Jazzthieve

I used the mamba for freefly. I had no problem doing sitfly but when I started practising head down the screen would pop open every time I tried a transition.

Take two minutes and think about what you just said.

Me too, it defenitly was worth the price. And that was at 11.000 ft whit a 2000 ft ASL elevation.

So 2 years in the sport, 100 jumps and you're telling us your a senior rigger (according to your profile).

I would say anywhere from 50 up to a 100 jumps.

I got over 200 jumps with a springo 140 loaded at about 1.3 and at that time I usually also came flying straight in. To my impression the springo had a very short flare range and very little bottom flare power so to me it wasn't the easiest canopy to land. A duration of 3 seconds to flare seems a bit too long, the best thing you can do is to discover your total flare range and use it as optimally as possibly. I usualy didn't have to run my landings, perhaps you're not flaring it completely.

Whatever you do- DO NOT make turns or spirals to get out of a cloud. Technically, I don't know anything about opening in clouds. But I heard this great advice, just recently, at a big-way I helped organize: If you open in a cloud - fly towards the sun. Make a turn to get headed towards the sun, but after that don't turn until you are out of them. If everyone does this they all have pretty much parallel trajectories until they pop out under the clouds. After you are out of a cloud, then you can clear your airspace and make turns when traffic permits it. Don't look for this to ever be in the SIM either because no USPA member has ever opened in a cloud and therefore never needs this advice. Most often cloud layers around opening altitudes are only 1000-2000 feet thick. . Very strange answer, never heard it before. You're profile says you're also from Belgium. This is certainly NOT the standard practice in Belgium. Usually everyone slowly spirals downwards, that way everyone stays in their own vertical plane. You're logic is fundamentally flawed because if you're realy in thick clouds you can't even see the sun...then what?

This thread is helpfull: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=3135180;#3135180 -Sorry, don't know how to make it a clicky.

This is a funny read, made my day

I'm confused here, so you say you pull at 2k?? Counting in some time before the pc actually pulls out the bag I would say you loose atleast 300 ft, ad 600 ft for your chute to fully inflate and you're in the saddle at around 1100 ft . Or do you mean you are under a fully inflated canopy around 2000 ft, in which case you probably pull alot higher then you have stated

One of the freefly compulsories in competition is a 2 way star! it is funny seeing great freeliers having trouble with that one? I'm having a bit of trouble with that one, even intermediate freeflyers have no trouble what so ever in handling a 2 way star.

So how's that test jump of yours going?

Being allowed to lean onto each other in a crowded plane is considered common courtesy where I jump. This is the only way to make each other comfortable on the crowded ride up. If you realy bothered by it say it to the person who's leaning onto you and don't be a pansy by complaining about it on the internet.

0-100 took me about 4 months I think. I started out April 2007 and had about 300 in april 2008. Probably will get 500 in a couple of weeks. Oh yeah, and I only jump at weekends, can you tell I'm a fanatic.

So does that happen often? Getting involved in shootouts?

I've just exchanged my cx7 after flying it head-up, now got a sony HC5.

I wouldn't say the sound of freefall is more intense or louder then on the videos. If you like a comparison, strap on a skiing/snowboarding helmet and put your head out of the window on the freeway doing about 90mph. If you have sesitive hearing, you can always use earplugs. It's not exactly very warm at 13.000 even in summertime but you don't notice it because you're falling thrue it so fast. I recently jumped a Bell UH 12 with no doors, it was 30 °C on the ground but it felt like 0°C at 10.000. People do jump in wintertime. Skydiving isn't bad for your skin. Skin is flexible, that's why it flaps in heavy winds. Oh yeah, it doesn't hurt also.

I'd consider this an abnormal occurance for any body type at any position. Yes, you should be worried, imagine having a premature opening in that position with that much space at the back.

I've seen hundreds of tandems, only once did I saw a tandem passenger who puked when he was under canopy. So it's very rare for people to loose it.

I have a question, is that rig you're wearing a custom fit cause on pic 2 it seems you're scooping up alot of air at the back.

A one legged plf, I'd like to see anyone try a good plf with just one leg.

Hoping to arrive there saturday afternoon.

My mistake, I misread. I thought he wanted to scuba dive it, not jumping it.

Don't go hijacking this thread please. This has nothing to do with shaking in freefall.

Poeple jumping like 84 sq canopies would get od wingloadings according to your calculation.