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  • Home DZ
    Australia, Western Australia, York
  • License
    B
  • License Number
    349323
  • Licensing Organization
    APF
  • Number of Jumps
    80
  • Years in Sport
    3
  • First Choice Discipline
    Formation Skydiving
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    Formation Skydiving
  1. Don't know about the "falling into the canopy" part But While jumping a Sabre 170 loaded at 1.1 We buried a toggle and after about three rotations the canopy was below us and there was slack in the lines. The canopy below you thing is what i was getting at about falling in. I know it cant happen but some people do. I get my canopy below me most times in a spiral. But man do my leg straps dig in! Im loaded at 1.4( Last time i checked my weight). Never had trouble with line twists on my Sabre 150 though only on opening.(fly it a lot smoother, lots of respect for it). Only time i had line twists from a spiral was on jump No. 8 Had the toggles wraped around my hands a couple of times several spirals to the left then into a long stall and snaped the toggles back up. I was getting end cell closure on student gear(PA 270) with the risers wraped around the back of my head. (Instructors said they haddent seen that before) Also told me not to be afraid to give it a bit... so i did
  2. "FWIW, I'm about 6'3", so a six foot fall out of the sky isn't that big of a deal for me." Im not that tall but on my first few jumps i had the same thinking. Im close to the ground i could normally jump from here and not get hurt. And a wise jumpmaster said to me "What if you were pushed from a 6ft high ledge. 6ft would be a big deal then! A wind gust could happen at any time and give you the affect of being pushed off a 6ft ledge and then broken bones and no more jumping for you" Your not safe untill both feet are on the ground and you have your parachute collapsed!
  3. It doesn’t necessarily have to be a course. Look at the back of your B-Rel Manual, That’s if you have started them yet. If not ask your manifest and they should be able to give you one. It shows you how different inputs affect your canopy. Front risers rear risers half brake turns. Open up high (let people know your doing this) and practice these moves above 1000ft. Then when you are familiar with them. Hit up one of your instructors to open up high with you and fly relative to you so you can actually see how much affect your inputs have (Don’t forget your gloves its painfully cold on your hands above 10,000ft in winter). Play a bit of follow the leader. Maybe he will fly in behind you for a bit of CRW. I got such a rush of feeling another canopy slightly folding around the back of my legs (Scared of a canopy wrap). Although not compulsory they are trying to make it at our DZ in York. To do canopy handling courses for your B licence. APF rules are old, so many new people getting on high performance canopy’s early. I agree totally on this which is why I am one of the first on the DZ taking this course. This is how I am learning to fly and it is a great idea especially if you have a high wing loading
  4. i have heard this one before "I almost fell into my canopy when i was doing spirals" Hmmm have not fell into my canopy yet how bout you?
  5. Point taken. I will be talking to my instructor this weekend (during canopy training)about my canopy skills and if i should upsize or not.
  6. I have little skydiving experience and i too jump a highly loaded canopy. at 1.4 on a sabre 150. However i have had the benifit of getting coaching from some very experienced jumpers at numerous DZ,s around Australia at various weather conditions, altitudes and heat. By no means am i an experienced pilot but it is me that is flying it and it only responds to the inputs i make. So i only have myself to blame if i get hurt. "Your car that you drive is capable of unsafe speeds, but it will not do this unless press down on the accelrator hard"
  7. Thanks for all of your views. It makes me respect my situation with great care. I realise that im jumping a weapon (for my experience)and i have been getting canopy coaching and will continue to do so. But i have always liked being in over my head in all aspects of life. "High pressure, knowing there is danger close by makes people perform at there best!"
  8. boags

    Confused

    I jump a Sabre 150 at a wingloading of 1.4. Currently trying to loose some weight (lol). I have just started jumping again after 2 years. Im at the York DZ every weekend. I said a couple of words to you in the cafe discussing closing pin necklaces and how mine had the 3 ring release as well to a curious new jumper. Just ask for Daniel (extra tight jumpsuit from all that weight gain) you can have a test jump on my rig for a beer if you want?
  9. AFF all the way. if you want to do static line join the Army(lol). I love the feeling of freefall and you get to see how your body flys on your first jump. Rather than just jumping out and getting a line stretch worth of freefall
  10. Just thought id say hi from over in Australia. Back in the sport after having some time off done abot 20 jumps in the last month. never felt better now that im back in it. What a rush!! Check out my post on "max wing loading on a SABRE 150" anybody out there know what it is? pretty shure id be close 2 it though! put on some weight in 2 yrs (lol)
  11. I have never really had a problem landing my canopy safely but my acc could be better. But thought i would work out my wing loading for fun. Yikes is what i thouhgt too when i found out what it was. I have landed it down wind in 15 to 20 knots. had off DZ landings due to poor spots jumped in high winds, landed cross wind. Havent hurt myself yet i feel happy with this canopy but unhappy with myself now that i look at my wing loading.
  12. Im currently jumping my SABRE 150 at a wing loading of 1.4 (33 jumps on this canopy). Is this too high? How high can i go on a SABRE 150 before its too much? My landings are fun doing short turf surfs(5-7m) with no turns or front risers needed to build up speed My turns are wickedly fast to the point im in pain from the leg harness digging in(But its fun so i keep doing it at height). But i think thats more from the sabre smack on opening still hurting when i do my turns. (would my opening be harder as well due to the high wing loading) Any tips for a slow opening. I normally only do a trash pack so i guess that serves myself right My DZ also has a lot of turbulence in the summer so im thinking the high loading will help me out as well? What are your ideas on my situation?