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I am correct in thinking that my altimeter won't read correctly in a pressurised cabin of a passenger jet right?

Question from a whuffo today I'd like to put to the committee. "You forget to cock you Pc and on going it you notice it flapping above you and now inlfating enough to yank your pin out.... Or the Pc is cocked but the pin jams and the same thing happens, the Pc is floating around at the end the bridal... So if you cut away and deploy reserve the question is therefore obvious, what are the chances of the pc and bridal causing entanglement and/or the reserve knocking the main out at the same time and again, causing entanglement. Answers on a post card please

not one for a no wind day then

Interesting... I too have been planning to use my rears more. Will give it some testing up high based on these comments and progress to a landing. I must say, if i was confident on rears then chopping due to a snapped brake line would be a little OTT. Good canopy + can land safely = no chop right.

Excellent, yes very informative!

haha agreed. You could always pm

Screw sliding off the side into the props!!!

Another ground launching Q Please if anyone has any experience answer the following questions in a technical manner rather than something like "go and get professional coaching". 1. The question is when you see people ground launching some use only their rear risers and other use their brakes / toggles. Is this just dependent on the size of hill and how much time they have. I.e. if they don't have enugh time to get onto the their brakes then they simply don't and stay with their rears? 2. The 2nd part of this Q is getting the canopy off the ground. In vids, especially during low wind, people using the front risers to bring the canopy off the ground and spreading the risers as far apart as possible. I can understand using the fronts to raise the canopy but what is the advantage of spreading the risers when launching and /or swooping which i've noticed also. ---- Again please don't assume with 28 jumps i'm going to launch myself off a hill... I'm not. I'm just purely curious as to the technical aspects in my questions relating to canopy control.

It seems that lots of people learn to ground launch on large sand dude (for obvious reasons). Anyway the point is illustrated well in Brain's video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=fp-V8CFIiys My question to people that have some experience here, will the sand screw up your good rig or is it just a case of getting out there and cleaning it all up afterwards? If not i suppose the people in the video are using old rigs they don't mind get mucky and sandy right? Thanks

Thanks great advice

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I'm in France at the moment Skiing and saw someone bomb down the hill on a sqaure canopy. Not paragliding. Its called speed flying apparently: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u156J537Eow Anyway seeing that it was a sqaure canopy i was wondering whether this is just an extension of Ground Launching but made slightly easier by the speed you can get on skis and the open slopes of many ski areas. Could, would or has anyone ever done this on their skydiving rig?

Youtube version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP1bqP7jldc Maybe we should give this paragliding lark a go

Something a Non sky diver asked me today and although I was pretty sure of the answer I didnt know if it was impossible... Can you get enough speed from your canopy to actually then pull full brakes to invert so your above your main and/or go completly around or fall down into your main?

If this forum wasn't here to discuss questions that they either didn't teach you at the dz or you're not at the dz to ask them, what exactly is the point of this forum? With your experience i think you should know that not every dz is different and not every instructor has the same knowledge. I've been taught stuff at different Dz's that directly contradicts each other. Thanks to everyone else for the advice.

Ok this is a hypothetical situation so no need to say something derogatory. If for example you were at only 1000ft and the plane was in trouble. And you had to get out. Would you and could you go straight for your reserve? Surely it would open quicker and more reliably that your main. Is there a problem with doing this whilst your main is still tucked away?

I know this is a repeat thread but i thought i'd revisit it. I'm going abroad to jump in France from the UK soon. What should i be aware of? Is it best to pack the rig as main hold luggage than hand luggage? Does it need to be declared properly? Are there extra charges etc?

urr well thats what my kit log says. Its due for a repack in jan so i'll check it out. Havent seen it yet.

Just wondering if there is a maximum time that anyone would leave their main packed up for? I havent been jumping for about 4 weeks and my rig is still packed up from last time. Would anyone here re-pack their main if left for a certain amount of time or does it not matter? Tim

Any Riggers live in Liverpool, UK that do reserve re-packs per chance? Cheers Tim

Is this possible? Go to this link and then click the TV add in the top right. Watch the commercial and then consider if that formation is possible? It goes from a 2 way,,,to a 3 way, then a 4 way and finally a 6 i think. http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/services/uk/myfaves/?ref=newhome_myfaves Whats everyones thoughts?

I'm sure i would like i but i'm just curious about maximising the potential of my current gear

So you actually freefall with them still there. Is that a good idea?

I know this topic has come up before but i thought i re-visit it. After 3 jumps in one day i get ringing in my ears for a few days. Really annoying and not suppirising considering the noise levels of skydiving and the plane. Anyway i remember someone suggesting there were ear plugs that have small holes in the centre that allow a good level of noise reduction + the ability to let your ears adjust to pressure easily. Anyone heard of these or is a DIY job to normal ear plugs? Tim

If i found a hill like here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwdLOUg9-7M One with a good slope and clear from obstacles. Would be a good place to ground launch my canopy for someone who is just used to handling it from the usual 3.5k opening. I feel comfortable with my canopy and confident but just wondering what other advice people had. I'm about 60kg on a fair docile F111 170sqf. I assume a nice steady 10mph headwind would help when running down the hill trying to get airborne?