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I have a Sony TRV 33 that I would like to mount in or on a helmet and wondered if anyone had any Ideas as to what is the best helmet for a beginner. I tried searching the forums but couldn't find anything. I'm not looking for this to be a serious Camera Flyer. Just a flight recorder nothing more. I don't want a ring sight or anything like that yet. Thanks Gly

Ok so I have searched the site for info but couldn't find it. so here is my questions I really want to get in to Wingsuits I just building jump numbers and doing tracking dives right now. I saw the Impact suit and wondered if that is something that I could jump now or is it considered a wing suit? I have been talking to people at perris but I haven't found anyone who knows about the impact suit. Any advice would be great. Thanks

for a pc the best program is AVID. It is what all the pro's use. you can go to avid.com and download "avid DV free" for free. It more or less runs just like a full avid. It is easy to learn and has a lot of fretures for a free platform. but if you want to spend some money or download from your fav torrent I would also recomend adobe premire.

There is a place up here in burbank called the rubber stamp store. you can have them custom make any design that you want. my wife is a teacher and every year she get two or three stamps made. and it is a good price all you have to do is bring them a black on white design the size that you want it and they can make it ( although they can resize it if you need). I think that they are on burbank blvd or magnolia blvd. on a side note I'm a USC grad. Film production. what school are you in?? and I also jump at perris.

ok So I'm looking at infinity, talon3, and wings. I'm thinking that I'm going to put a 190 in it. I want to know if you have any thought about these containers? also can wings even be made to hold a 190??? the wings in the only on that I haven't jumped yet but I have heard a lot of good things about. so what do you think?? Thanks Jason

Stop thinking about it and jump. call today and sign up for the class. so what if it's cold. if you want it that bad then do it. What is holding you back? don't say weather. not everyday is bad! I'm not trying to be mean. I'm just saying that if you really want to do it then do it. I think that too many people are afraid to try the things that they reall want to do.

Same here That help me alot in landing. I am not aloud to jump with anyone but coachs till I have my "A". so I have done a lot of solos. my favorite is to dive out and ball up and tumble for a 1000 feet then open stable. then it's back flip and barrel rolls till 6000 and pull high at 5000 so that I can play under canopy.. I just tried stalling, (scares the hell out of you the first time) I think that solo or not if you feel that you are learning something with what you are doing then there is a benefit.

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Hey all, I'm going to be going to the UK this summer and I would really like to be able to jump while I'm over there. I'm thinking that it would be really cool to the county from the air So where should I go?? I am going to be around london and Bath. I don't have my own rig yet ( Though I might by that time) so rental rigs would be great. I will have my A license by then, is there anything else that I need to jump??? any Ideas??? Thanks Jason

Damn! I never thought that I would start such a heated discussion. Well if it counts for anything. I did talk to an instructor and after seeing me jump thought that it would be a good idea for me to try. he said that it is very important for me to know the stall point of any chute that I'm flying and how to recognize a stall. the saber 2 210 that I was flying at full breaks wouldn't stall. so I wrapped the break lines up a little bit and tried again. (I was at 4500 feet trying this) it stalled. I paniced and raised me hands, saw the horizon above my tail. S**t my self and recovered. luckly no line twists or anything. but I could see how they could form.. As for where this thread has gone. I think that popsjumper makes a lot of good points. having seen many student jumps I think that it sometimes takes some longer to learn the basics. but it is something that I think students should experience because if it happens as a bad time and you have never felt that falling backwards feeling you will panic hardcore. Pops I think that your advice on talking to an instructor that can assess your canopy control abilities is spot on. I don' t think that there is one answer for all students. but for me.... I'll be practicing stalls very carefully till I don't panic at the feeling. Thanks everyone Jason

Thanks guys, I know that I am most likely getting ahead of myself. I guess I want to find out more about stalling because I don't know how the chute will react to a stall, so in turn it scares me a little. (insert tuff guy cover up here) it was the same way when I was learning to fly airplanes. stalls were very unnerving, till I did one and realized that when the wing stops flying it is manageable. I'm getting the Idea that it is simaler in parachuting. I am planing to take more advanced canopy control classes. so not to fret I am taking this advice as nothing more then advice I will talk to my instructors (today hopefully) and build a plan. I just want to learn this not to just play with it but so I feel safer under the canopy. and your experience is a great learning tool. Thanks again guys Jason

OK, so I search through the forums and found a little info but not the answers I want. so I thought that I would just ask you all. first things first, I intend to talk to my instructors about this but I would still like to get your answers. 1. is it safe to stall the chute? when I learned to fly airplanes we stalled the plane alot to learn what an approaching stall felt like. is it ok to stall the chute up high to learn? 2. I'm currently flying a saber 2 210 and I'm 175lbs + gear. How will this canopy stall? I've read that some bow in the middle others end cells colaspe. 3. how high would you recommend that I be to try stalling? I normally pull at around 5000. mostly because I like to play under canopy. should I plan to pull even higher? Thank in advance for the answers. -Jason

ok, I have tried to make head or tails of all the information here on what would be good beginner gear but I have no experance to base any thing on. If this is already posted somewhere please direct me to the link, I am about to start AFF. I have nothing in the way of gear right now. I would like to buy my own gear rather then rent. I would like some thing that I can handle and that can grow with me. I would like to have some good looking gear, but I would much rather have safe gear. so what would you all recomend? Thanks, J-

Billvon, I sorry to have offended. hate was too strong of a word. I am very very new to skydiving and reading your post seemed like a "stay out" sign.. quote: "and I have no interest in seeing lots more people join the sport" I respect the fact that you are a teacher, and you contribute so much to your sport. I just want to know will I be welcome to come play too. again my appologies, -j

any of the sonic programs are good. I use reelDVD and DVDit. they are both semi-professional level. and senarist it really good, but it is professional level that costs accordingly. but I have made many dvd's for release on reelDVD.

Billvon, so after reading your post do you hate skydiving now. because you really seem to.

After reading all of this it sounds like some of us really think that it is very dangerous yet still have thousands of jumps. I have one tandem jump. (Which I loved) I then decied that I'm going to learn how to skydive. See, best I figure, it's not any more risky then flying a small plane. I have been flying for two year. and if my wings fall off my plane then I'm in the same situation that I would be in if my "wing" doesn't deploy skydiving. it's all about preparation . Every time before I fly I check every surface of my plane to make sure that it isn't damaged. I spent my first 80 hours of flying training, learning to deal with emergency situations. and from what you are al saying it's about the same deal skydiving. hell, I think anyone that want to be good at someting is always trying to learn new things. People, I think, have the right to be scared. Man doesn't fly well on his own. but that doesn't keep us out of the sky.

A friend of mine was jumping out of a cessna and slipped. but instead of just falling he tried to hold on to the plane. it dislocated his shoulder. he told me that on the way down he was only able to make left turns and had a hell of a time flairing... -j

Hello all, OK First off let me say that I'm a total Noobie. I have 0 (yep 0) jumps. but I done bungy and such. I want to start into the real fun. that being said I would like some advice. I live in Los Angeles. I would like some Ideas of where I would go to do my first jump and training. I would like it to be close to LA, but I am a pilot, so going a little further is not out of the question. I have look at the reviews for Elisnor and Perris and think that these might be the best?? but I have no base of referance on what is good. you all seem to have a lot of knowledge. Please share some Thanks Jason