matthewcline

Umm, oh, ok, umm, OK so I sat back in the room being quiet, I am shy after all

I am matt and I have a few hours here and there, Orlando, Perris, Ft. Bragg and a few mobiles but soon the AAC will add 3 hours.

THank You, thank you for listening.

Matt

And do not forget the 200 (+ or-) military demo jumpers who use the splits every day!

Matt

as a rider/racer for 20 years I too am shaking my head.

Here is my plan for my little F4-i each year.

Daily check the fluids, tires, chain and all body wotk fasteners (at least before each ride).

Mothly or every 100 miles (wich ever is first) check the clutch cable, brake sytems (you have 2 on a motorcycle) and all inside the body work fasteners (all the nuts and bolts you can see once body is off). It is also a good time to do a real detailed cleaning, after all you do have the plastic out of the way.

I replace the oil and filter every 6 months or 3000 miles which ever comes first.

Tires I replace every 24 months, they dry rot and pick little sharp things in the tread that are real hard to see some times, having hat both front and rear flats on the track and the street I have learned this lesson PAINFULLY!

$230 is fairly standard for a full servicing. $200 is what tires on ZX/R's-CBR/R's-GSXR's run for front and $250-ish for the rear, but the long stay and high price of an ER visit and dual occupancy hospital room as a lot more $ than I have.

I use a synthetic oil (Golden Spectro) and it seams to make the bike run better and last longer.

For just street cruising buy a harder compound tire that is R or Z rated, the harder compound will last a bit longer and some tend to not dry rot as much as they are designed for the long haul.

The ZX is a great ride, I had a ZX-7RR when they first came out and ran it for 3 years beforing selling it for two 600's (FZR and CBR).

With some good maintenance you can run that bike for 100,000 miles and 10 years all with out any maintenace related desasters.

Matt

I think you'll find most of us T-I's have had some form of celebrity of Vip as a "Student". I also think you'll find most T-I's treat them all the same and give there best effort.

I think the poster that said he is a proffesional, entertainer and gives his best on all his tandems is conveying the best attittude over all.

Matt

married, SEX?

TheTandems weights you already have.

The Relative Workshop used to have a modification that allowed the Vector 2 Tandem Constainer to be converted so it could be used for aff.

I saw a 280 lbs AFF FJC Student do a AFF leval 1 with this conversion. I can not say if it was under or above the RWS weight limit.

Matt

Our Student program is a hybred of Tandems, Static lines and the occasional AFF (when an AFF-I is available).

Our students get a class on spotting once on freefall and begin spotting with supervision about the 8th jump.

Since all our students jump for the Army and most go on to Demonstrate we probably are not a typical program.
Matt

B2,

Thank You.

Jennifer and Morgan Cline
Wife and Daughter of Matthew

It is only fair to give back to those who gave to me.

Matt

Yep, It's a Team thing!

Chuck,

Yeah it is just a terminalogy thing. If we packed side by side I am sure the "Stack-normal" flat pack is the same.

Your Dad was who showed me the "roll pack" as a new skydiver at Benning.

(I am sending you a 18D who is lookig for some continued training while he is TDY doing a bit of 18 series training)

Matt

For weekend play my personnal canopy is a Sabre 135. But a Rage 120 is in the works.

For Demo's (my job) a 7 cell Star Trak 2
For the VIP Tandems (part of my job) Sigma 395
For Camera and coach jumps (while on the job) Stiletto 135.

I think the 90 heading issue is froma form of flat packing called a "roll pack".

But a "normal" flat pack is just a PRO pack using the floor as an aide for control.

Matt

I recently sawa design very much like that at canopy makers loft that is airing out in trials right now.

Matt

To see the good go there.

Experience not fabrication is tangible.

Hey Jim!

It has been a while since w have jumped together!

Last Year when the Scremaing Eaglesgot back from Iraq and went to Lakw Wales we missed ya!

Matt

Thank You for your support.

I will be heading back for tour 3 in the fall.

During tour 1 and 2 I was cheared in the streets by the Iraqi people who had wanted a change, but we the collective world did not listen or help until now.

To others in the thread;

I will gladly stand on the wall or in the sand and defend the freedoms of all men and women in this country and others, it is your right as a human to be able to live and speak free.

But please, as a citizen of any country do not ask me to abandon my comrads who relly on me to cover there back while in our defense!

Matthew Cline
SFC, USA
Over 18 years of service and many deployments.

If you go a size smaller in the Neuman's pick the logo off it will allow the back of the hand to stretch more.

Matt

I think Amax and Aggie Dave hit the nail on the head.

De-arch AS you turn (it will become second nature and look fluid with practice) then, once near or on the heading you want, extend those legs all the way out! Make sure your mouth is closed your going to be moving!

Seriously, I watched lot of 4-way video recently and the top 3 team from nationals this year seam to use the method Amax and Aggie Dave describe.

In my opinion if jumpers with 1000's of jumps and oodles of gold medal's who are wearing weights can GAIN altitude at break off there must be some thing there.

Matt

On my first 8 way.

Raff said "Just smile and arch, I'll help"

Matt

My votes:

Tandem from a C-141 (first Skydive and yes I did provide beer!)

C-23B Sherpa (demo in PA)

C-17 (6 people on board at 18K)

C-5 (a real bumpy moment on the exit, big whole in the sky by that thing)

But I do have around 1200 Blackhawk jumps, with a good pilot you can make every exit interesting.

Matt

I typically come strait in but on occasion do 90degree turns or sashays.

Matt

Just my understanding of what the Nashville, Louisville, Roanoke, Maimi and Atlanta FSDO's have told me; Special Provisions are the rules we must follow for that jump (if the yissue them to you). Not following them means spending alot of money and time on court.

The big thing is to get Ed Scott of USPA (the government relations rep) to work closer with the FAA's National Air Show coordniator, She is the one who "sets" and publishes the Special Provisions that the FSDO's send us. She basis a lot of her decisions on the SIM's and Ed's advice.

The only probleme with USPA being the only one who talks to the FAA NASC is that the Provisions are pretty tight in using USPA BSR and License requirements as the only way in which you can perform.

The line that used to be included in the FAR said a jumper could demonstrate his or her skill to the issuing authority. Now it is pretty hazy and almost always inerpreted as USPA license holders are the only ones who are able to satisfactorily show they have sufficient skill.

I had our JAG Lawyer look at the provisions and as far as he is concerned they are Law for that jump, yes the FSDO can leave them out and then your ok, but any one you are sent is the law for you on that jump.

Matt

Is there any "implied" currency in the FAR?

I understand the makers had planned on letting the Cert/renewal go to USPA but pulled them back at the last minute.

It isn't an issue for me personaly. I stay current and the Army insures my physicals stay up to date.

Matt

PLease PM the details of the "mis-fire". You need not send the name of the jumper if you want to keep him or her out of the discussion.

I ask so that I can add this info to the research I am doing for my team as we need to look at replacing the aging Cypress' we have.

I have recived a lot of info from a foreign Airborne and Special Operations Freefall School and they have nothing but good things to say about the device.

They put the Cypress and Vigil side by side in a lengthy test and found them perfoming near identicle.

The features they liked where;

versatility (1 unit can be used in 3 different modes),

Lower maintanence cost

Less batteries used over a 48 month period

Lower initial cost (about a $250 difference in the US)

Compatability with all current Eurpoeanand US rigs (Yes, just like the cypress)

Thank You,
Matt