jorgande

on my micron rig the cypress control unit is placed on the backpack part of the rig, between the spacerfoam parts...just as ordered. Agree its a better placement than having it hidden under the reserveflap

this is what I saw on the sunset load on my very first day jumping from the pac750. On this jump I was hanging out the door with one hand on the handle and facing backwards exiting with another friend who was facing the other way. I am as fresh to the sport as a newborn baby and the idea of hitting the aircraft on exit has been in my head from jump one I have surpressed the thought but the view I suddenly had on this exit raised my attention. Looking towards the rear I though the tail stabilizers was pretty f..king close and very low. Our jump was uneventful in this respect. In the bar later I mentioned the view I had to an expererienced camera jumper and his reply was "hell yeah...when you exit from a pac in a wingsuit you have to exit in a ball position" Dont get me wrong, I love the pac in all other respects and dig its speedy climb. Are any other jump planes quicker? blu skies

thanks for the answers. Not insulted at all, it is a fact and I'm shiny brand new at this. Good points and yes, I am trained to use the 2-handed method Guess the conclusion for now is that I'll erase the entire thought of not pulling the reserve handle from my mind and body. I'll go and do some emergency procedures right now. see, see, grab, pull, see grab pull

I have seen vids of jumpers cut away (with skyhook installed) and it looks like the jumpers doing the cut aways typically do not even make it to the reserve handle before the reserve is fully opened. Is it really necessary to pull the reserve handle if you are already flying well under the reserve? Reasons not to: For one, you get yet another handle to hold on to during the rest of the flight. Secondly you can go straight to controlling/flying the reserve. Reason to pull the reserve handle: complete the emergency procedure as learned and not mess with head. Any other aspects of this?

I agree. As an absolute newbee I have been extra tense whenever I have jumped with different/ smaller rig. The transition from jumping with a student 240 to student 220 was ok but first jumps with a real main, sabre2, 190 was a bit scary. All went fine allthough I thought it was fast. I line up in order to thank the guys with the bigger balls/more experrience for doing testing.

very cool combo you got there. I have been thinking the same so nice to see it on photos.. Is it silver for the split and the harness?