Chris_K

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.

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.

Here are two that I took this past weekend, In one the passenger has an awesome expression. The other is an exit shot that resulted in an amazing tumble as the passenger curled into a ball on exit. Downsizing is not the way to prove your manhood.

Does anyone know what would cause a camera to randomly take pictures? I have a canon 10D that I use and its currently only taking about 80 percent of the pictures it should. I press the tongue switch, the camera goes throught the whole action of taking the picture, including the red light flash as its being processed on the CF Card. When i go to check the pictures, i'll be missing a few, not a block such as the interview portion or the free fall portion, but rather some of each. It will not have processed a few on the ground, a few in the plane, a few in FF, and a few of the landings. Any ideas? Downsizing is not the way to prove your manhood.

I am also a flat flyer, broke myself a few years ago and cant bend my hip very well. What I learned is to modify my arch. Instead of doing the classic lying on the ground and raising your legs and arch to practice an arch, try the following: standing up at first, roll your hips forward as far as possible (push out your hips) once you have gone as far as possible, stick out you gut (if you have one) this will give your torso more of a ball shap on the front. once you can do that with your torso, add your arms and sweep them back while raised above your head, make sure to look at the ceiling. Its a lot easier to explain in person but I basically arch with my stomach (its not huge as I am skinny), add to the arch with my arms and legs, but my hips are flat. If you want further help, PM me with a picture of your arch and we can work on it. Cheers. Downsizing is not the way to prove your manhood.

Thanks but i fail to see the post you are talking about, what is the title? I tried running a search but all the threads it pulled up did not answer my question. Cheers Downsizing is not the way to prove your manhood.

Does anyone know of a system that acts like a cam eye but can plug into the new HD Camcorders? As the LANC port is no longer developed on modern camcorders its a problem since I can only find indicators that use a LANC port. Cheers. Downsizing is not the way to prove your manhood.

The mamba is a nice helmet but i would recommend an oxygen instead. These days you can buy a used one for $150, if you shop around a bit (e-bay, dropzone.com classifieds, etc) Why pay for new? worst case you replace the visor for $25. Save the money for more jumps. Downsizing is not the way to prove your manhood.

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Hi, i just moved to toronto and I am trying to find other jumpers from the area. Looking to get a four way team together this summer. Blue skies. Downsizing is not the way to prove your manhood.

This is actually un-true, neagtive G's effect the body a lot more. Your average fighter pilot can stay consioud through 5 G's. But 2 -G's would render them unconsious. Either way it would be the impact that kills you, the G force does not matter. The body is more or less contained as the grass or filed acts as a bit of a sponge. hitting on pavement has more direct impact as there is no re-direction of energy. Hope this help, but do yourself a favour and Buy an AAD. Downsizing is not the way to prove your manhood.

A lot of your fall rate has to do with the way you fly. I am a 200 Lb guy and jump with everyone ranging from 120 Lbs to 250 Lbs. Waht you need to focus on is how tight or loose you fly. You can see in our video's when i fly with the big boys, I seem to be folded under myself to drop at 140 MPH. on the flip side I fly like i am spreading out on a bed as much as possible whn I fly with a few of the very small women at the DZ. The suit does help to control your fall rate, but flying the bubble is just the start of slowing down. once you have mazed out how much air you can cup, stretch out you body and keep cupping the air. Someone who is proficient at this can fly from 110 MPH to 140MPH (sometimes an even broader range) Try flying tighter or looser in a tunnel to see the difference on video after the fact, Its a great help. On the note of the suit though, if it is just way to big or its a suction cup it will detract from your flying abilities. cheers Downsizing is not the way to prove your manhood.

I have gone to several camera stores to date. None of them have any idea of which connection a bite switch uses on a Digital Still camera. Do you know which models are compatible with a 2.5mm plug (Or the old, small plugs) or at least the name of the port that it plugs into? Failing that, is it possible to soder the bite switch onto the camera? Cheers. Downsizing is not the way to prove your manhood.

The location is amazing, just 15 minutes from downtown Ottawa and Gatineau/Hull. When i first arrived the people were quite friendly, one of the regular jumpers gave us a tour of the facilities, the LZ, etc. After a quick manifest, we were in the air. The aircraft clibs quickly for a cessna. The view of the Ottawa river and downtown Ottawa is cool. The jump step is nice and wide. lots of open area to land in if you get in trouble. Over all a good place to jump.

My experience of the ranch started off as a negative one. As a result of my rigger not filling in the reserve pack date, I had to rent a rig from the pro-shop. No big deal. However, when I went into the pro-shop, they could not do a re-pack, then the woman who was trying to help us was not very knowledgeble on what was required. Once the guy showed up we got our rigs and were on our way. The jumping is cheap at $20 a jump, that rocked. Sitting on the floor is a bit uncomfortable versus the side bench system in most otters. The russian were good at giving out pointers and doing a few jumps with. Overall on our first day we were ignored by the locals so we just did our thing. On saturday evening the place was deserted by the time we got back from supper, ah well, we had brought a few cases. Sunday was a different story. Once people realized we were there for a few days, they warmed up. On the group we started swapping stories while re-packing and waiting for loads. Some more people came in from NY City and we went to do a nice 10-way. Overall, even with all the mud from the pooled water (it had rained afew days before) It was a good experience and I plan on going back as, even with all the driving, it is a good enough price to more then compensate for it. Once the new hanger is finished the facilities will be large and very nice. Blue skies.