SethInMI

IBABP It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

Quien sabe? It does not appear that your calculations take into account the fact that as the jackpot increases, more people play, so the odds of multiple winners increase. This reduces the probability x payout value. But yes at some point, playing for large jackpots makes sense. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

In sundevil's defense, you didn't read the /his first post in the thread. Paraphrasing, he says, "I know that the statistics numbers are against me, and I don't recommend any newbs following my lead. In fact, I realize that I may have increased my odds of death in skydiving by removing my RSL, but I am doing it anyway." I have to respect that, he is not being hubristic, "it won't happen to me." argument. He is basically saying "I would rather die from my own failings than some freak gear error". Seth It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

Or to make it more clear, something like, "Skydiving is like sex: they are both an act you can do by yourself, but are much more fun with a friend." To the OP, you won't want to jump by yourself much after you start jumping with others. Like Glideangle said, you won't have a problem safely jumping a few weekends a month with small groups or solo. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

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It was probably mentioned up-thread, but one obvious non-equality for HD AAD activations is the AAD won't be in a burble, so it will fire higher, IIRC 250+ ft. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

Obviously Dave is perfectly capable of defending himself, but I will add that I find the whole "shut up and jump" attack to be weak sauce. Most of us have lots of free time during the week, and we choose to spend/waste it different ways. I would much rather Dave spend some of it here than watching Family Guy reruns or SportsCenter. I like Dave's long replies. He has strong opinions, but unlike other experienced jumpers with such opinions, he backs his up with some reasoning. You may disagree with it, but at least you have points to debate. In contrast, I find one-liner posts like "You're an idiot", or "Can I be on your ash dive" or "Let me know where you jump so I will never go there" to be less constructive. If you are going to shit on someone's life choices, at least be like Dave and give them some detailed/well reasoned thoughts on why. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

Of course not. I would affix it to my forearm in some way, and only play around with it on a high pull. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

I have had the idea before that if you had an android app, you could estimate windspeed and direction by flying in a slow circle. Like this: 1. push button on app to start 2. pull down 1 toggle to start slow turn 3. app waits a few sec logs heading and position 4. app monitors heading, detecting that it changes 180 then changes 180 back (a full circle) 5. app logs new position takes delta time to old position to come up with wind velocity vector. Or it could be a box: 1. push button on app to start 2. Fly at straight full flight until app says turn 3. turn about 90 deg 4. fly straight at full flight until app says turn 5 repeat 2x more 6 app uses differences between measured velocities on each leg to calculate wind velocity and canopy full flight airspeed at the same time. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

Thanks, Spot. It looks like a lot of work; I appreciate it. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

My wife watched "Forks over Knives" 13 months ago and has not had any meat since. I refuse to watch it, cause I like meat too much to give it up completely, but I like the fact that since the primary cook is now vegetarian, I eat a lot less meat than I used to. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

YOU'RE It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

Thanks Yuri, I never considered that. Even though Chris is shitting on your model, it makes sense. It was counter-intuitive until I thought about it, looked at your chart, and realized that even after an HD flyer has hit terminal, her body would still be along way from vertical, as the relative wind would still contain a strong horizontal component. Indeed, for the case in the chart, the body would never be completely vertical and only get "close" after about 1200m or so. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

I will 2nd what Doc said. I transitioned from a Sabre 2 170 to a Sabre 2 150 and then to my current Sabre 2 135 loaded at 1.45. I found the 170 to 150 transition to be bigger than the 150 to 135, but not by much, and it may be due to the fact that I had more jumps on the 150 than the 170 when I downsized, so that affected things. I did find the 135 to be quite a bit twitchier than the larger canopies with the brakes stowed, if it opened off heading it tended to keep turning longer. Seth It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

+1 The ONLY reason I am on Twitter is to get tweets from my single Cessna DZ that let me know if the plane is flying jumpers or not. IMHO twitter should be for passing word to experienced fun jumpers about DZ conditions and like Divalent said, occasional updates about upcoming events. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

I work in Holland, MI. Several co-workers went there and I am pretty familiar with it having attended its rival, Calvin, about 1/2 hr away. What do you want to know? Seth It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

How I read Quade's statement is that for him, even setting a personal 24hr jump record would not be worth the trouble, and I agree. My record is 17 self-packed jumps in one day (over about 16 hrs), and I was worn out by the end of it. Keeping jumping would have been a safely hazard, as my fingers were starting to cramp. I could easily see my tired-ass self falling asleep under canopy in the wee hours of the morning... Not having to pack I could jump a lot more, but I still would not want to try to go past 18 or so hours. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

Nice to see another cartoon! I am a little groggy and grumpy this morning after a long week of work too, 68 hours, so it is nice to get something to smile about. Two notes: 1. Yes, learn how to pack. I felt it took me forever to learn, and now the process feels so simple I can't imagine not knowing. In time, you will get there too. (I will say the packing process is a science, but getting the exact opening you want can feel like an art sometimes...). And think of the financial benefit, my 350 self packs have saved me like $2000. 2. AAD not ADD. (pet peeve). Seth It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

In a way you answered one of my questions, "was this for new units only or a retrofitable firmware change?". Sounds like it is available for older units. I bought mine in 2005 so the 8 year is due next year, maybe it will be available then. Seth It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

I tried to find some info on cypres.cc about this, and I downloaded the latest manual which does not have anything on it. Anyone have a manual? I'm just curious. Seth It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

from a quick search, looks like IMAX recommended FOVs range from 60 deg in the back of the theater to 120 deg if you are right in front of the screen. So 8K would be good. looks like digital IMAX now uses dual 2K projectors, so for most people, the picture is not quite as sharp as it could be. Not sure how that compares with 70mm film, I guess you would have to know grain size of the film? You probably know more about analog film resolution limits that I... It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

The human eye can resolve 1/60 of a degree (20/20 vision). What this means is for any display resolution, once you stand far enough away, you can't make out individual pixels. For example, the standard suggested field of view for movie watching is 40 degrees (THX). 40/(1/60) = 2400 pixels max. Doesn't matter what the distance or screen size is, if you are watching a movie on a screen that has more than 2400 pixels across, you are either "wasting" resolution or having to look around the screen more than is likely comfortable. So for movies anyway, I don't see a lot of benefit displaying at higher resolution than we do now, but like DSE alluded to, 4k and 8k are great for video games or other interactive displays where you may not want or need to take in the whole display at once. 4k gives a usable FOV of 68 degrees, and 8k gives a massive 136 degrees. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

That looks like a winner to me, or as the other poster said it may be a Prince, as they are basically the same plane with the Pembroke having a longer wing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percival_Pembroke It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

Without looking at this video, can you tell me what plane shows up at 1:33 mark? http://www.liveleak.com/ll_embed?f=aa98c131f749 Just curious. edit: (I mean, you have seen it already, because it is making the rounds, as it should because it is awesome). It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

I know you are just joking, but I case I was not clear, I am saying it would be a good exercise to find out the brakes stowed descent rate on one of your next jumps, then go through the trouble of calculating and practicing PLFs trying to work up to a height that gave you an equivalent landing impact. Practicing flaring and flying with one hand would be excellent too, especially if your practice PLFs convinced you landing your canopy stowed was going to break parts of you. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".