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QuoteYou want to fly an elliptical canopy loaded at 1.5 with 150 jumps. The only way this could approach being a reasonable decision is if you are the best canopy pilot in the world with 150 jumps. How do you think you stack up?
I don't know I don't skydive to compete with others. It's for my benifit no one else. -
I thought that's what golf carts were for. -
QuoteJust wondering where you(Stayhigh) and Castrodavidd jump?
I would have said wherever I want but it seems now wherever I can. So far in 11 diferent states. -
QuoteI refuse to believe a professional airline pilot could be so delusional as to believe his aircraft training makes him an expert canopy pilot with all of 15 jumps a year for a decade. But the more this guy posts the less he looks like a troll so I guess I'm wrong.
UM, Please read post. No where have I said I'm an "excelent canopy pilot." All I have said is I believe I can fly my canopy at my wing loading without harming myself or others. Do your homework! -
QuoteWow Kids now a days.....Must be a hot chick he wants to impress....Hey I have a 75 Vx you can jump....
WOW great assumption, the only problem is I'm married with two daughters and skydiving is my way to get away from the B.S. of females. -
QuoteI think you might get some traction if you'd done your 150 jumps in like 3 months, had spent many of those jumps focussed on canopy flight by doing clear and pulls at altitude, had a coach or mentor the majority of the time and displayed a clearer understanding of the issues.
You may well be an exceptional canopy pilot but keep in mind that people are only trying to stop you becoming an exceptional statistic. Get coaching, do a canopy course please don't hurt anyone around you (I mean you too). I'm on a relatively high loading myself but am where I am with the support of several experienced jumpers who mentor me and my S&TA.
Trust me if there was any way possible I could do 150 jumps in three months I would. I dont think the DZ that I had been jumping at did 150 loads in the last three months.
That was also kind of the point of me staring in on this thread, because I went to a large DZ and they wouldn't let me jump or get coaching because of my wing loading. -
How about starting with something simple like traffic patterns and traffic flow. Or maybee about having an understanding of aerodynamics. What about Newtons laws or how lift is created. There is no way that the hand eye cordination of flying airplanes and helicopters could possible relate either. Not to mention critical decision making skills in stressfull situations. Nope none of this could translate at all.
I have been told so many times that its just not the same, and most for the dumbest reasons like "well an airplane has power so they fly different." If you cant correlate your knowledge from one aspect of your life to the next then you realy havent learned the subject.
If you take my 1800 hours of flying it would still be more time in the air than a 10,000 jump skydiver. Don't get me wrong I'm not saying i'm any near that good of a canopy pilot. Does any of that experence translate to swooping probally not. Where it does come into play are the some of the things I mentioned earlier. ie. normal traffic pattern and landing, identifing hazards, aircraft spotting, knowing if you can make it back from a long spot. -
QuoteOK, so you're an airplane pilot. What does that have to do with flying a canopy?
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I also used Novaks checklist before downsizing.
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You did all of that in the few jumps that you put on each of your canopies?
http://www.dropzone.com/...post=3917927#3917927
Have you 'passed a canopy piloting course prior to each downsize and durring swoop progression'?
Ok, so you know how to use google. I just want to thank you for putting a link to site which I have to pay for and has a bunch of personal iformation on.
If you read my previous post you would see that I havn't downsized untill now. I used his checklist prior to downsizing from my 190 to my 169. -
QuoteJump #158 to #278 on a Storm 190sq ft WL = 0.98
Jump #279 to #563 on a Sabre2 170sq ft WL = 1.10
I'm not saying its right or wrong either but remember I started jumping what would be equivalant to your 278 1/2 jump. A 190 canopy loaded about 1.1. In all of my jumps I have never really downsized just gained weight and wing loading. I also used Novaks checklist before downsizing.
And truth be told I probally wont ever downsize again. I figure I have about five to ten years left of wanting to go fast, after that I'll be to old to run them out. -
QuoteThe same way you weren't ready to be a jet pilot with 150 hours, you're not ready for the canopy or WL you're jumping with 150 jumps.
Ya I know but at a 150 hours I was flying a 23 million dollar Chinook in the Army. -
QuoteI too think that number rule should be thrown out in some cases.
Two of my pilot friends landed inside 10 meter target using s turns on aff level one.
I couln't do that until jump number 100.
Some will progess sooner than the other, and some doesn't progress at all
Yes but some don't see that. In all of my jumps I have landed off the DZ once. By five feet. It was intentional because the dz is surrounded by barbwire. I could have made it over but my canopy would have bee in it.
Its the same way in my job. Everyone thinks because I look younger than I am I must be a co-pilot, But the truth is that I am probally the only 1800 hour captin on a corperate jet in the US. -
Had a correction to make. It was late last night. I Changed 2004 dates to 2009. Took almost five years off.
OK my canopy progression and a time line
Started jumping in 2001
2001-2004 made 39 jumps on a triathalon 190 loaded at 1.1 to 1.18 I had nevered stayed very current and wasn't licenced. Sorry gained some wieght. 8 of those jumps were at another dz on a pd 230.
June 2009-did 6 jumps on a Skymaster 260 to get current and get my license.
July 2009- current 100 jumps. 13 jumps on a friends Sabre1 190 wl 1.36. 1 jump on a friends hornet 170 wl 1.52, 86 jumps on a heatwave 190 wl 1.36 and 1 on my new X-fire II 169 1.54 -
OK my canopy progression and a time line
Started jumping in 2001
2001-2004 made 39 jumps on a triathalon 190 loaded at 1.1 to 1.18 I had nevered stayed very current and wasn't licenced. Sorry gained some wieght. 8 of those jumps were at another dz on a pd 230.
June 2004-did 6 jumps on a Skymaster 260 to get current and get my license.
July 2004- current 100 jumps. 13 jumps on a friends Sabre1 190 wl 1.36. 1 jump on a friends hornet 170 wl 1.52, 86 jumps on a heatwave 190 wl 1.36 and 1 on my new X-fire II 169 1.54 -
I'm not one of those people who think others are out to screw me. I'm sure that they have serious concerns. However, I feel that if I take precautions not to endanger others it should be my choice what I fly. If we all just want to make this sport safer than should we just ban high performance canopies all together. -
In the words of Chairle Sheen tonight. " There are no bad ideas, theres just a lack of will to execute them." -
.QuoteSo if you want to jump a big-boy canopy, start acting like a big boy and share the model and WL of canopy you're wanting to jump. I have no problem outlining any of the activities I intend to do on a skydive because I can defend my actions to the point that nobody could argue that I am aware of the risks, and have taken steps to mitigate them
Crossfire II 169 Loaded at 1.54. and I know the risk lord knows I've heard it enough. Don't think that I'm going to jump straight into this canopy and start tugging on risers. Doings some hop and pops and learning the canopy up high. Followed by flying it dosal in the pattern like "harnes turns only" isn't going to make me majically go into a steep turn just above the ground.
Trying to get coaching should also show that I'm not a know it it all, and I still want to learn. I know my limits and I stay under them. -
Quoteyou do realize that you are being sympathetic to Hitler?
as well as being the stereotype of the dufus of all these types of vids - verbatim
good luck
Yep, but you guys are being the canopy Nazis. -
QuoteAt what point in someones life do they become so great, that they trully believe they have a responsibility to make decisions on what is safe or unsafe for someone else.
well lord swoopious, can you tell us what you were gonna jump and your wingloading?
Thats the point its really none of your bussines. Untill someone starts to become dangerous to himself or others Under Canopy, who is anyone to judge what they can and can not jump. -
Thats a pretty good example of the downfall that has become our sport. I was recently at a DZ "dont ask which one" with a new canopy. I couldn't get coaching becuase of my wing loading and jump numbers. I was then told I couldn't jump my canopy for the same reason. I was told because something could happen. Well no shit this is skydiving and something could always happen. At what point in someones life do they become so great, that they trully believe they have a responsibility to make decisions on what is safe or unsafe for someone else. Why don't we all just quit skydiving because that would be safer.
First, I came to that DZ eager to learn more about flying that canopy. So that I could be safer under it.
Second, Not one person actually looked at my logbook to see what my canopy progression was.
Third, I was planning on just doing hop and pops so the danger to other jumpers line is B/S.
Forth I would have absolutely no problem if they had let me do a jump, and if they saw anything dangerous grounded me.
Fifth the whole jump number system has got to go. is is a unfair assesment of any jumper.
I'm not trying to say that i'm some bad ass swooper or even a good canopy pilot for that matter. But I am confident that I can fly the canopy I have with out killing myself or others.
Oh and by the way, the overwhelming majorty of fatal and serious injury canopy related accidents have come from high jump number pilots. -
Dont forget the dumasses who thought they could open a reserve to see what the metal coil is.
ps. One of these days I'm gonna let them lean over it and pull that handle. -
Congrats! I just gave my five year old daughter her first lesson on Christmas eve. -
QuoteA boogie is a party, so an ad reflects the party atmosphere, as well as the larger than usual aircraft support. That's why people go to boogies, to jump a lot, and for the after hours parties. So the ads are directly on-point to what people expect.
For a rig ad though, people should buy a rig because of reliability, comfort and performance. So I would think people would expect discussion about the merits of the rig, and not cheap sexual innuendo.
So these are two completely different things. A rig is not a party.
Then why do you jump a racer? -
Well I can't say that I have actual experience but my version of "the plan" includes a 70 - 100 foot sail boat so I can go to whatever island I want. When I get tired of living there I'll pull up the anchor and go some were else. When times get tight you can do charters on your boat to pay for the up keep and short of sinking it with out insurance you never lose your investment. -
Screw the marketing side of the question. When are they going to start bringing these girls, dressed like that to the boogies?
-Branched Castrodavid's discussion on swooping
in Swooping and Canopy Control
I have a suggestion, tell me what you think.
Each DZ or even the USPA could have guidlines for canopy selection, sort of like Germain's. Any jumper who does not fall with in that chart would have certain restrictions on what kind of jumps they can do with that canopy. From the most basic to advanced. ie. Hop and pops only, normal paterns with normal landings, Straight in double front risers. and so on. It would be sort of a long canopy control class. Each manuver would have to be demonstrated with consistant results. Once an Instructor was satisfied with that manuver they would endorse the logbook. If the jumper is caught going outside of these limitations they could be banned from the DZ or busted back to the first level.
A system like this would ensure a progressive canopy progression. While also allowing a higher margin of safety for him or herself and others. This would also place more infaces on the intructors critique, and wether the jumper has the ability to safely fly said canopy.