Zennie

I'm insanely jealous.... - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

A 2000' tower with a high-speed elevator, an air-conditioned packing area, platforms at 400, 800, 1200 & 2000 feet & an integrated array of video cameras. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

So am I. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

NIIOMTPLABOPARMBETZHELBETRABSBOMONIMONKONOTDTEKHSTROMONT "Found in the Concise Dictionary of Soviet Terminology, it means: The laboratory for shuttering, reinforcement, concrete and ferroconcrete operations for composite-monolithic and monolithic constructions of the Department of the Technology of Building-assembly operations of the Scientific Research Institute of the Organization for building mechanization and technical aid of the Academy of Building and Architecture of the USSR." - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

Why install a swing in your house? Just do what I do and use the swings out at the local playground. You get weird stares from parents and children, but hey. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

Sounds cordial. Leaving the place as a you found it. You aren't a nester are you? I hate it when nesters leave their nests behind. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

Hot. And that you are. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

Oh that's just wonderful. Let's try and get our five seconds of fame (infamy) and let the whole stinkin' world know. This moron is going to screw things up for everyone. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

Wasn't NPS, it was local law enforcement. No NPS land anywhere near here. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

I thought that part of the thinking behind it was that it would make the canopy a bit more responsive to toggle inputs because of the lower porosity of the fabric. Then again, the topskin usually only covers about the front 3rd or so of the canopy, so I wouldn't think toggle inputs would have an impact that far up. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

Hey, it's on the DZ, DZ rules apply then. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

ZP topskin is an option. None of my canopies have it. The idea behind the topskin is to get some of the performance characteristics of ZP while still having a primarily F-111 canopy. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

No beer rules in BASE. Not that it's refused when offered though. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

Yeah I heard about it. Saying the site is "hot" now would be an understatement. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

Yeah I heard about it. Saying the site is "hot" now would be an understatement. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

I have the new slider but haven't had a chance to put any on it yet. I hope to change that here in the next couple of weeks. My plan was to get some jumps in at RG, but work got in the way of me getting out there. I have put some jumps on it since I had the 5th line mod put on it though, so I can comment on that. Heading performance has been fantastic. I'm prone to throwing aerials and I've pitched in all manner of weird body positions and my headings have always been solid. The canopy flew and flared fine prior to the mod, but I really like the way it handles now. The canopy is much more responsive and has a very solid flare. Flying in half-brakes is fantastic. That said, Jimmy cautioned, and I would tend to agree with him, that the 5th line mod is more advanced and really not for people starting out. I'd also caution that if anyone does have a line mod conversion, realize that that changes the brake settings. I now use what was formerly my slider-up setting for my slider down jumps. Just my $0.02. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

Hook's was a shorter delay though wasn't it? Short-delay slider up jumps are just about the most dangerous jumps you can do. This one was terminal, big difference. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

The Houston crew has jumped a heckuva bunch of towers with all sorts of configurations and we've never had trouble finding a way to put ourselves off on the downwind side of an object. Jumping into the wind, unless it's so light as to be almost non-existent, is mind-bogglingly stupid. Not saying that's what happened here, just following up on some previous posts. In any event, yeah I agree that on a terminal tower it's pretty difficult to have an object strike if you track far enough out and pull low enough. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

Heh. The first thing that went through my mind was "Cool! Kiting on NPS Land!".

Yeah, pretty boring actually. Think I'll go back to bed. *yawn* - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

The storm pretty much missed Houston completely. I just went to check on my place in the Galleria area (which is where Rick & Joy were staying) and the worst damage I saw was an IHOP that had its shingles taken off. It was pretty boring actually. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

Omar and I are riding it out at a friend's house in Bellaire. You know, the one with 5 machine guns... including the belt-fed 30 caliber. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

Don't forget to take their cash. And 'Becca... you're more than welcome to hang with me and Omar at my place. I have guns & ammo. Not as much as a good buddy of mine though.... He has a Class 3 firearms dealer's license and has at least 5 fully automatic weapons... including one belt-fed. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

Yeah me. Work is pretty much expecting me to telecommute up until the storm hits. Like I'm going to do that... right. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

Welp, looks like it's just me and Omar then (and possibly Joy & Rick). More beer for us... - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon