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BSBD. My first and second Balloon jump at Fitz a few years ago. He was a hell of a guy and will be missed! I'm not the rope totin charlie Bronson wanna be that's getting us fucking lost.

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You just have to find what works for you. I jump with some incredible freefier's and have pretty much gotten the same advice, but what works for some may not work for others. The advice I got was, all paraphrased... push heels down and out, this will help with getting your legs where they need to be,(this helped me because I seemed to keep my feet tucked under my ass), I also had a tendency to get the leg out signal in AFF A LOT, if your arms are straight and back your chest will be pushed forward, try it on the couch... The majority of FF I've talked to say arms should be at 90, which seems hard to do even for the people that say do that. back straight if not slightly arched back, so you don't backslide. and of course never cork out, go to back flying if you are unstable. While I don't consider myself an expert in any means, I think I progressed pretty quickly with the help of many great fliers. try and get some video to see what makes you unstable... I know you want a straight--- Ok arch and push your hips out answer, but FF'ing is more difficult than that. Stick with it and there will be one jump that it just all of a sudden clicks, and you'll say, Why the hell didn't I get that right away... Good luck. I'm not the rope totin charlie Bronson wanna be that's getting us fucking lost.

Does anybody know if an old HyPeye, with an old style like 35 mm jack, can be cut off and splice a new half moon shaped one on. I'm not the rope totin charlie Bronson wanna be that's getting us fucking lost.

To be continued, time to finish my movie and crash. I'm not the rope totin charlie Bronson wanna be that's getting us fucking lost.

Quote Maybe shoot a message to Bill Booth and see if he was glad he had "protection" on his 3 ring. I'm not the rope totin charlie Bronson wanna be that's getting us fucking lost.

I'm not the rope totin charlie Bronson wanna be that's getting us fucking lost.

Quotehahaha look at any country that doesn't have IP law and you have all sorts of knock off's and fakes. So a engineer that creates something should have no protection from some half ass jerk off that reverse engineers his hard work and sells it for half the price because he can make some 12 yo build the product??? the IP laws are there to protect the creators from someone and coming in and stealing what they rightfully made. Per the Laws of the US. and it's not that hard to get a patent, if the engineer is smart enough to build something, then he should be smart enough to put the paper work through, but most engineers don't want to read, they want to build. So I guess there should be nobody to uphold the law... Fuck the lawyers and the judges.. Let's have good ol fashion lynchings if someone steals my idea. Trust me I'm not a fan of criminal law I've had my fair share of expenses, but I think IP law is something worth while.. But hey I'm sure an engineer such as myself would love to have somebody sell a product I created for half the price... Ok stepping off of the soap box and making another drink.... I'm not the rope totin charlie Bronson wanna be that's getting us fucking lost.

Not True! Intellectual Property Attorneys, Which you pretty much need an engineering or biology degree for help protect the inventions of companies which in turn helps companies keep and generate consumer goods and wealth! You just gave a great example for his argument Quotehow so Squeak, The lawyers are engineers themselves, helping protect the inventions, and many have patents themselves... They don't skim, they protect the work and property rights. I wouldn't call that skimming I'd call that good business. I'm not the rope totin charlie Bronson wanna be that's getting us fucking lost.

The link just takes me to a page with a bunch of friends videos. I'm not the rope totin charlie Bronson wanna be that's getting us fucking lost.

While engineers working for the government in New Jersey don't too too well, looking at national averages they do better than MBAs. Average salaries off indeed.com show $81K for an MBA $93K for a software engineer with $99K for senior engineers $86K for an electrical engineer with $98K for senior engineers $82K for a mechanical engineer with $93K for senior engineers We have way too many MBAs. Just as we have too many lawyers. Neither group creates wealth, they just manipulate and skim off the top. Not True! Intellectual Property Attorneys, Which you pretty much need an engineering or biology degree for help protect the inventions of companies which in turn helps companies keep and generate consumer goods and wealth! I'm not the rope totin charlie Bronson wanna be that's getting us fucking lost.

How bout right here. 34 yo Caucasian male recent ME Grad. Anybody looking for an Engineer. I'm not the rope totin charlie Bronson wanna be that's getting us fucking lost.

Quote I thought it was Honey Badger don't give a shit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg I'm not the rope totin charlie Bronson wanna be that's getting us fucking lost.

+1 If they aren't willing to do that then I think that something seems fishy. I'm not the rope totin charlie Bronson wanna be that's getting us fucking lost.

Ummm hard to get the body down!!! just toss it over the edge he's already dead.. Duhhh I'm not the rope totin charlie Bronson wanna be that's getting us fucking lost.

Bump!!! Any input 6 years later for a good night vision camera. I'm not the rope totin charlie Bronson wanna be that's getting us fucking lost.

Does anybody know of an operational DZ on Maui? I'm going to be staying out there for a few months and don't see one there. Looks like they are all on Oahu..... I wanted to jump EVERY Day. Hmmm looks like I may have to revise my plans. I'm not the rope totin charlie Bronson wanna be that's getting us fucking lost.

Quote I know and I can't find the damn thing anywhere.. Come on people you are all useless. I'm not the rope totin charlie Bronson wanna be that's getting us fucking lost.

who knows where to find the link to the video of "Cause I got high" from the guy that got cut from the world record VFS record at SDC. I'm not the rope totin charlie Bronson wanna be that's getting us fucking lost.

and make sure you have a FF friendly rig I'm not the rope totin charlie Bronson wanna be that's getting us fucking lost.

I have heard that too, but I don't buy it. As long as your survival belly skills are solid (ie. track and pull stable) I don;t see why you should have to wait to learn to sit fly. Just be aware that freeflying in groups is more dangerous than belly, so you should limit your FF to small groups (three or less) until you are solid and do not cork out. easier to fly on your back if you can fly on your belly....if you can figure out your belly flight, it will give you a good idea of how the air works and make it easier for you to balance, as well as its how you learn, you should have more situation awareness on your belly before moving onto a faster part of the jumping where many many people have forgot to pull and had a cypress fire or burned in. belly keeps it safe for a while..... Quote I started learning FF at jump 46 I had done my SCR around 36 and felt comfortable on my belly. I think if FF is you want to do and you are proficient on your belly go for it. I'd recommend getting comfortable on your back so you don't cork out. and as far as group size I'd definitely keep to 2 or three ways with good fliers that can get out or your way if need be.. Good luck on the FF'ing. Do some tunnel if you can. I'm not the rope totin charlie Bronson wanna be that's getting us fucking lost.

QuoteYou are getting close. You do have to set it up as second order. You absolutely must have the acceleration equations. That is how your forces are going to get factored in. As you have it now, you have forces in your velocity equations. Not where they are supposed to be. Also, your initial conditions are a mix of a velocity (85) and an acceleration (9.81), and it looks like these should both be velocities. Quote I think your right.. I think my initial condition in the Z direction would start at 0 and in the x direction should be the speed of the plane. I'm not the rope totin charlie Bronson wanna be that's getting us fucking lost.

Thanks for the help I'll give it another go.. I was going to ignore the drag in the Z direction though. since the time I'm looking for is in the first couple of seconds. Though maybe I'll factor that in just to be able to run a whole simulation for actual jump time. I'm not the rope totin charlie Bronson wanna be that's getting us fucking lost.

It's actually quite tricky problem because the v^2 in the drag term results in the x and y distances being coupled instead of independent. You can check your results against mine: http://mypages.iit.edu/~kallend/skydive Thanks I was looking at your website. I'll check it out again when I get this matlab rolling I'm not the rope totin charlie Bronson wanna be that's getting us fucking lost.