devin2477

So what would you tell a Static line student?! Oh nevermind the USPA, you need 32 jumps to get your license. lol. Thats non-sense. A jump is a jump and counts towards your license.

It seems like they rush decisions though before even thinking. 99% of the time, if they performed their control checks, it would eliminate the " i wasnt sure" part. Instead they look up and see a slider down or the wrong colored parachute and immediately think "oh this might not be right" and chop it. When instead, if they did their control checks, they would know its a good parachute.

Yea, Ive heard that a few times also. That seems to be the culture these days with new students. "I wasnt sure, so i chopped it". I dont know if i agree with this logic or not.

Yes it was the back riser.

This one could have ended up pretty bad. A couple years ago a girl was doing an AFF jump. Upon opening, here slink separated from her riser. The only think keeping them together was her stowed brake line. She had no idea anything was wrong, and landed it somehow uneventful. Her explanation when she got down was that the "black flappy thing"(her riser), didnt seem right but she just landed it anyway!

Oh I agree completely. There is a big crowd here though that think that anyone that progresses faster than they did thinks they are special and a natural and they dish it out all the time in a very negative and downright mean way so much as to negate any meaningful advice they may have. Perhaps the people that dish it so much thought they were above average and are resentful. Perhaps not. It is more than trying to help or they would change their methods. Most of the people I have seen that thought they were above average talent actually were. People that are overly cocky and arrogant about their misconceptions of how talented they are do not feel the need to be coming on dz.com asking strangers about canopy choices. I think there is some validity to what many say even though there delivery defeats their point and push people the other way, but I also think the people that are asking on here are for the most part not as conceited as the canopy nazi's make them out to be. Because most of who they imply they are would not even care what some strangers thought and would deal with it at there local dz instead. I won't get into specifics but the DZO's where I learned where a couple and had around 18000 jumps when I started. Both but especially one was very safety oriented. If I were dumb enough to come on here my first year and tell the truth about my experience level asking questions about canopies I would have been called every name in the book and as a result would have thrown any useful info right out the window. Every one wants to defend the content of what they say but there is a reason some are great instructors. Many have good constructive content. Few can deliver it properly. Sometimes those who are accusing others of having an ego problem actually are the ones with either ego problems or broken egos themselves. I just expected you to get reamed is all I meant. That said I do find it odd that you made your first jump on that canopy and do not understand why. Not on a first jump. No one including you know what your all about at that point. I totally agree with you about people being over arrogant and cocky. When they act like that, their opinions, although valid, may get overlooked just because they say it with an asshole attitude. But,I wont get into any specifics, the dz i started at was very limited in what they had to jump and also was not the safest place to jump. Which is why they are no longer open. If I went back to that day, i would def say that it was not a good idea to jump that canopy on my first jumps. Its just all i had to work with. Fortunately everything went well.

Im actually 150 lbs. Made my first jump on a triathalon 170. And Im not trying to say im a natural either. Although i did very well in the beginning, i was still smart and did not downsize until way later despite others saying i was good enough to downsize. I was just making a point that some are better "drivers" than others. Its just a fact of life. The important thing is realizing your abilities and then practice,practice,practice!

Its hard to hear, but some people can fly a parachute and some people cant. I myself, did my very first jump on a 1.1:1 and never even fell down through my first 60-70 jumps. Some people got it and some don't. Tough lesson to learn. Just stay safe and jump only what you are comfortable jumping.

I really dont understand how people gets so "locked on" to having a camera on their head. I usually turn mine on and forget about it. Half the time i forget to turn it off after the jump bc i forgot it was ever even there.

Thanks dse

Is the quick release tab on the rawa helmets a "sufficient enough" cutaway system or should i try to get an after market one. i realize the others are definitely better but will this one do if i need to use it? thoughts appreciated. thanks

Come on people! I thought there would be more input than this?

not sure what you mean by the 45 degree rule.is that a joke?

so heres a hypothetical situation guys. I hear people talking around the drop zone about how they think of a velocity as being a more "stable" and "rigid" wing therefore making it "safer". so say take someone with 800-900 jumps that is a pretty good pilot but may or may not be ready for a velocity yet and he/she is jumping say a stiletto/crossfire, etc. right now. moderately loaded. their arguments are that they think the velo is safer then the other bc of the rigidness and stableness of the wing so they say why not just go ahead and get on a velo even if you just fly it conservatively. what are you guys thoughts on this?

why not just roll with the trusted cyprus?