Lukasz_Se

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  1. I was trained in Sweden and we all had hook knives. But we have 4 days of 8h++/day theory before we get to do out first jump. I was shocked when I went to Spain with around 15 jumps and noticed that the rental rigs for students had no hook knives. When I asked why the answer I got was something in a line of that it gives "to much to think about".
    I really can't see a reason why any dropzone wouldn't give a hook knive to students, is it just to save time on training them when to use it? :/

  6. I know many people that had this malfunction, me included. It's actually pretty easy to do. In my case I was in a hurry and I left way to much slack in the lines before putting the bag in the container. Line check was fine. Here is a picture of mine in the attachment.
    Here is a video (in swedish) how it happens (look carefully).

    https://vimeo.com/133882369

    On my home drop zone we call this malfunction a T-rex. If you are ever in Sweden at a Stockholms dropzone near Gryttjom you can ask around ;) It's actually a pretty funny story :)

  7. I recommend Stockholm Fallskärmsklubb, about 260km south of Sundsvall, probably the biggest drop zone in northern Europe :) We have 2 big planes (Twin Otter and Cessna grand caravan), cheap jumps (170kr for a member, around 17 Euro), bunk house, sauna, lots of competitions and activity during summer months and from june to end of august we jump every day (except one week in june). English shouldn't be a problem! The drop zone is located 120km north from Stockholm and a newly opened wind tunnel for the days with shitty weather ;) It's close enough for you to make multiple trips to us and it's a great dropzone :) If you are gonna stay in Sweden I would recommend getting a swedish licence from the start, it will make it much easier :) 2 weeks should be enough for getting A-licence depending on weather. If you wanna sign up for AFF you should do it soon as the courses usually fill up pretty quick :)
    http://www.skydive.se/311/m-eng-home.html
    Send me a PM if you have more questions :)

    EDIT
    In sweden you get A-licence after 10 AFF jumps if you don't have to repeat a level.

  10. Base jumpers usually use tracking suits, to keep tension on the material and create a bigger surface they need to spread their legs more than in a normal skydiving max track. And about your other questions, just go and jump and try different stuff :) Coaching would increase learning curve as well :) You can't really learn to track reading tips on internet.

  12. skyjumpenfool

    This may be helpful....:)
    http://www.cnet.com/videos/sonys-little-action-cam-mini-has-big-features-and-performance/

    So, now my question is, which is better for skydive footage? AV1 or AS100? It sounds as if the AV1, although 1/3 smaller, is a step down from the larger AS100. Has anyone done a comparison on image quality or battery life?


    Yes, Az1 is a step down. Watch the review :)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2zRz-QHGGc

  14. BUMP
    I got a AZ1 super cheap, I planned on getting Go pro 4 anyway for jumping but after reading about some issues people are having I think I will just use AZ1 for for now. I would really apprieciate it if people could post pictures of how they mount their AZ1s, I'm mostly intressted in top mounts, really don't want that thing ripped off by a riser:P

  17. megamalfunction

    In the past few years I've been on a lot of tracking dives, and seem to keep having problems staying in close proximity with whomever I'm jumping. Either I'm too fast and high, too low and slow, too high and slow, or maybe even too low and fast. Anybody else experiencing the same problems?


    I love tracking! Alone, with others, steep (angle), tracking suit...but yeah it takes time to get reasonably good (and safe) while flying with others, I still have lots of work to be happy about my flying. My worst close call was when I was supposed to be "the rabbit" on what seemed like a relaxed, easy 3 way tracking dive. I was a foot or so from a very violent collision with another jumper which could easly break my neck/knock me out. So be carefull, differences in speed between jumpers can be huge. Coaching with video is the best what you can do.

  19. Your the dude making your own parachute? Your diagnosis explains a lot:PI have 2 very close friends with Aspergers (one of them with ADHD too) and what they have in common is that once they find something they really like they can have 100% focus on the project and devote completely to it for a long period of time. Every time I was reading your thread about your little project I was thinking how much determination and time it takes :p I don't really see Aspergers as being a problem in Skydiving as long as you can honestly say that you have no problems concentrating on safety, checking your equipment and so on.

  20. Well I guess it's personal. Meds turned me in to a emotional zoombie, I quickly realized that and decided to stop taking them. Few years later i still have some darker periods but I'm much MUCH stronger than I was back then. It worries me how much people trust in medication to be the cure. I say look for the cause of your depression and work on that instead of just trying to fight the symptoms. I know it's easier said than done but it's worth it.

  25. NWFlyer

    ******Are you that bored with the sport already at 80 jumps? :|


    No! But I want to take a #selfie and send it to my friends while under canopy :)

    Are you that bored with the sport already at 80 jumps?:|
    What is the point of skydiving if you can't show your friends what an amazing and unique snow flake you are? :P

    I seriously hope that nobody would be dumb enough to think it's a good idea with other canopies around you.