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  1. Best answer of all. Sparky That's no fun! A couple months ago, I got to borrow an Excalibur 150 (label max exit weight 184lb, my exit weight 230lb) and put a jump on it. Yeah, it opened in a stall, but once it inflated it flew great! It just didn't flare past my shoulders. Instead, it violently stalled. But I did have a soft landing under my Raven! That's one side of the overloaded canopy option ... On the other side, PD says that any Sabre2 I jump smaller than a 150 is overloaded, and the 135 and 120 happen to fly quite well at my exit weight. Brian
  2. I make mine by putting 1, 2, or 3 lb of shot in a plastic sandwich baggie, then putting it inside some cordura I sew into the piece of weight. Be sure to make your cordura holders a little bigger than you think, because even in the baggies the shot likes to move around and make it a pain to sew. BTW, if you're not already decent with a sewing maching, you might wanna have your rigger make the weights for you. They're remarkably harder than you might expect. Brian
  3. Or replace the elastic with a longer piece of elastic, if the existing is too short to stretch over the flap. Brian
  4. I had a blast at SDKC! Thanks for the rodeo too :-) Brian
  5. Hey, I'm going to be in the KC area for a couple of weeks, and looking to find a decent dropzone in the area. The DZ database here says that Skydive KS, Skydive KC, and Missouri River are all nearbyish. As is typical for the database, they're all highly rated. Can you all give me an impression of a typical weekend at each one? I am a little concerned about Skydive KC's very generic looking webpage, though ... Brian
  6. What about it? Complete sentences are helpful. Brian
  7. According to the August Parachutist, it was in the Mediterranean near Catalunia Brian
  8. voilsb

    T-Shirt fun

    how does it perform compared to the p2? Brian
  9. I've carved more than 90 degrees on landings multiple times. Since I didn't end up underground, I must not have lost any altitude. Brian
  10. Hopefully absolutely nothing. He should be able to turn 90 degrees without losing any altitude at all since he's doing front riser approaches. Brian
  11. how many jumps do you have on the storm? I ask because I have a total of 1 jump on a storm. and was wanting to see what other jumpers thought of the canopy
  12. Now that's interesting. I wonder how much damage it would take to weaken it to half it's rated strength ... Brian
  13. Except at pull time Brian
  14. Depending on canopy, wingloading, wind, pilot skill, etc Brian
  15. I don't think the SIM specifies, I think Zone Acc uses first point of contact, PRO Rating requires the start and stop point to be withing 5m of the target ... all that being said, I personally used the farther of the two from the target. So if I was short, I'd use first point of contact. If I was long, I'd count from where I stopped. Brian
  16. and there's Adrian, who flocks and does acro in his V2 ... Brian
  17. I'd say that's a minor part of it, unless you charge $75 an hour or something. I can churn out a pretty good copy of a Para-Concepts RDS slider in about 4 hours, so someone with some decent sewing experience could easily do one in a couple hours or less. Brian
  18. The problem with an RDS price is mostly in the rings. The slider itself is at most $25 in materials, depending on construction. But getting quality rings made that won't tear up your lines is pricey. Brian
  19. A full moon is completely useless. Even with a barely lit landing area on a new moon it's plenty easy to see. Also, most of the time night jumps are completed before a full moon has risen enough to be useful, so it may as well not have been there at all. Brian
  20. You should also take your canopy line lengths into account. If a 9' bridle doesn't clear the burble, will a canopy with 9' lines? Brian
  21. One can feel turbulence in freefall, but it seems to be a rare event. Usually it's accompanied with a drastic and noticeable temperature or humidity change. For instance, getting too close to a cloud or a thermocline. I would SWAG that 94% of the time it's body position / experience related, rather than atmospheric. Brian
  22. I'm close to the same size, but I've never jumped a shadow. my p2 is a great suit however, and I'll buy another phantom before i buy a vampire ... Brian
  23. A buddy of mine has a 26' GQ Securities canopy on 3-rings ... I may have to try this. Brian
  24. Apparently, but that doesn't stop a 14 year old from doing a rodeo at a non-USPA dropzone ... or a 16 year old from doing so at a group member dropzone. Brian