yarik

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    Ukraine, Kiev - ParaSkuf, Chaika
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    Freeflying
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  1. Thank you for your thoughts guys, will see. I'll probably look into another helmet for camera, but if I don't find anything currently affordable for me, I will experiment with top mount by Velocity.
  2. Video is obviously more important - you don't want to cut some beutiful peaces just because the next block of the music is over, but on the other hand - normally you can't cut music so you have to deal with fitting your video (with all transitions and video effects) into the music. Cause normally - you take music "ready to eat" and video - is your arena :) where you have freedom for creativity. As for compressor - so far I've been useing Microsof Movie Maker (which comes with Windows XP and could be upgraded to v. 2 from MS website). It uses MS Windows Media Player 9 codecs and you can also download them from MS website so your friends can watch your work too. This is far not the best software, but on the other hand - simple and runs on my work notebook with no need for extra licence ;).
  3. Spent last month making my decision on camera and after all research (90% on this forum) just completed the deal on e-bay for TRV19. Well, now it's time to get ready to mount the toy. I jump regular Velocity helmet and they have Velocity Top Mount platform which I'm thinking to buy. Anybody used this equipment? Pros/Cons? Any other suggestions on Top Mounting it? (other manufacturers, other kinds of platforms?) Thanks in advance!
  4. If you click here - you'll get only video with no porn stuff around: http://www.consumptionjunction.com/downloads/cj_31241.wmv but as it was mentioned above - it would be more interesting to get the full version where he walks away of that.
  5. Yes, there is a kind of irritation. I think this is because of the lack of endomorphin we get from jumps ;). I used to have really hard times during non jumping winter and I didn't have chance to go to other region where i could jump. But this winter I tried snowboard - wow! now winter makes sence, it's a lot of fun, thought can't fully substitute skydiving, still - a lot of performance, a lot of space to learn, to improve, to be on nature among good friends, btw many of skydivers do snowboard here so you are basically among you good old friends! Cheers, Spring is coming soon!
  6. Though Syn said to all of you guys "thank you", I want one more time thank to everyone taking part in this discussion! I can't think of any other community that would be so supportive and understanding to each other! My special respect to GravityGirl coz I'm a father of 3.5 year old daughter and can understand what she feels and I bet she knows perfectly what I feel or even better - what my wife feels - we both skydive (crazy parents). Thinking of the fear and price for the joy - many perfect descriptions were given here I have not much to add. One thing I'd like to stress on is always BE HONEST with yourself do you really want to do this because you want to do this or because you want to look cool or impress someone? After our daughter was born my wife didn't want to come back to sport at all - she was very much concerned about her mother's responsibility and I can't even think on blaming her for that, but when one year later she decided to come back... don't know why, but I had a feeling that she was not quite honest with herself and she wanted to return just to be on the same track with me.... I was very worried about her until I really saw that she enjoys the sport and would do it even if I don't. What I want to say here - don't ever let peer pressure affect your go-nogo decision. Not supportive, but as I said - for yourself - jumping in attempt of trying to be cool and brave - I think that jumping with such attitude would affect your ability to handle emergency or any unusual situation. You mentioned that all your fears are gone once you come to the dz - great, I think with the current situation as you describe it - you're on the right track - you really might be hitting the wall that nightjumps described and I hope you'll get over it, but if you keep coming to the dz and find your concerns are still with you, even more if for a long time, after say 10 suggested "all about yourself jumps" you feel that it's not yours that you shouldn't do it.... I'd probably suggest quitting... at least for some time, later on say in half a year you may want to come back and really have fun and joy, just keep in touch with your sky buddies! As for the choices and necessity - all depends on the way you want to put it - i.e. I could take a train to work (statistically they are safer than cars), but I take car cause it's more comfortable and so on, should I be concerned about safety in my every step this way? I think this is a misleading way of thinking. Absolutely different would be - if I had a bad (or very good sleepless night and in the morning I doubt my ability to handle the car in emergency - I would take the train - this would be smart, but this is not about quitting the car driving to the safer trains for entire time. I prefer the thought that when it's your time - it's your time... For my current job I get to fly as a passenger in commercial airliners a lot and to be honest - that scares me a lot more than skydiving. I'm not sure about the number of accidents, but the number of people killed in airline accidents is extremely higher than that from skydiving. Do I have to change my job that gives me $$$ for life (and for the jumps of cause ;)??? to be on the safe side and have less/no air travel? I don't think it'll save me if my time comes. I had a friend who kept away from any risky activity and eventually died in car crash (this is not a dummy example, this is true)... I have another friend who (from my point of view) absolutely recklessly challenges the world in any possible way - skydiving, flying a hang glider, paraglider, scuba, climbing and many times ignoring safety... He got out of so many bad situations basically uninjured and still alive (thanks God!) I guess it's all about luck, destiny, father Lord or whatever you call it. You're right, skydiving is not one of the things we have to do, but for me and for my sweetheart - it is something we really have to do to really live the life, to really enjoy life, it's not just entertainment - it's part of our life and spiritually is far more important than our jobs careers or whatever. One thing that could really balance it - our child and our responsibility for her future, but for this reason - we never do anything stupid and apply all we can for the sake of safety - learn, practice, be always on guard for the shit to happen. At least “over there” I will know that I did everything to stay safe and with my beloved ones. Listen to yourself, make a decision and never regret, regardless of what decision you make! (and don’t be afraid to change your decision in the future if you decide something different – life goes on and variables and constants of it’s equation don’t stay the same, so the result can be different from time to time) Sorry if it’s too long… Blue Skies!
  7. Shit... that looks scary ... But you know what - they approached in brakes, leaving no room for flare and trying to hit the target, plus it looks like there's no wind - which in conjunction is quite bad for demo jumps on concrete. I don't know if anyone tested it, but if someone tried to put paraglider into the same glide slope at the same weather conditions, it will probably stall... But for better performance at low speed (we are not talking about more lift only), i think we have to get back to efficiency of the wing or L/D ratio, which if higher, would let it just fly better, but L/D ratio also is different at different AoA, so - if the rigger's angle of incidence is adequate to the AoA of the highest L/D ratio than the canopy would be less aggressive and more polite and fly flatter, actually it would be tuned to the flattest glide, but it won't speed up as fast. Yes, I think if you take two the same canopies, one would fly better at low speed whos AoI corresponds to lower speed flight AoA. Maybe here is anyone from manufacturers of the canopies or test pilots, who can confirm or disprove my thoughts?
  8. I'll buy you a beer too, for being a good opponent in such discussions, and for making me get back to books as well! So let's have a beer together!
  9. Thank you all guys for welcoming me and you're always welcome to come to Kiev for skydive, or just for a visit! billymotox, nice to hear that you have my countrymen around and they are nice :)
  10. oops.... you're right, nothing... my guess would be that they are not that good slow flyers as accuracy canopies, but for slower flight capabilities thay have higher area and consequently - smaller wing loading.
  11. Among the others: - Thickness of the airfoil - the thicker - the more lift at low speed. - Planform - the closer it's to the rectangle - again - the more lift at lower speed. - The design of the front edge - to maintain good presurization at slower speeds. IMHO the best slow flyers are Accuracy canopies. Compare even visibly details of the design of them with some hp ones and see the difference. The problem is that in most cases changes in design for increasing the lift at slower speed will induce more drag (like in the airplane - lowering the flaps requires more throttle, while having more lift at slower speed). So there always should be a balance.
  12. Let me put my 5 kopeyek here :). Quade, you're 100% right about stick/toggle deflection. One can tell AoA on an airplane only if the wing is in stable level flight at constant certain airspeed. Otherwise - you can't determine AoA by stick deflection. Now as to the Math, I'm sorry, but doubling speed will not square the force - it will increase it 4 times (or squaring the increase rate of the AS). Aerodynamical force is directly proportional to square of speed so doubling the speed will increase the force 4 times, tripling the speed will increase the force 9 times.
  13. 1) Always wanted to skydive :) and eventually started 2) I started flying before I met my wife, but then I met her at my home dz and now the only one who doesn't skydive in our family is our 3.5 year old little girl :). But she will get there I'm sure - she is asking for her own rig already ;)