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    its crazy...im in the boat with a lot of other people here.

    i used to be a reputable dj playing house music at big clubs. sold all my gear, paid for AFF and ended up using my parents credit cards to pay for jumps while my personal jump money goes directly to gear.

    soooo addictive!!!!

    if my parents weren't paying for college, it's certain id have dropped out a few months ago and start skydiving full time.



    Please don't forget, that no matter how much we all want it to - for most of us skydiving may be a VERY addictive, very big part of our life- BUT STILL A HOBBY. Don't screw up your life just cuz you want something bad. I always make an example of buying a car you cannot afford- at the end it gets rep'd - and you are iout a car, credit history and you still NEED to make money.... not too good for most of us :(

    good luck either way, these are just my thoughts :)

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    Hey Terry.. it's Corey from Jumptown.

    There are a few key factors that make a rig freefly friendly. Good bridal protection, secure riser covers and really secure flaps are the main things.

    Next time you're at Jumptown, ask Brian Grady to show you the deal. It's easier to show you in person than it is to explain through a post.

    Hope to see you soon, man!



    lets not forget the legstrap bungy so you don't have to fall out of your rig :)

  7. got a Vampire wingsuit - and figured that ROL PC mount is not necessary - lucky for me, I did my practice pulls at 8K - and deployed by 3K - had to use BOTH hands and tips of my fingers to reach the PC in the BOC and somehow get it out. Next jump put a shrivel flap on and the PC was ALWAYS on my leg.

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    There was one on ebay, maybe still is, that had lines and I expect was still airworthy.



    a word of warning - the new method for demilling some canopies is to cut the APEX lines - so some sellers who have sold de-milled stuff for years are not up on that yet - and will advertise a C9 with "lines intact to the link" - where the suspension lines are infact good, but the apex lines are chopped.

    be careful.

    and I doubt a Phantom will be as soft as a T10(a) or a C9... I know I will never jump a Phantom (again :) over hard ground :)

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    Shit, I just spent a little over $6000 on my first rig.:S If you only paid $2700, then you got off easy.



    YOU ARE FUCKING NUTS

    Yes, I know. However, it is a brand new fully loaded (that means I got pretty much every option possible, even stuff they've never done before) Vector 3 with PD Reserve, Cypres, and Safire 2. It shouldn't be a surprise that it would cost that much.


    I understand WHY it cost so much. I don't understand why you would SPEND so much on something that is fairly transitional - with under 100 jumps I doubt you will be hanging on to it enough to enjoy the $6K investment or get good residual value. Of course, to each their own, but to me - THAT'S FUCKING CRAZY.

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    I am trying to piece together a used system. Today I found someone selling a Silhouette 190, DOM 07/2000 with 109 jumps. How much is this worth?

    RB



    if you want an EXACT ANSWER :

    IT IS WORTH AS MUCH AS SOMEBODY IS WILLING TO BUY IT FOR.

    in my OPINION - between $1000 to $1300 depending on the condition and buyers "attachment" to it

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    Normally it's 10 working days from receipt at SSK, unless the unit has to go to Germany for repair, which takes longer (but doesn't cost any more).

    Shipping a CYPRES UPS ground from the Sandhills of North Carolina to Ohio I usually get them back in about two weeks. Return shipping is included in the price.



    just a quick FYI - a CYPRES TWO has been taking longer as of my last experience in January, about 3 weeks. A Cypres1 is fairly fast.

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    christ in a sidecar... please don't post here if you have zero relevant experience. stick to the freefly forum or bonfire please.



    what's up douchebag. <- it's a fact, not a personal attack.

    I have done just this with the exception of letting the center cel tail OVER the rest of the packjob and wrapping it ( the rest of the tail folds are under the 3 foolds) - for better containment. Even have a ride on one like this. I agree that the CR method contains the tail better and thus inhibits a line over. Legality-wise - probably grey area, but i do this on MY OWN reserve.

    cya

  15. MattMazzocco and hudsonderek :

    YEARS AND YEARS of broken bones and limping jumpers can't be wrong - not many people are as good as they think they are. It's not how we fly our canopies when we are in control - it's how well we can manage them when that control is taken away from us. Look at the accident at Perris recently - the facts are ~~ 200 jumps and 1.4something WL - everything else short of the fact that he got hurt is speculation, but **I PERSONALLY** will speculate that a light WL would have resulted in less serious injuries, or perhaps even just a set of wet pants and dirty legstraps...

    Don't end up a statistic, jump hard, but jump SMART. The smaller canopies are not going anywhere, but unfortunately neither will the titanium in your body.

  16. since nobody said this, I will, in fact, I will just cut and paste the facts that YOU presented :

    36th jumps
    220lbs + gear
    jumping a 210 (assuming body + gear that's a 1.19 WL)
    want to downsize to a 200 (assuming body + gear that's a 1.25 WL)


    And here's the question : ARE YOU IN A RUSH TO GET TITANIUM ?

    I have refused to sell canopies of that size to people of your experience, numerous times. I hope you will get the same advice from people you trust.

  19. like everyone said - if you don't feel comfortable, explain to him, and offer him an option of redoing. perhaps in front of you.

    as far as wrinkles - quite common on G4 container. if you read their manual they give ALOT of tips during each step of the packjob, and even done right, they are not ALL gone. But it does help.

    the bulging AAD - since a 150 -M should pack smaller than a PDR160 - check out if the top corners of the reserve tray are ALOT softer - it could be that he made the molar ears very small and thus the bulk of the canopy is on the bottom and pushing teh aad. When you are new, it may take alot of tries to get the canopy in the freebag just right for it to fit well. At least it did for me. nothing wrong with 3hr packjobs - as long as you achieve the proper result and don't halfass ANYTHING.

    cya

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    is this a Law? or just courtesy? if everyone keeps there own then we don't have to give them away ;) plus those things aren't cheap (as that comment says, I'm very poor)



    no, not a law, not a BSR, not even a manufacturer suggestion. Just simple courtesy. It also makes it ALOT easier to not spill the lines :)

    If you are very poor, you should concentrate on things other than skydiving. And yes, I am 100% serious. Because you just CANNOT afford to get injured. Sorry dude, hard truth is hard to swallow.

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    Would you want your name and seal on this
    "type of rig" that someone else had tightened way above 20 lbs. and now there is a bounce in the LZ, say a chick with a pull force of 60 LBS on inspection. Prove you that you didn't do it wrong, that can't done, but it dose call in to question of a another person doing it due to the location of the adjustment loop, but no way to prove it, however spending a number of hours with the feds crawling up and down your ass & paper work is not my idea of fun.



    I agree whole heartedly. My only point was that it's illegal for anyone but the original rigger to adjust. Doesn't make it any less accessible to any douchebag though.