Beachbum

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    Waller & Aggieland
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    342
  • Years in Sport
    11
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    Formation Skydiving
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    Freeflying

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  1. I'm finding that once inside both the forums themselves, and posts, I continually have to scroll sideways to see entire posts instead of them wrapping as they used to ... is there something I can set to stop this? As long as you are happy with yourself ... who cares what the rest of the world thinks?
  2. Hey Dave ... get hold of a rig so you can make some skydives, or just swooping? As long as you are happy with yourself ... who cares what the rest of the world thinks?
  3. I may be a little mean hearted relative to this since they caused a place that I really liked to close, but when Todd posted that article on FB and I read that they are now losing money, my first reaction was of joy ... LOL! If I remember correctly, I was told that the dz was the largest fuel purchaser on the airport. It will be interesting to watch this unfold, especially if they do spend the money to lengthen the runway. As long as you are happy with yourself ... who cares what the rest of the world thinks?
  4. I vote for Pop's Mason jar! As long as you are happy with yourself ... who cares what the rest of the world thinks?
  5. based on this from his original post: "something I'm scared of without even starting to jump!" .... I'm guessing zero? As long as you are happy with yourself ... who cares what the rest of the world thinks?
  6. It's part of the instructor's job to NOT influence your stability in a negative way. If you have doubts, I'd suggest that you talk with the person who jumped with you about it and see what they have to say. If it was a fall rate issue, the instructor should make sure you jump with someone who can float with you on your next jump. As long as you are happy with yourself ... who cares what the rest of the world thinks?
  7. I agree about the student learning, and that a coach shouldn't NEED to use grips to maintain proximity. As for staying close on exit, it seems to me the coach ought to be sufficiently decent at flying themselves to stay close without needing grips to do so? That kind of thing is one reason I waited as long as I did to bother getting the rating. But that said, I'm sure there are more dz's than just the one where I jump the most that have their training program set up with a lot of the post AFF jumps having a gripped exit. The thinking I was told about this is that the less time you waste getting together after exit, the more time they have to work on the goals for that particular jump. The jumps using it are all set up with a star exit, some with coach in, some with student in. As long as you are happy with yourself ... who cares what the rest of the world thinks?
  8. First, a question. Are you talking about exit, or during freefall? I very recently got my coach rating, and I couldn't remember this being discussed, so out came the IRM and ISP/SIM. I couldn't find anything one way or the other except for a mention in the ISP category G that says "Main lift web and chest strap grips are counterproductive for most belly-to-earth exits." If the poll is about exits .... To be honest, I can't see any reason TO use one, on the dive flows for the coach jumps, but also don't know offhand any reason not to if you really wanted to for some odd reason. Harness grips are quite common on RW jump exits. I'm curious as to why it would be considered a problem doing so with a coached student? As long as you are happy with yourself ... who cares what the rest of the world thinks?
  9. Thanks much for the link ... a good read! I noted one thing about it near the top, that the PIA Technical Committee concluded ... "Both of these studies, while encouraging, were felt to be inconclusive" ... basically saying that more thorough testing should be done. After reading through it all, I think the results are likely pretty accurate for the combinations tested, but do agree that I'd like to see a wider variety of combinations tested. I'm just guessing here, but I'd bet that more HAS been done, just maybe not by the same group? As long as you are happy with yourself ... who cares what the rest of the world thinks?
  10. No, I wasn't thinking it would fly circles around the other or anything that drastic, but as you state, in that situation gentle input, and as little as possible, is likely best. It just seems to me that if they're flying about the same speed with brakes stowed, why mess with that. I DO understand that the testing has been done, etc. ... Just so I could understand their logic I'd like to see what their results were in that situation (meaning, with 2 similarly sized canopies flying well together), for both leaving brakes stowed and not. To me, the logic is there for in a biplane, but a side by side? It just seems that keeping the speed of the 2 as similar as possible would be a good thing, and assist toward the goal of minimal input? I hope to never find out firsthand! As long as you are happy with yourself ... who cares what the rest of the world thinks?
  11. Question about the SIM part below: Side-by-side procedure 2: Land both canopies. (1) Release the brakes of the dominant canopy (larger and more overhead) and steer gently with the toggles. (2) Land without flaring and perform a parachute landing fall. If the 2 are flying relatively stable together, why would you want to release brakes on one and thus allow it to start flying faster, as opposed to leaving brakes stowed (thus maintaining their speeds relative to one another) and steering with rear risers? As long as you are happy with yourself ... who cares what the rest of the world thinks?
  12. contact RI and ask 'em! As long as you are happy with yourself ... who cares what the rest of the world thinks?
  13. Can't beat the mix (assuming the gulf cooperates, that is!) ... waves and skydiving!! As long as you are happy with yourself ... who cares what the rest of the world thinks?
  14. Thanks for the input (spot on, btw!), everyone! As expected, the course instructor who is also an S&TA replied with the "never" train of thought. I even asked about a situation in which I think I might be more likely to risk going against training, which would be a currency jump with someone jumping a rig without an AAD. ... same answer ... a resounding NO! oh ... and yes, I did pass the course, beer will be there next weekend! As long as you are happy with yourself ... who cares what the rest of the world thinks?
  15. This brings up a point that is of interest to me since I am about to take a coach course (and I will be sure to ask about this scenario!). I know that a coach is not trained, nor supposed to, pull for someone. But if a coach is on a jump with someone who has obviously frozen up, is he/she required to back off and depend on an AAD to save their locked up student? If the coach DOES move in and pull for the student, would their rating be pulled? As long as you are happy with yourself ... who cares what the rest of the world thinks?