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I have to agree with Levin. The look on your face was hilarious. I was laughing in freefall! Much fun! I'll see if I can get a good frame grab from the video.
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Sorry...I should have said 'All the really cool people WITH THE EXCEPTION OF DAVE'......my mistake...thanks for catching it! Unfortunately the escape was only temporary...I spend most every Monday through Friday stuck in db hell...it's rough but at least it keeps me jumping on MOST weekends! Wednesday night is a definite go! See you there!
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Your what doesn't what unless it comes untucked on the plane? Are you saying the stow doesn't flap horribly against your neck unless it comes untucked? Into what are you tucking it? Probably so! I'll likely go with a Vector 3 for my next rig. 'Cause that's what all the really cool people at my dz have.
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Agreed.
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Hey Ted, I just watched The Cloud's Edge (again) the other day and noticed an exit that I want to try: 2-way head down exit from an Otter, both facing the tail with the guy in back (toward the front of the plane) holding onto the other guys rig. As they exit, the guy in front does a back flip up and over the other guy and grabs his rig so they end up on their heads in the same formation only now they've switched places. Looked pretty cool.
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I used to use one of the slider stows which Derek made however it started beating the bejesus out of my neck on headdown jumps once I began jumping with a tshirt & pants rather than full jumpsuit. So...now I just pull the slider down behind my head and, if I loosen my chest strap all the way, it stays quite well for me. Now my main concern is the latch on the back of my Half-Rak camera helmet. I've had the slider catch on that latch once or twice as I was looking around under canopy and I don't like the thought of it catching on that latch in the event I have to cut the main away. Has anyone else with a Half-Rak or Bat-Rak experienced the same? -Trey
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Now you're getting it!
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Stefan, I definitely see the point you're driving at now. I was wondering about this very thing as I responded to your previous post. I agree that air is subject to the same phenomena however, since air is significantly less viscous than water, the phenomena should be greatly reduced. It could certainly be a factor though. Good point...and food for thought. Thanks for the posts! Blue Skies and Long Safe Swoops, Trey
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Let's be clear here, folks. NO ONE is allowed to have an opinion which differs or even slightly varies from mine.
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Hey Brit! Damn...I was hoping I would beat you to 500! Looks like you're still about 10 jumps up on me. Better hurry because if I beat you to 500 I'll definitely have to make fun of you for letting me pass you up!
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In my opinion the person at fault is the person who originally went low and then, while still underneath the 'formation', changed speed rapidly to float up to the formation. One of the golden rules of freeflying is to never fly above or below a group of freeflyers (for fear of corking). If you float or sink out then get well clear (horizontally) from the formation and attempt to get back to the group. Blues, Trey
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Stefan, I'm a bit confused as to the point you're trying to make so I'll start off by saying that I agree with your math. It's the model upon which it's based with which I disagree. Your model assumes that on the windy day the wind is blowing 66% slower (relative to the ground) near the end of the hook than it was at the beginning of the hook. If that were the case then this would not be a normal high performance landing...it would be a bumpy unpredictable ride because the canopy isn't flying through a stable air mass. I believe you're talking more about turbulence than you are normal winds. In your original post you state the following: If you replaced the word wind with turbulence then I agree wholeheartedly and feel that your model proves this point well. However, if you're proposing that it's normal to experience a 66% difference in wind speed (relative to the ground) during a normal hook turn then I would have to disagree. I purposefully set up such that I'm not downwind of obstacles when making my hook (or carve) because I want fly through the cleanest most stable air mass possible. I'm quite sure that even on the windiest of days I've jumped I haven't experienced such a drastic change in wind speed during last 100 meters of descent (thankfully!). Blues, Trey
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You preclude the quoted material with: [ quote ] (minus the spaces) and conclude the quoted material with [ /quote ] (again minus the spaces). If you hit the FAQ button near the top of the page you'll see many neat little markup tricks that are available in the forums.
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Yup. It confused me too at first. He replied to the wrong post. The quote was from JDHILL's post.
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I'm curious to know what altitude you have your flatline set for. Do you think it might be more helpful to bump it up just a bit and use it as an alert that you'll SOON BE too low to cutaway from a bad parachute?
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I don't believe that's what he said. He said he could do better than 418 feet in a 40 mph wind meaning that, if he were willing to downwind it with a 40 mph tailwind he could beat the distance record. His point being that he's not willing to downwind it in a 40 mph tailwind for risk of injury. -Trey
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Well said. I've heard many people (some of them very experienced) claim that a canopy dives harder on windy days. When I ask why they believe this they usually say it's because, as you dive your canopy on a windy day (when landing into the wind), the high winds are hitting the topskin and are preventing it from coming out of the dive as quickly as it would on a no-wind day. In reality what I believe to be the cause of the PERCEPTION of the canopy diving harder on a high wind day is that the canopy doesn't generate forward GROUND speed (again when landing into the wind) until further along in the recovery arc than normal therefore from the pilot's perspective the canopy didn't actually come 'around the corner' until it was at a lower altitude than normal ergo...'it dove harder'. However, with respect to the path of the canopy THROUGH THE WIND it's the same as any other hook. Comments and corrections are more than welcome. -Trey
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Hmmm....that sounds tough.
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Outstanding! Thanks for sharing.
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I believe 3 seconds has been the minimum on other freefly stuff but I'm not positive. I believe that would depend on what record was being attempted. If we're just attempting a dz.com freefly record then I would think anything goes (good luck getting more than 3 sit flyers docked though! It aint easy.). If we're going for a dz.com head down record then obviously everyone would have to be on their heads.