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Stay focused Homer.

Will be in jacksonville area sept 21-23....PM me if we can rock anything locaaaaaalllll. Thanks- BK

He's in europe till mid to end of Sept....I believe I love you Mike.

Dont brag about that jumpsuit man.....seriously.

Not funny Homer....not funny. But seriously....i just loved staring up at your taint yesterday night climbing that tower That was disturbing. BK "Any jackass can break a femur, it takes a real man to crack a pelvis."

Small mesh is the ticket with the black jack homie. Like Hookit, I also use it on 90% or more of my slider up jumps. But from what your explaining, I've always had great results in similar situations. BK

My buddies dad is 54 or 55 and just bough his first base rig about 6 months ago.

You have got to be kidding me. Why in the hell would a forum on skydiving and other related activities have a rule specifying the intolerance for discussions related to pedophilia, or atleast jokes about the subject? Doesn't that seem kind of weird. Maybe this is a joke and I'm missing something.

19 in 2004

Hey Magot this is BK from the turkey boogie. I think I can sum it up by saying.....you are such a jackass Keep it real man......watch out for those walls.

I was wandering if anyone knew if grease from a railroad track would damage a BASE Canopy. The canopy only has about 50 jumps on it and is f 111 and zp composite top skin (where the front third of the topskin is zp) I imagine there are spots of grease on both the f111 and zp. I have talked to other VERY experienced base jumper who also happened to be riggers that had grease all over their canopy as well and they said it shouldn't be a problem. Also, I was wandering if there are persons who believe it is a problem, if there is a safe way to remove the stains. Thanks BSBD

It was true. Unfortunately though, TJ (the red haired hottie) just got arrested for child pornography. We all knew he was a little weird.

Green Day "Holiday" from Thread the Needle 2. It happens to be the most important B.A.S.E DvD of all time actually.

I've had only one that comes to mind so it really doesn't mean much. But I did have a noticeable pc hesi on a jump about 30 seconds after my buddy had one on the same jump?!?! 330 ft 42" vented zp/handheld. 2 second delay. Temp was below freezing.

To all of you saying jimmy was patting himself on the back and boosting his ego obviously don't know him very well or at all for that matter. I still think your the man jimmy. BK

Question and comment to all, I have a blackjack 240 that now has about 40 jumps on it to date from this past October. When I originally bought the canopy my wing loading was around .76 and was recommended by Marty. Since I have bought it, I have gained weight and my wing loading in now around .83-.84. I jump all objects with all different kinds of landing areas on a fairly regular basis. I was just wandering if anyone thought this wing loading to be inherently "dangerous" or bad for tight landing areas. I am aware of the obvious disadvantages to a higher wing loading in tight landing areas, I just happen to be one poor ass college student with no money. So whether I like it or not, I'm going to have to live with it regardless. Furthermore, I was wandering if there is anyone out there who prefers a slightly higher wing loading such as this one, or if there are any other advantages to it other than penetration, wide open landing areas, etc. As soon as I can afford it, I will be buying another rig that’s the same as this one just with a slightly larger canopy, and before I experience it, I was wandering if there is really that big of difference b/t a .7-.75 wing loading and a .83-.85 wing loading. Am I really going to notice a significant difference in the canopy when sinking or in deep brakes? Is there really going to be a noticeable difference while landing? I have only gone down on a hand full of jumps, all of which had nothing to due with the canopy or conditions, just pilot error. So all in all I am completely happy with the canopy, just curious if having a 240 and a 260 or 280 is going to make it difficult to go back and forth, especially one right after the other. I know this post was long and winded on a pretty boring subject, but I would appreciate as much feedback as possible. -P.S a buddy of mine started a thread a couple weeks back about rollovers with a high wing loading (.92) off of low objects and nobody really replied to the post, and if they did they just bull shitted with other jumpers. So PLEASE!!! Go back and help him with some info. I barely have a hundred jumps and the person who wrote the post I just spoke of has half that. We, as low time jumpers, rely on and respect the jumpers with the more seasoned and professional opinions, experience, and advice. This forum however, is becoming more and more of a bitching match between the people we go to for help. This in turn is hurting the people who genuinely come here for good, solid advice. And this in the long run is hurting us, and the entire community. If you read a post and have good advice or any advice at all please give it. If you don't, simply don't respond. All I’m trying to say is if you have time to help someone out by replying to their post whether it interests you or not, or if you have replied to an almost identical post before, please do for it is greatly appreciated! BK

First off, in regards to the sliders, the large and small mesh sliders are for jumping from different altitudes. There are also sail sliders for base canopies, like on a skydiving canopy, eventhough some base jumpers will recommend against them. Large mesh sliders are usually used for what is considered to be "low" slider up jumps (i.e anything that is high enough to safely use a slider up to whatever the jumper is comftorable with). The small mesh slider is made for "higher" slider up jumps (terminal). I am by no means even close to knowing much about any of this, but I have recently purchased a small mesh slider and have been using it on jumps that I used to use a large mesh with. I have been doing this under the advice of the owner of the base manufacturer of the specific gear I jump. I have noticed that the small mesh is a much more comftorable opening at these shorter delays, and not only that, I have had equal or BETTER heading performance with it. All while not noticing any significant altitude loss between deployment and full pressurization. I am not talking about very low altitudes, but I have been experimenting with the small mesh from 700 ft and above on generally "safe" objects and have concluded that I do like it much more. Having said all of that I would still recommend getting both sliders, for your experiences may vary from mine AND there are still some situations where I might want to use my large mest slider, but as of now, I must say, I use the small mesh much much more. Hope that helps....don't take any of that to be factual info. Bsbd.

I also believe the most of this have this experience. However, I believe Twoply has a heigtened sense with this situation b/c he is mentally unstable.

Here is my question for the people who have maybe done something like this before....because I honestly have not. I have seen situations like this before, but like I said have not done anything like it myself. What if you are going stowed from around 200 feet. I am sure there is going to be a million people reply saying you shouldn't and I do not disagree, but if you do, what would you do? Would you get your closing loops (if using a pin rig) ridicuously loose and stow a 48 or 42. Would you not loosten your loops at all? And if you didnt what pilot shoot would you decide to go with? The situation I saw was with someone hanging from a tyrollean (obviously stowed) at MAYBE a few feet over 200. The jump was uneventful and the person had a pretty short canopy ride. I believe this person used a 46 or 48 but don't hold me to it. But to get back to the original question. If a person decides to go stowed from an altitude that low would you accept the possibility of a hesitation from a bigger pc just for the fact that it is bigger, or would you go with less drag with say a 42 while trying to avoid the hesitation. Have fun be safe. bsbd.

Glad to hear your ok man...and good job pulling through that. I have some sweet ground footy of a wall strike very similar to that one that happened at the turkey boogie a couple months ago. It was one of multiple strikes but it was the one that turned out the "best". Anyways, good job pulling through. bsbd

Matt Damon I seriously consider suicide after having to sit through one of his movies. You should be legally obligated to atleast two hours of your life back after being exposed to any of his shit.

ody....come on now....u know im always down to jump....temperature is not an issue...cant wait till ur home....see you at the turkey boogie.

Was just wandering what the opinions were on priming your pins for low freefalls. Should you pull them half way, three quarter, or not at all? What are the malis that could occur, like a container lock. Please share the knowledge....thx

Ody, if you didn't notice this is BK numnuts...just wanted to say stay safe over there and keep in touch. P.S Watch out for those long delays of the stack.

Thanks for the info everyone, and I did look into the other base canopies on the market I just happened to be the most impressed with these two. I'm pretty sure I am going to get the black jack after talking to multiple people who have flown both canopies, just wanted to get a few more opinions from some more seasoned vets. And since we have people reading. -Does anyone have opinions on freefalling 250' with a 46"A/V pilot chute, and is there a significant difference in deployement time between standard and vented PC's. Thanks again