ft MSL) into one bigger step, the Canopy Piloting Commission decided, to use the Dubai 2011 event for evaluating modifications to the Speed and the Distance event, in order to gain experience in how to present Canopy Piloting competitions in areas, which do not provide the dimensions of a wide open test airfield.

In short: the Distance event must fit on a CP-course less than 200 m in length and the Speed-event must fit on a course, which is not much wider than the present boundaries of the course, but keeps and even and eve increases the attractiveness in the presentation. In this aspect, CP-Accuracy, by many is considered to be the most spectator appealing discipline, so is the CP-Freestyle discipline in Dubai, having a great part of water effects involved. Therefore, the element water will have to be introduced (again) into Distance and Speed also. Many know, water has been part of these disciplines before and elsewhere already in various settings.

Having the overall goal in mind to keep Canopy Piloting in the "heart of action" the CP-Commission, in cooperation with the organizers joined team-efforts to prepare modifications for Distance and for Speed for Dubai 2011, to meet the restrictions of a rather tight DZ and at the same time add to the attractiveness of our event.

Be prepared to the following:

Modifications for Dubai 2011

1) CP Distance at 3rd DIPC& Gulf Cup 2011 named "Dubai Distance"
- dragging entry gate mandatory to start scoring
- no drag, minimum score
- VE rule in effect from entry gate to 50 m mark
- sensors at 50 m mark, at 1,50 m height
- no more VE in effect after the 50 m mark.
- touching water allowed w/o penalty
- landings in water result in default scores portioned by markers ( like Accuracy)
- stay in course with any part of body to score (like in Accuracy rule)
- direct measurement of distance starts at the 50 m

2) Speed at 3rd DIPC & Gulf Cup 2011 known as "Ultimate Speed"
- Straight course
- Entry gate and marker set up like in Accuracy with gate 1 (entry), gate 2, gate 3 and gate 4)
- additional marker at 50 m (exit gate)
- Sensor at entry gate and sensor at exit gate at 50 m from entry gate
- Drag water continuously beginning with and through entry gate all the way through gate 4
- No more dragging requirement after having passed gate 4
- VE in effect from entry gate to exit gate at 50 m.
- no continuous drag from gate 1 to gate 4, minimum score
- dual sensors on entry gate and dual sensors on exit gate 50 m

If there are any additional add-on apps are coming up, this will be announced/integrated as soon as possible, the latest at the competitors' meeting prior to the start of the competition in Dubai. This set -up will serve as a run-up for the Mondial 2012 in Dubai at the same location. It is expected that there may be a similar setting at Cali 2013 for the World Games competitors also, if everything is running the way expected.

For the IPC-Canopy Piloting Commission and the Organizer of the 3rd DIPC & Gulf Cup 2011
Dr. Rainer EXI Hoenle
Chief Judge 3rd DIPC & Gulf Cup 2011

Are there any 2012 events lined up yet?

I have just been looking at the Olympus Pen range, the E-PL2 has a remote shutter release option, and comes with a 14-42mm lens, surely that would be ideal for jumping?!

I too am waiting for a NEX that has a shutter release terminal, but with a new line just announced, I guess we will be waiting a while longer...

Reinier Bos [ReyNier] has set up a new Facebook page for the planned King Of Swoop 2012, with a new website due to be launched this week

https://www.facebook.com/pages/King-of-Swoop/201916876536676

Looking forward to hearing more about this!!

There was a Russian guy here in Empuria jumping a TD10 at the weekend,
What an awesome camera, the picture is incredible, really impressed,
He only ever flies Headdown, but the footage was great and very stable, didn't get a chance to try it out though, really wanted to try it with a tandem to see how it handled belly, back and sit

Has anyone tried jumping a TD10?

Alain's site worked for me,
Did you manage to get hold of him?

? huh

Did you get hold of Alain?

This is his website, there's an e-mail link on it
http://www.parachutesystemseurope.com/

I've been playing with 3D a little, but only onto YouTube, I've not yet seen my videos on a HD TV and curious as to if they have worked.

I like the whole 3D TV thing and hope it's here to stay,
I'm not against the wearing of glasses, I wear sunglasses practically all the time, so it's not a problem for me

I've read somewhere that is 1Hz, so each second...

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if u shoot in hd mode u can grab a decent still off the footage. My ones end up around the 1.5mb in size. Thats pretty good for the average joe who is viewing it on a computer.

But a HD grab will only be around 2.1 MegaPixel

So who was in the FF teams??

As usual the coverage for Freefly is rubbish, no pictures of the teams....

But at least we have scores!!!

http://www.omniskore.com/comp/2010/wc/ae/ffopen.asp

Why doesn't Skyleague cover all disciplines at the World Competitions??

Yeah it's blocked in Germany because of the music....
trying to sort that

I'm just a few views away from 1000!!!

If you haven't seen it already please check out my video!!

Also in HD 720P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3cueK6zVm4&fmt=22

Thanks!!

At launch there isn't a remote cable shutter release, but the NEX-5 does have infrared remote (Not much use, but shows that the circuity/programming for a shutter is there)
Maybe there's a way of making a USB release for it?

€1000!!

Hello all!!

There's a film contest for the 2010 Vector Festival and this is my video!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3cueK6zVm4

Please hit the "like" (Thumbs Up) button and help me WIN!!!

Thankyou!!

Just been announced for a June release

http://presscentre.sony.eu/content/detail.aspx?ReleaseID=5880&NewsAreaId=2

No mention of cable release, but it has changeable lenses with a 16mm wide and mention of a fisheye adaptor too.....

I think Zkulls make them...

www.rcb-lab.com

or

[email protected]

That's cool, sounds good, Here at Empuria some people use the 18-55 and others use a Tokina AT-X107, 10-17 Fisheye and they're heavy, so this little thing sounds good, and a couple of guys have the little Ricoh's, but they're so expensive!