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  11. 15 hours ago, skybytch said:

    We picked up a Nova 150 for the collection a few years back from an old friend. It's in great shape, probably because it didn't have many jumps on it when they were grounded.

    I know they were grounded because people died, but I don't remember the exact issues the canopy had. This is a long shot, but any old farts out remember anything about it?  Maybe jumped one back in the day (billvon?)?  

    Can someone remind me why this canopy should never be jumped again (other than the whole grounding thing)?  If it were jumped today, would a person be breaking any "rules"?  How about in an intentional cutaway rig?

    I'm know it's a stupid idea, but I'd really love to jump it even though it's probably way beyond me even at a 1.0 wingloading. It'd be one for the logbook, for sure! But the husband won't let me (smart man he is)... so I'd appreciate it if someone could tell me what I'm missing. ;)
     

    In 2012  I bought a Nova 120 (DOM 1992) on ebay. It was like new, probably 10 jumps on it when it was grounded and never jumped again. I did a few jumps with it without an issue. As far as I remember I gave it to Brian Vacher from PDFT afterwards.

     

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  12. Hooknswoop


    When you cutaway, you could end up sub-terminal, on your back, and spinning. Without full airspeed to fly in, recovering stability takes longer than at terminal (with the same body position).

    Having taught a lot of people to back fly in wind tunnels, people most often underestimate the power to turn their legs/feet have. They start to spin and tend to go with it, making it faster.

    This is one reason I am not in favor of RSL's, but I am in favor of most MARD's. Getting the reserve out of the freebag after cutting away and traveling the length of your reserve lines just isn't enough time to allow for problems. With just the reserve PC out, you could entangle with it. You could end up with line twists as you may still be rotating as you hit line stretch. But I think that I would have a fully functional reserve over my head sooner (with a MARD) than cutting away, getting stable, and deploying my reserve.

    Given that altitude awareness is more difficult with spinning line twists, high descent rates, high G forces, and the possibility of a high spin rate after cutting away, I use a Skyhook and don't try and fix spinning line twists. I just leave.

    If you look at any picture of spinning line twists, they all show the same thing; line twists and the risers are uneven.

    I fly a Valkyrie 84 (great openings), have magnetic riser covers (release evenly and before the canopy comes out of the bag), and a semi-stowless main D-bag (canopy comes out of the bag on heading every time), and I keep my hips even with the ground during deployment. All these things combine to prevent spinning line twists.

    Derek V



    I had a few spinning malfunctions where I did not get stable after cutting away (no RSL, velo, WL 2.5).
    I have video of one of the cutaways where I deploy on my back:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE4Hzrx8Q4U

    My personal reason for not getting stable first and then deploying the reserve is that I believe it could easily take about 2000ft to get stable first, (which in combination with a jump from an altitude of 3000-4000ft which I often do seems too much)
    To develop a habbit of getting stable first is something I don't want to become part of my reserve procedure.
    http://www.dropzone.com/safety/Gear_and_Equipment/Top_5_RSL_myths_18.html
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    I keep seeing the same arguments made against RSL's, over and over. Many of them are just myths, word-of-mouth anecdotal stories passed down for so long that their original meaning has gotten lost. I figured I would list them here:

    1. You should get stable before you open your reserve, and so you should disconnect your RSL.

    First off, you should _not_ be stable face-to-earth when you open your reserve. The Racer manual spells this out explicitly - you should be head-high if possible to ensure a cleaner reserve deployment. Fortunately, you are head high the instant you cut away from your main, and that is the point at which an RSL will open your reserve.

    Secondly, there are two universal truths in skydiving - you won't do it if you don't practice it, and you _will_ do what you trained to do. If you practice "cutting away and getting stable" you _will_ do that in the air, even if you someday cut away at 500 feet. If you do that, the only thing that will save your life will be your RSL.

    Finally, before you decide that it's a good idea to cut away and then get stable, I'd recommend you do an intentional cutaway from a rapidly spinning canopy and see how long it takes. (Hint - it does not take just a second or two.)

  15. I jumped there in 2006. The Tokyo Skydiving club is located at the Honda Airport about 2-3 hours outside of Tokyo (train and bus).
    One ticket (credit cards where not accepted, cash only) was about 60$.
    They had a Cessna 208 at that time which could carry 8 skydivers only, because seats had to be installed for some reason.
    There were tandem instructors from Europe, so you could speak english and also the national 4-way teams (which usually train in the US) spoke english.
    You had to apply for a temporary japanese parachute associations membership in advance (50$).

    It was in 2006, I had no smartphone and it was quite hard to make the way back to Tokyo, because in that area all bus timetables, etc. were in japanese language only, and most of the locals do not speak english at all.

    I was there because a friend got married to a japanese girl, and had let him do the paperwork in advance.

    If you need any help, let me know, I could ask my japanese speaking friend to call the dropzone for details.

  25. I was just about to make the payments when I had a little problem with the Picking-Up Agent of the PD Vengeance 120 ,Has i explained to you earlier that I am currently on sea and I am buying the PD Vengeance 120 for my dad,I tried to book a Pick-up with my shipping agent,But they asked me to Pay first before they can made the Booking, and they only Accept Western Union Money Transfer for their payment's and they don't accept PayPal or bank Transfer and I tried to send the Money Online but i could not and I am on sea and there is no way i can find a Western Union Agent to make the transfer to my Pick-up agent,So i wanted to ask if it was okay for me to include my Pick-up agent's fees in the payment's I am about to send through PayPal,my pick up agent charged is €210 plus Insurance and some other document for the pick-up,please can i include their money in the payments I want to send then after i have made the payments you will help me forward the €210 to my pick up agent through Western Union Money Transfer,this I would have done myself and not bother you but for the fact that I am currently on sea, so after I have made the payments you will help me send €210 to my pick up agent through western union money transfer,I just wanted to seek your consent before going ahead with the payments,I will more than appreciate if you mail me back, and I will be made the payments shortly......Awaiting your response soonest

    PS:the shipping company's Head quarters is in England and any pick up fees to be paid is sent to their head quarters by the payee, so the money for pick up will be sent to their head quarters in England through western union money transfer(this can be done from any post office) or you can do it online at www.westernunion.com

    Regards.