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Maybe try these: http://grellfab.com/

Try the Grellfab mount? I don't have it on my PhantomX but I have seen many people use it and it seems to work fine. http://grellfab.com/products/phantomx Chuting star has them if you are in the US.

Thank you for the photo. I'm with you not sure if worth it but now I know how it looks at least.

To give you better feedback and recommendations please tell us more about yourself, begin by filling out your profile. Also tell us what you are looking for in a canopy and what your aim with it is. Also this is gear and rigging, should be moved to the "Swooping and canopy control" forum.

I love my JVX and would encourage you to try one. If you are feeling adventourus try a Scirocco. There's a long thread about it here and while it does have interesting openings (you must use rears) everyone I've spoken to that has one really liked it. It's also cheap ;) http://www.skylarkparachutes.com/en/scirocco/

My new vector pilot had a piece of hard plastic in the tuck tab. My old javelin pilot did not.

Maybe try their demo program before deciding? http://www.flyaerodyne.com/demo.asp You can somewhat simulate different wingloads by putting on weights. It's not quite the same, a smaller canopy at the same wingloading will be more twitchy for instance but it will give you an idea.

I'll second the opinion on sticking with a canopy if it works. Changing means going back to learning the canopy for a number of jumps before being comfortable on it again. Smaller downsizes on the same canopy are not as big a deal. When I got coaching from Alter ego a couple of months ago one thing Curt really insisted on it was to downsize one size at a time but I think this was mostly when you were on a sub 100 crossbrace. One thing you should be aware of is that the Mamba has relatively short lines. As far as I know this does primarily two things: increase sensitivity to harness input (yay) and shorten the recovery arc (boo). As you've said earlier it takes a while to get the openings right on a Mamba. I had the same experience. I'd guess this has something to do with the harness sensitivity. I don't have that many jumps on a Katana to know if it's the same but I don't think so. Katana just seems to open like crap whenever I jump it. (the opinion in the previous sentence is not intended as an insult to katana lovers and is merely the personal experience of the author ) Once you are on the level to look into crossbrace you'll probably know more what you want from a canopy. I understand the Velocity is very popular in the states (and Canada I presume?) but I would recommend checking out the JVX before deciding. Also try getting coaching from different people, their take on things may be different and you are sure to learn a couple of new tricks.

I've only been there once. Very nice tunnel but very busy with first-timers. Expect to get time early in the morning/late evening. I remember having some kebab (I think they called it doner or döner) and it was really good. Check with the locals. For FF coaching check if Mason is available. I've only flown with him in the sky but he's great.

With that mamba you are in pretty good position to learn swooping, it's got potential and you have flown it for some time so go for it. Just one piece of advice, get coaching. It will save time and money in both the short and long term and you will be safer. The mamba at your wingloading does have a good bottom flare but when you start increasing the wingload you'll notice that it will get progressively worse. At 1.9 it was still pretty ok but when I put on led for competition training it got worse as you passed 2.0 and really bad up at 2.3. If I recall correctly Aerodyne recommends loading it at 2.0 or less which I agree with. At 2.0 you really should think about going crossbrace.

I've got 500 jumps on a Mamba 90. Very fine canopy in my humble opinion. Recovery arc is definitively long. Not as long as a crossbraced canopy but quite enough to be swooped. If you go to a Sabre II you will be quite disappointed. It flies flatter and is not as elliptical. They are in different leagues. You could go to a Katana if you want to go the PD route. It flies steeper but my personal preference is the Mamba for swooping. After the mamba I went velocity and it was a very natural progression.

Sorry for resurrecting an old thread but these should have been out for a while now. Anyone got pictures? Would be interesting to see.

The flier below won't notice if someone enters his burble. The flier above certainly notices. The term burble hopping is accurate, they only stay in the burble of the other person for a split second. During that time they are essentially unsupported as in a regular jump on the ground. (The more space there is between the fliers the less the burble will affect you, you could potentially stay above another flier if you leave a couple of meters in between and try to go as slow as possible) You'll notice that after passing the burble the flier has to catch himself and break his speed. With experience you can do it without it looking like you were in a burble at all. The people in the video you linked often miss each others burble, but if they do hit it you'll notice them tumbling slightly while stabilizing themselves. If you try this stay close to the net ;) and of course run it by your instructor before trying it.

Ok got it uploaded. Hopefully they remember your instructions when making the rig. When I received mine it wasn't quite what I had ordered for both good and bad.

Did not cost more. I found a scanned copy of the orderform sent to vector and under "special instructions" it simply says "cypres display on backpad". Picture included. EDIT: Picture not included... internet here is simply to shitty to upload a .jpg