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    totally unneccessary
    just stick the toggle stubs back into the keepers on the risers and mate your velcro


    This is a technique I've never dared practicing, because I could never really feel the strength the lines were pulling on my arms, when flying in line-mod.
    Very seriously, do you think a good velcro will be strong enough to keep the break lines attached?
    Even in the case of a wind perturbation (don't know the english term ~ wind shaking...) ?
    Thanks for replying seriously (Though I could land my canopy on the risers, I'm not longing for it)
    Nico

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    1) people fear what they do NOT understand


    They don't understand what they don't know.
    20 years ago, rock climbing was seen as 'extreme sport' and climbers were seen as dangerous dummies.
    Today everyone is climbing, and this sport has become as known as soccer or baseball (well at least on the east side of atlantic :o).
    I firmely believe that hiding is not a solution.
    The more people practicing a sport and showing it in the media, the more people get used to it and stop getting scared of it.
    For base jump, I agree that could take 100 years, but there are already signs showing things are changing, like official courses, instructors, places where base jumpers are welcomed (LB, ITW, bridges in USA, some french valleys, norway...).

    Creating such a database seems like a good idea.
    This must not be the only one.
    Nico

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    I thought even the tape-based cameras were already equiped with such a shock-detector system, thus blocking the recording / the transfer to tape, of the memory buffer ?

    would it buffer a 1 minute skydive ?

    This is not what I suggest. I only heard that even with a tape storage, the camera stores one or two seconds in a buffer, then transfers it to tape. It is not a real-time writing.
    I guess this applies to modern tape-based cameras, but not that modern...
    Nico

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    be careful with HDD, some have a "freefall sensor" which will block the hard disk so it doesn't get damaged when the camera falls...

    I thought even the tape-based cameras were already equiped with such a shock-detector system, thus blocking the recording / the transfer to tape, of the memory buffer ?
    Nico

  6. Nothing (that) special :
    - 180 offheading + stale (stalling ?) after a too hard rear riser pull and seeing really close tree tops
    - sliding on ice-covered exit of a bridge, leading to a head down launch, followed by a landing amongst invisible white sheeps on white snow
    - twists, strong wind, thick fog, bad landings, guards...

    nothing but a BASE life I guess...
    Nico

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    it sounds like another guy that acquired gear and decided to jump with no formal training.

    It may sound like, but it was NOT.
    Please don't assume things when you don't know.
    Thank you.
    Nico

  8. Grenoble is not in the south east, but in the east, and is considered by all... well say be many... well say by me :)It is very well located, centered around many great base places. It should not be too hard to find jumpers around there.
    PM me if needed.
    Nico

  9. Hi,

    I discussed with two jumpers that are jumping on ZP canopies for at least 150 jumps, and what they say is that the fabric seems to stay as solid/consistent/non-porosity as at the first day, so they are very glad of it.

    Without considering the added weight, I was wondering if the same kind (ZP vs F111) of improvement did exist for other parts of the gear :
    - the lines that gets scratched (I don't know the right term) by the slider : does another material could be used to make them stronger?
    - the 'fabric' used for the container
    - the different velcros
    - well ok, I don't have many other ideas of parts getting more hurted as the canopy and the lines, but I could speak about the slider, the bridle, the legs and chest straps, aso...
    Nico

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    ...more tapes, thicker tapes, and more stitching on the FOX.


    I translate that into "heavier", but...
    ...this week-end, I tried for the first time a fox and compared to my vtec-troll, exactly the same size, it sounded exactly the same weight, so ???

    Second point : when hesitating between a fox and a troll, everyone told me that at deployment time, the fox is getting a little bit 'lower' and not advancing (which is nice when offheading), compared to the troll which was said to open by consuming less vertical distance, but starting to fly earlier (which is BAD when offheading).
    I translated that into : the fox is a lorry that can't turn, and with a slow on-target speed.

    When jumping (once, ok) with this fox, I found exactly the opposite when in flight (I had no time to check all that on opening time) : the fox was VERY reactive, very fast on target, and had a fast flight.
    At the ITW, we also compared the glide ratio between my troll and my friend's fox, and my troll's beating its without a doubt.

    All these tests are showing contradictory results, so I'm a little bit lost...
    Nico

  13. For non-native english speakers : is "overbuilt " meaning to build it too strong compared to what's needed ?
    If so, on what parts of the canopy did you see overbuilding ?
    Nico

  14. I were in LB this last week-end, and it was exceptionnaly sunny.
    In fact, during my very short base carreer, I was always used to cold mornings, or dawn, or night, winter, wind...
    The presence of sun when walking to YO was a first experience for me :)The small rivers we cross when hiking to YO were almost dry.

    Caution : the landing fields are stinking shit, as the land owner did spread the cows-shit in every fields, so my canopy lost its nice new F11 smell...
    Nico

  20. No site naming, but yesterday evening my taxi ride passed upon THE bridge upon the Avon river, and a quick look at all the usual BASE concerns seemed to say yes, this is doable. Has it been done ?
    Nico

  22. Hi,

    I'm just returning from NL where I was lucky to met some of the nicest people on earth. A single post here on dropzone and Ron lead me to my first nightly-A with his smile and his calm behaviour : so cool !
    Hi also to Koss and Svet' (and Nico - once I'll trip to BE) !

    Now, I may quickly pass in Bristol, and I'd like to know if some people around there could tell me if it's worth bringing my gear?

    Thank you.
    Nico