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P.S. I am interested in being part of a monthly or twice-monthly intermediate fun 4-way tunnel team for tunnel trip to rack up my tunnel hours in 2009, I'd like to do 15 hours of 4-ways in the tunnel during 2009 if there are enough 4-way buddies to do it with! Such as Thursday evenings, half an hour twice a month. Please see if you can collect rosters of interested tunnel flyers. (I have 4-way tunnel experience with members of Team Evolution as coaches)
P.P.S. The jumpers at Skydive Gananoque were definitely excited about the prospect of a wind tunnel being built nearby within our borders!
Mark Buddy, I am in for sure! Sucks that i moved from Montreal, but hey its only 4 hrs if i speed!Downsizing is not the way to prove your manhood. -
Steve, Angus and I will take you up for some CREW, or learn how to swoop (gradually) with a 170. You can totally swoop a 170 by the way, making it a real fun ride.
I totaly agree with TELEK on how to approach this. I have said all the bad things that can happen to you, coming from a guy who spent TWO YEARS in a wheelchair, and can't stand still due to all the plates, screws, etc now i will offer to take you up and do some fun canopy related jumps, hell to show you how serious I am I will PAY for a few of your jumps, as long as they are on a safer canopy.Downsizing is not the way to prove your manhood. -
QuoteQuoteI think by posting this and by simply reading this thread you have acquired the balls and knowledge to borrow my Xaos 83 which I bought because it was cheaper to buy it than having to spend the money relining my Crossfire2 99, ha ha ha
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Ever think his retarded downsizing may have something to do with the fucktards he surrounds himself with? If your profile is correct you have 500 jumps yet your jumping a Xaos 83. Fucking brilliant.......................
Just for the record, Freak is a very samll guy. It might be a small canopy but his WL is not that high.
I forgot to add, Freak is a very sarcastic guy, he would never let steve jump that canopy.
Steve is surrounded by two types; the old jumpers, a couple of thousand jump, have seen it all, etc. they all say this is a bad idea. then he has the young swoopers, even after one pilled into the ground fairly recently it did not give pause for though (that was equipment failure)
Steve I know your mentor has a few tousand jumps, but he still has many less the fuzzy or Steve S, listen to the real experience.Downsizing is not the way to prove your manhood.
Either way it ruins jumping for others at the DZ as they have to stop operations after a fatality until the investigation is completed.Downsizing is not the way to prove your manhood.
QuoteAs a DZO I would not allow you to be so naive and ignorant to the advice of others (I hope including your DZO or club president), your DZO or any other place you try to jump should take the same stance and not allow you to jump that canopy. This is not meant to be an attack on you personally, but you just don't get what the dangers are and what your impending incident/death will do to you, your family and friends, your DZ and the sport in general.
unfortunately in this case it is a legal issue that the DZO can't ground him (I have not consulted the DZO but I know the law) as there were a few others who seriously injured themselves flying in a similar fashion the DZO would open himself up to civil suits from the previously injured jumpers as denying steve the right to jump is an acknowledgement of responsibility for DZO that all there actions are and were incredibly un-safe. All the DZ can do is ensure that they are legally covered by a good waiver for when he does bounce.
(Our legal system sucks as you can't stop someone from trying to commit suicide, even if they do something stupid just because others tell them not to and they are rebelling or to fit in with the swoopers)
For Steve, Talk to me off line as I know an insurance carrier that covers skydiving, if you are going to bounce, at least be covered and make life easier on those who you leave behind.Downsizing is not the way to prove your manhood.
QuoteI have been getting a lot of wise cracks on how high I pull with tandems. I really don't give two squirts of piss about the wise cracks however it makes me wonder if I am doing things way out of the norm. Taking a sport rig to the mins is one thing but under a tandem I would like a little extra time to deal with any bullshit that comes my way to keep me and my passenger safe.
My normal pull sequence starts at 6500'-6000' I look at the camera man and hold up my hand and start the countdown. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 pull (Depending how fast I count, I am around 5200' at pull time)
I'm under a canopy by 4500'-4000'
By the time I check traffic do a canopy control check, stow drogue release handle, practice a couple of landings with student I am around 3000'. I play under canopy until 1500' then set up for landing. Currently I have no desire to change the way I deploy the main unless someone has a compeling arguement .
Where do you pull on a normal day???
We pull the same as you do. Its always better to have a bit more time. Tandems wont notice the difference between 13,500 to 6,000 and 13,500 to 5,000.Downsizing is not the way to prove your manhood.
QuoteQuoteCheck out the CSPA web site, you need a C CoP minimum to fly camera WITH A TANDEM. You can fly before that, just not with tandems.
Chris:
a) While that is interesting about the web site, how the heck is that supposed to be official if it isn't in the PIMs? (And where do I find that info? I can't find it.)
b) For years the requirement was a C CoP to fly any sort of video. In the latest 2008 PIM 1, they actually changed it to a B CoP. Incredible, they actually made something easier instead of harder to do. This was where I was in error; I hadn't realized they had relaxed the restrictions.
Hey Pete,
The problem is that the PIM's say "should". the C PIM states the recommendations on page 35. Unfortunately they are recommendations.
I am looking for the paperwork side of the house as I know that a DZO has to apply, in writing, to allow someone who does not have a C to film tandems.
I'll find the reference for you, if I cant find it I know that Joe has copies at his DZ.Downsizing is not the way to prove your manhood.
QuoteIn Canada we have no BSR saying you need 500 jumps to fly video near a TM.reply]
Check out the CSPA web site, you need a C CoP minimum to fly camera WITH A TANDEM. You can fly before that, just not with tandems.
The only exception to that rule is if the DZO has special written permission from CSPA.Downsizing is not the way to prove your manhood.
QuoteQuoteI have thought about doing the radio thing, but the fear of being laughed at has stopped me. I mean seriously, I should not be having these issues any longer. If I could only fly a canopy the way I fly my body, things would be great....
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My theory on that is that its better to have them laugh and fix the issue, then break a leg and then be laughed at.
Surprisingly few people will laugh at you trying to be safe.Downsizing is not the way to prove your manhood.
If its that much of an issue, perhaps your DZ would be willing to do radio work under canopy.
Maybe get some video to see your landings. If you can see where the issues are a coach can help out.
Other then that, when you land, do you look straight down? Most people tend to flare too late because they look straight down. As you approach the ground, around 50ft or less, look out at approx a 45 - 60 degree angle. This helps you to get more of a perspective on where the ground actually is.Downsizing is not the way to prove your manhood.
QuoteQuoteUS $13 to 13K (Lodi)
Most other places > $20US
(I hear Perris is at least $27 to 12.5k)
Part of me wishes that people would stop bringing up Lodi. Everyone knows its stupid cheap there and every time it shows up, it makes people feel even shittier about the prices they have to pay at home.
Like the people at Lodi want to stick it to everyone else and show how much "better" they are. Just frustrating.
I'll counter that: We pay $35 for 13,500Ft, now you are making me feel bad about $20-$23/JumpDownsizing is not the way to prove your manhood.
Here's one another Camera guy took of one of my exits with a tandem.Downsizing is not the way to prove your manhood.
QuoteI had 2 mals in almost 100 jumps so I'm no better off. First one dual brake fire on a student rig and second lineover that I packed - never really figured out why - soon as I saw it I said eff this not fixable let's see how good my reserve packjob is...
-Michael
I am in the same boat, back luck.
I packed one mal myself (line over, because I was lazy. the rest were jumps that other packed for me. In my first 200 jumps I had two line overs (bow ties) and an amzing canopy explosion (opening was so hard i bruised my neck with my chin, canopy split in half between the second and thrid cell on the left hand side.)
All I can say is practice your emergency procedures on the ground, if they are not instinctive, you risk waisting valuable time in the air. My first was scary low for a chop, I was not ready, after that I spent a lot of time on the ground revieing until it was muscle memory, now the drills are all calm, clean and in control.Downsizing is not the way to prove your manhood.
In my lastest article in the CanPara Magazine I cited the wrong Photographer for the picture. I had mixed up who took which picture.
I would like to apologize and credit Dave Hatherly for the photo's.
Please PM me with any comments.Downsizing is not the way to prove your manhood.
True, the camera intergrated flash is fine by most pilots, the add on flash usually has a lot more power and can cause a blinding flash for the pilot.Downsizing is not the way to prove your manhood.
What are your opinions about mounting a flash on your helmet?
I have discovered that it is great during sunset loads as you get the fire of the setting sun in the background yet a very clear picture of the passenger.
Even during the day it helps to fill in the shadows under the nose and eyes when the sun is overhead as opposed to behind you.
Only issue: in the plane dont use a flash, pilots dont like that.Downsizing is not the way to prove your manhood.
QuoteQuoteQuoteI was reading another thread and noticed someone say they "purposely induced a flat spin so they could learn how to recover."
Is it possible that the other thread was discussing "flat turns" and not flat spins?
There's a thread in incidents in which the value of practicing flat turns is being discussed.
Thank you for all the replies. The thread I was reading is [http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=3241497;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread]
Post #27 where the guy said he has done flat spins so he can get experience with them in case he finds himself in one unintentionally.
The member is question has more then the 35 jumps listed on his profile, he just has not updated the file.
He was refering to a flat spin while flying a wing suit. This is a very real problem as they can be induced quite quickly, depending on the suit you fly.
Prior to any wingsuit jumps, find a qualified instructor.Downsizing is not the way to prove your manhood.
Probably Micheal from Nouvel Air, a DZO who has been jumping full time for 25 years, has been doing tandem and PFF forever, either that or a TI from Lodi, those guys do a TON of tandems.Downsizing is not the way to prove your manhood.
How would you deal with a coky jumper?
I have to students who think they know everything, one I have already reccomended be ground as he did a hook turn to land, with 36 jumps under his belt.
The other one i have hope for but it raises the issue,
I have seen everything from the scare tactic to the passive approach (although that one i do not recommend)Downsizing is not the way to prove your manhood.
I would have done the same as you. If your under a good mai, why cut it away? by the sounds of it the freebag was flying but the reserve had not come out (2 out situation) If you were flying normally, just catching a bit of air on the free bag and reserve pilot chute, stowing it all away, I think, would be a better option the cutting away.
Who knows if the reserve was not fully deployed, maybe it would not deploy.
what altitude did you deploy at? / were open at?Downsizing is not the way to prove your manhood.
QuoteNo, my post is consistent with someone who is a human being. We all make mistakes, they just get a lot more costly when you're skydiving.
Case in point, I personally know someone who, with over 5 times as many jumps as your profile says you have, boarded a jump plane without a rig because he was so fatigued at the end of a long day of jumping that he forgot it. Does that make him less experienced than you because he "didn't learn it early on?"
Your opinon is worth to me exactly what I paid for it. IMHO of course.
You may have many jumps, who knows? But this paragraph is sounding a lot like a freind of mine who burnt in shortly thereafter. Its one thing to be confident in your abilities, but what happened if you did jump the suit how it was routed? Would it put you into a flat spin? could you recover? Maybe you can but i have seen it go badly and a double mal due to body position is not pretty.
Just because someone else who was experienced made a mistake should be a lesson learnt, not a justification.
My point point is this: Learn from this, not just you but others who read the thread, if you are that tired, is the one jump worth it? might as well take a nap then get to it, the sky will always be there.
Thanks for posting as this highlights a large safety issue.
Fly Safe.Downsizing is not the way to prove your manhood.
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Question: Is it advisable to wrap the toggle lines around your hand to get a stronger flare?
The short answer is no. Until you have the experience under canopy you do not want to induce a stall for any reason. A canopy collapse at 3 feet will hurt if you flare too deeply on final. If you mis-calculate and flare to high, you can fall from 30-50 feet and kill yourself.
Student canopies are designed not to hit the stall point in order to avoid this situation.
If you are unsure of your landing speed, flare like you normally do and PLF. the landing are all about getting used to your equipment and its flare characteristics.Downsizing is not the way to prove your manhood.
It is happening both in burst and single shot modes.
In each case, the camera looks like its doing everything its suppost to, then you look at the CF card and its missing shots.Downsizing is not the way to prove your manhood.
Thanks for the answers so far,
I have tried several CF cards and they all do the same thing, even after emptying the cue files and formatting the cards.Downsizing is not the way to prove your manhood.
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Otter Door Flesh Shredder
in Safety and Training
The group opened the door but had not pulled it high enough to be above the inside door.
Others were doing dive out exits. It was my turn to climb out and i could not grab the bar as the door was in the way. So I stopped and lifted the door all the way up, and almost got pushed out the door!
Although spacing is suppost to be important as guys need to give you a few seconds I guess the momentum keeps people a little too excited.
the key to learn on this is simple: Always lift the door all the way, even if you are diving out, others behind you will likely use the bar. Be curtious.