Martini

How did you get to be the judge of other peoples rights? Fun police. Sometimes you eat the bear..............

My god man! Not a Stiletto!! And at a w/l of 1.18? Almost certain death. Statistically speaking of course. Sometimes you eat the bear..............

You mean BASE jumpers can't buy HP BASE canopies because they're regulated now? Sometimes you eat the bear..............

'Taint necessarily so. For example slider comes down hard and knocks a toggle off a small xbrace. Sometimes you eat the bear..............

I feel for ya Jeanne, since this site is so fucked up I have to spend all my time looking at porn. Sometimes you eat the bear..............

Big blank vertical banner screwing both this and basejumper. Makes the sites virtually unusable. Sometimes you eat the bear..............

Really I hope you keep dissing the Sabre, I'll try to refrain from promoting it. If we work together it will enable me to get inexpensive excellent canopies for many years. Since I jump the smaller sizes most people pass on them anyway. Sometimes you eat the bear..............

If you're looking at one and decide not to buy it let me know, I might be interested if it's a 120 or 107. Probably the most debated canopy around if you hadn't noticed. Sometimes you eat the bear..............

Horrible canopy, most wretched thing ever flown. That's why I sold mine. Now I only own four of them. Sometimes you eat the bear..............

My mistake, even though it's possible to knot the fingertrapped loops at the upper/lower junction it makes a big lump going through the guide ring. Hard to fault a customer for not inspecting every stitch. BTW when I have built new brakelines I have used stitchless fingertraps, they are reliable as hell but damn hard to see on inspection, the only flaw I find with them.. Sometimes you eat the bear..............

As further clarification, my Xaos can easily outglide my Delta. How? Fly the Xaos with a 25 mph tailwind and the Delta into a 25 mph headwind. The measure of glide is relative to the ground so the Xaos wins hands down. Published glide ratios like 9.6:1 for the Delta and (guessing) 2:1 for the Xaos simply imply speed over ground vs fall rate under identical conditions, those conditions being totally still air without any horizontal or vertical component. Glide ratio for a wing in full brakes and a tailwind could be the same as accelerated and a headwind. Lets say you and I do a two-way with identical canopies at the same pilot weight. After a few points we realize that we're on a long spot so we both deploy at the same altitude, around 8,000' AGL. After breathing a sigh of relief from a near mid-air we head back to the DZ in a 25 mph headwind which is near our canopy trim speed. You use a little rear riser which slows you slightly but gives you much more airtime, I get on fronts and sink out but travel 1/4 mile forward before landing. I just make the DZ in time to watch you land in farmer McNasty's freshly manured pasture. You are NOT getting a retrieve in my rig. Using rears will never increase your forward airspeed as much as fronts even though it may improve your glide ratio over the ground in still air. Sometimes you eat the bear..............

Nope. Glide ratio is a measure of distance traveled horizontally over the ground compared with distance travelled vertically over the ground. If I'm parked I have a glide of 0:1, if I move forward as a result of using fronts or bar or whatever then I have achieved a positive glide ratio. Naturally any increase in forward airspeed is at a cost of vertical airspeed. Glide is a ground related ratio, nothing to do with airspeed. Sometimes you eat the bear..............

You're asking people who have no idea of who you are or how you fly? Ask instructors at your DZ to evaluate you not strangers. Sometimes you eat the bear..............

As far as I'm aware only competition paragliders not recreational gliders use riser trimmers, also paramotors. Speedwings sometimes, but not always, have trimmers. Regarding skydiving front riser use, absolutely front risers can improve glide in higher winds. I proved this several years ago on a windy but laminar day that we used for a cross-country flight. After deploying at about 13k and having a nice long ride back to the DZ we discovered that the ground winds were smooth at about canopy speed. I could easily, with no riser or toggle input, "hover" my canopy over the same spot on the ground while sinking straight down. Using rears or brakes caused me to back up while fronts let me move forward. I pretty much wore out the guy (actually my rigger and S&TA) who was chasing me to keep me from getting dragged back on landing like one of my buddies had done. I've had this discussion many times, I'd say that my experience is proof that using fronts, at least with my gear and wingloading, can increase glide over the ground in higher winds, I don't have cause to beliieve that the same wouldn't be true for all canopies/wingloadings. Naturally sink is also increased. Also using fronts in turbulent conditions could lead to a canopy collapse. Paraglider speedbars are a great example of this effect, the other day in strong conditions while ridge soaring I found myself nearly parked withe the LZ about a mile distant. Parked is glide of 0:1, using bar I was able to get up to about 4:1 and easily make the LZ. Naturally a PG, in this case an LTF-2/EN-B is much more efficient on bar than any skydiving wing is on fronts but the intent is the same; decrease angle of attack to increase forward speed. Sometimes you eat the bear..............

If downwind in strong conditions using rears or brakes can also get you blown back or gve you a 0:1 glide. Fronts, although they may give relatively small increase in forward speed at the expense of greatly increased sink, may not get you back from a bad spot but they can get you away from a bad landing. Sometimes you eat the bear..............

Acting on the assumption that you are indeed a bad packer you might find it useful to get a canopy that is forgiving of your pack jobs. Personally I loved my Tri even though it wasn't really so great just because I was used to it, said I'd never sell it. Now I'd never own another one. One man's cake is another man's poison though. Sometimes you eat the bear..............

Knotting the fingertrapped loop at the toogle is a better setup IMO. Needless to say, that won't prevent a rigging error somewhere else. Sometimes you eat the bear..............

It's OK John, you can go back to sleep now, it was all just a bad dream. Sometimes you eat the bear..............

Nice. I think of both my Troll and my Xaos (on which I'm sadly uncurrent) as being very precise tools. Sometimes you eat the bear..............

My post was directed at Rob and his

Less than ten? BWAHAHAHAHA Sometimes you eat the bear..............

Seriously? Sometimes you eat the bear..............

Above LZ Ground Level Sometimes you eat the bear..............

Cool! Thanks!! Sometimes you eat the bear..............

I've had four Trojan Horse alerts while on this site, all in the last 15 minutes. WTF???????? Outta here until this gets attention. Sometimes you eat the bear..............