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I've not had a bit of trouble with mine, and I've used them for just under two years. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Back six years ago, I was up to 319, and through a combination of walking, weight lifting and eating breakfast got down to a 228. Gettign to go through the Static Line course was a major motivator for me. Unfortunately I blew out a kneee and then had a couple of cornea transplants. That pretty much took me off of physical activity for a year. I made the mistake of compounding the problem by going back to college to finish my Bachelor's. So even when I could be active, I'd trained myself not to be. I'm now actively working on getting rid of that all over again. My goal is to be a muscular and fit 200 by April '09. My Prodigy is actually been a great motivator, not to mention workout , because I can tell that if I had just a little more physical strength and endurance, I could take my flights to the next level. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

No I'm not, which is kind of silly since I live and jump less than 90 minutes from where Big Un does. And I do need log OK anyway... Damn, what am I waiting for?

Did they modify a tandem rig for your AFF? I was only 245 when I went through S/L training, but that was several surgeries, and many many meals ago -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

~355 Exit Weight -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Your issues are my exact issues, bro! We do not suck! We are just domestically destabilized for long travel flocking. Tell me about it! I'm in the same boat. Be safe and have fun guys and gals. Chuck, tell Robbi that if he needs any pictures of my prodigy next to my RW suit or of me in it to just give me a call or drop me an email. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Yeah, type 8's though I'm talking with Jeff at Mirage about a custom pair made with different webbing. And yeah, my Safire opens sweet. MEL realized the slider issue and made me a custom one. Between the over-sized slider and the tandem-weight Vectran lineset, it's not unusual for me to have a 1500 ft. snivel. And in general, the higher my descent rate, the sweeter the oppening. That's why getting popped during the w/s openings was such a shocker. I even let Kahn and Griz at Nylon City take a pop at it with equally bad results. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Can't verify that it was one opening; however, those risers only have around 100 jumps on them. When I first started jumping my Prodigy, I had about 4 hard openings in a row until I realized that a 3 count wasn't enough decel time for me. If I had to guess, it did happen on one jump though. Because on that opening, I chipped a tooth as I ate the other side's 3 ring, gashed my right hand on the riser and and tore the Prodigy's left toe strap off it's velcro. It also tore the center cell label halfway off my canopy. When I first got my canopy (269 sf), it shipped with a slider that was sized for a sub-200. To compound the problem, I had some fall rate issues and reguarly deployed at 175 to 181 mph. I thought those were hard openings, but they didn't even compare to the one that broke my Prodigy. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

No doubt! the attached pics are what happened when I deployed without getting rid of my horizontal speed on my Prodigy. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

No shit. My sister used to drive tractor-trailers when she was in her early 20's. She got lost there one night and a cop found her. He gave her directions out and then instructed her to get rolling to 35 mph, keeping it geared low, and to drive through anything that got in her way. He then went code 3 and blocked intersections for her all the way to the edge of his jurisdiction. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Anybody driving in from TX, OK, KS, or MO? If so and you got room, I'd be willing to split gas. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

http://ups.com/pressroom/us/press_releases/press_release/0,1088,4873,00.html -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

neither I... Does anyone have such a manual...? brgds! M There's not a R-max manual. It's just a Raven manual with a R-Max placard placed over the front cover. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

It's what I use mine for. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Oh, so you want something that ensures an open-casket funeral. Why didn't you say so in the first place! -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

I'm having an issue with both WMP and DIVX Player. On certain videos in WMP the audio is fine but the screen in split in a 45 degree diagonal with the left side being black and the right side showing video normally. When I try to run the same files in DIVX Player, the screen starts normally, but if I resize the window, it breaks up like WMP. According to GSpot, I'm running all the right codecs. Anyone got any ideas? -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Dude, I think you're like #3 now. I put on some weight after my son died. I'm about 355 exit weight now. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

We just got a great deal on a fire engine bed for my son. I'd like to put a red and blue light bar on it, but I only need one about a foot long and it doesn't need to be near as bright or heavy duty as a real lightbar, and needs to be AC powered. Anybody got any ideas? -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Ah, that makes sense -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Ask Chuck. I pretty much fit that description, but would like to think that, other than exits, I fly OK for a noob. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Ya know, I buried my 2 & 1/2 yo son in October, and even having been through that... That's some funny shit.

Anybody else staying at Circus Circus? -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

If the thing you were going to collide with was another canopy, wouldn't it also be turning away from you? Not always. I've seen head-on collisions where one of the jumpers was unaware until impact or a split second before hand. -Blind -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

In a skydive the collision object is closing with you, and the ability to quickly get out of the way seems like it'd be more important. But I freely admit, I'm still young in my jumping career, so if I'm wrong, please let me know. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

As a blanket statement that's just not true. I fly a 269 sf canopy, and even though it's tapered and loaded at 1.3, it does nothing quickly. Especially if I haven't had time to stow my huge damn slider and open my cheststrap. Even then, rear riser turns are ponderous. My emergency turn at opening procedure is to harness shift while reaching up and grabbing the brake line above the toggle. By timing myself, I've found that that's the fastest turn I can generate in the shortest time possible. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."