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    Johannesburg Skydiving Club
  • License
    Student
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    PASA
  • Number of Jumps
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  1. Word. Just learnt to pack, so next time im at the DZ that's my plan. I figure that as long as I know I'm opening high enough for EP's, I'll feel a LOT more comfortable. On another note, it's all about the money for me. I can't really afford too many jumps, so doing my own packjobs will at least help me get a couple extra jumps in... It's all about the money Looking forward to it!! Between the sadness and the smile, lies the flicker of the fire. You always said this never hurt you, I always said you were a liar.
  2. good plan, judging by other young divers i see they tend to want to downsize relatively early to something around a 190. If you have your own rig, you're gonna have to sell it first then buy a smaller one. Using your clubs rigs lets you get the required experience, without committing to something that is going to be too slow for what you will (probably) want as soon as it is safe for you to get. Between the sadness and the smile, lies the flicker of the fire. You always said this never hurt you, I always said you were a liar.
  3. I agree with the personal items comment. Personally I'm not in any kind of position experience wise to start making decisions about a harness or canopy or reserve. I know what the guys at my DZ are flying, but the only experience I have is with student rigs. Until such a time that I can begin to tell the subtle differences between the way canopies fly, I'm not even going to attempt to guess which rig is best suited for me. As mentioned before though, ask people at your DZ that can see the way you fly and have some experience in the matter. Also, I found it interesting when Tonto mentioned that some rigs dont fleefly well. Does that also mean that there are rigs that lend themselves more towards relative work? Or camera flying? Between the sadness and the smile, lies the flicker of the fire. You always said this never hurt you, I always said you were a liar.
  4. Hi, you'll soon be receiving a hearty "Welcome to the sky" It would be really great if you shared your experiences with us! Something that could also be really nice to do would be to keep an online logbook and share your thoughts and experiences from each jump with the rest of the world. I LOVE reading about other peoples skydiving experiences. Between the sadness and the smile, lies the flicker of the fire. You always said this never hurt you, I always said you were a liar.
  5. I was also a S/L student (so take the following with a bag of salt) and also had continous problems with a turn on pull. It got better though after I spent some ground time with one of the coaches who told me to alter my count by conciously taking almost two full seconds after wave-off for the pull. This helped because it relaxed me and forced me to think about something other than the pull (was concetrating on slowing the pull down) during the pull. This gave me the biggest turn-around (or lack thereof in this case ) and since then, I havent gone off heading much during wave-off or pull. Short version: My turns stopped after i started relaxing during pull-time. Between the sadness and the smile, lies the flicker of the fire. You always said this never hurt you, I always said you were a liar.
  6. No, he was off for about 5 months or so. But as I said, in total he had to redo about 5 or so jumps, then carry on from where he left off. Im new there though so only heard about it through the grapevine. Between the sadness and the smile, lies the flicker of the fire. You always said this never hurt you, I always said you were a liar.
  7. At my DZ if you havent jumped for more than 3 months (regardless of license level) you have to do a first jump course again, and depending on your progression through the course the CI may decide you can skip ahead and shorten the amount of jumps you have to do. We recently had someone who had their A license as well come back and he had to do 1 SL jump, 1 dummy rip, 1 10 second delay freefall and then redo his ISP. I assume he could also have substituted the SL jumps for a couple AFF jumps but if you're only doing 2 or 3 to get current it may work out cheaper to do the SL. EDIT: He didn't have to redo his entire ISP, only a few of the jumps to show proficiency. Between the sadness and the smile, lies the flicker of the fire. You always said this never hurt you, I always said you were a liar.
  8. The only editing I do is off of videos I get from the guys at my DZ who jump camera's so I typically don't have to burn DVD's for tandem passengers high on adrenaline. This means I get to take the videos home with me and spend a good few days editing them and making sure I get them looking the way I want them. That beind said, I think that when I start jumping camera I still wouldn't mind taking some extra time just to make sure I get it looking right. As far as the other guys at my DZ go, they generally edit off a normal computer as well, but it usually takes around 30 mins or so. Your setup sound very convenient and fast, but as you mentioned it still cost around $500. I suspect that the market for such a setup will be limited to camera jumpers who absolutely need any extra time they can get (camera guy for a serious 4-way team during training season etc). I'm not a hundred percent sure about this next bit, but I am fairly certain that you can get some cameras which have basic editing capabilities built in (mixing audio, speeding up etc) so if you get a reasonable advanced camera to do some of those functions you could possibly drop the extra mixer saving some money? Between the sadness and the smile, lies the flicker of the fire. You always said this never hurt you, I always said you were a liar.
  9. This might be a silly question but please bare with me... Why wouldn't you want image stabilisation in freefall? Surely that would be a prime time to test image stabilisation? Between the sadness and the smile, lies the flicker of the fire. You always said this never hurt you, I always said you were a liar.
  10. Do any of these bullet/lipstick cameras have any form of image stabalization? Or is there a way to connect an additional lipstick lens onto an existing, normal sized camera that has image stabalization, tuck that camera away and strap the lipstick lens to a helmet? Between the sadness and the smile, lies the flicker of the fire. You always said this never hurt you, I always said you were a liar.