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  1. The PDR is proven over approx. 15 years. There are many deployments that were outside of the design envelope in that time (overspeed, overweight) that we never heard about because the reserve is good enough to allow the jumper to survive mistakes. The PDR also has good flight characteristics.

    The Smart is new. All the testing in the world won't show what happens in the real world. There is likely nothing wrong with the Smart, but wouldn't it suck to be the one who discovers a problem (by dying), just to save a few bucks, or to be able to say you have newer technology? Just remember, people used to say the Ravens were good, until they started blowing up.

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    what is it with men and quoting movies..It's amazing how many movie quotes apply to everyday life... really it is.




    When you have quotes like "I can't think of a single movie that couldn't be improved by a lesbian sex scene", how can you not quote them?

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    I'm sorry to say that all of the accusations and all of the disgusting comments about Jimmy, my boyfirend who I loved and my best friend and pretty much little sister...Clair, the people who I stood up for and defended....were true. The 16 year old "death camper" is now dating my 33 year old x-boyfriend...this is the most disgusting and dissapointing display that I have ever seen and I am the person who has loved and been there for both of them more than anyone...and apparently the one who has been used. Take it as you will, but I guess this goes to show what kind of people they are and what kind of a person would teach an 16 year old kid to BASE jump...and I actually thought that we were doing something to help to make the sport grow~ what a trusting fool I've been...these are not the kind of people I would trust my life with ever again...but we all get to make our own decisions...

    all of my previous posts have been to stand up for Jimmy and for what I believed to be the truth...now I want the truth to be known.




    When the majority say the same type of thing about a person, rarely are they not true.

  10. One thing not mentioned, that should be checked out is how the canopy reacts to rear riser inputs with the brakes set. Some canopies will oversteer in that configuration, and you should know what you are getting into.

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    Going from a Safire 175 with Vectran to a Nitron 170 with HMA was a H U G E increase in performance for me with only a 5ft² difference in canopy size.



    If I'm not mistaken. Precision measures their canopies differntly than Icarus/PD, so you are dealing with a much larger size difference than you think. Try comparing the Nitron 170 with a Safire2 160 and see if you still think the same.

    If I am wrong with the measuring system, I'm sure someone will stand up to tell me:o

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    According then to your logic, if I were to deploy a paraglider from freefall, and it opened fine, and then I had an accident on landing, you would call it a skydiving accident, even though the skydiving portion of the jump went well? It would be paragliding accident, as the skills needed to safely complete that protion of the jump would be exclusive to paragliding.
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    We will just have to agree to disagree. To me, skydiving involves jumping from aircraft. Paragliding is ground launching using thermals. Arguing over the internet is like the special olympics.

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    my wuffo travelling companion has so graciously agreed to spend one day of our week vacation at a dz



    My vote would definately be for perris with that information. The whuffo could spend time in the bar, go for a swim i n the pool, or do a couple minutes in the tunnel. They can't do those things at Elsinore because the facilities are only at Peris.

  18. The poll results don't reflect reality. Perris, for better or worse, is a busier dropzone, with more jumpers. Like others have said, it can be intimidating at first, but it really does have everything you want.

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    I disagree. I've bought my Pro-track about #31. I had a total mal right after that, so I've heard the siren.



    So by that, you are saying you would have had an AAD fire or bounced, because you are not altitude aware without a toy. What if the batteries died during that jump? That is device dependecy, and exactly why most experienced people recommend more jumps without an audible after AFF.

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    Hmmm that's a bad week for me to miss class... Any 3-5 day classes?



    So you want a rigger ticket, but you aren't willing to do things properly and not rush. I fear for your customers.

    You will need to do 20 pack jobs with a lot of crawling around. That alone will probably take 4-5 days. Plus sewing, other secret knowledge;), and testing takes time. Unless you already have the pack jobs, but then you wouldn't need the course.

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    Define skydiver. Minimum number of jmps or time in sport?
    I think with a 500 jump minimum the percentage would be 10-20%



    A skydiver is anyone who has made one jump or more.

    There is no reason to put a 500-jump minimum on it. I would just limit the question to people who have steel/titanium inserts due to skydiving injuries, and not from other types of injuries.

    And there is no way that 10 to 20% of jumpers with over 500 jumps have steel in them. You must be jumping with a bunch of reckless crazy people... ;)



    I wouldn't expect a high percentage of people with only 1 jump to have broken bones from skydiving.

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    How about getting rigs that fit us teeny, tiny, SUPER short (borderline midget) people?

    When I used rental gear you could probably fit an elephant between the space left between my body and the rig when I arched. Oh yes, did I mention that after tightening the leg straps there is so much excess that it won't even fit in the stow pockets? I basically needed an entire box of rubber bands to stow the excess. :S[:/]

    That's actually very dangerous. More than one petite person has fallen out of the back of the harness due to that very scenario.:o



    I call BS. Can you give links to fatality reports? I know of a couple people falling out of harnesses, but due to chest straps not being routed correctly. Also, there was a suicide, plus the disabled tandem, but I don't know of a single incident involving a poor fit rig.