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I have jumped all of them. Sigma has the strongest flare hands down. Icarus has the lightest toggle pressure. A2's snivel and open soft. My two cents. Worth what you paid to hear it.

Sandy I might hit you up for one. I am loving my V304 you helped me with I am an asshole, but I am honest

It is essentially Vigil's "Cypress Speed" version. Vigil hasn't had a swoop friendly device until now. It has a higher activation speed (96.8 mph) and will not activate under a perceived 300 ft altitude. I am an asshole, but I am honest

ChutingStar replied and this item will be on sale shortly! Like this week ;-) I am an asshole, but I am honest

So I have heard talk of this swoop unit for about a year now, but no one has them for sale apparently. The guy at Square1 hadn't even heard of it. I emailed Chutingstar but haven't heard back yet. I emailed the U.S. Sales rep and didn't get a response. Has anyone heard anything? I looked up a thread where it was mentioned here once but not much info was available. Anyone know someone that would have the answers and could refer them to this thread? I am an asshole, but I am honest

As others have eluded to it is simply better to not put yourself in this position by flying a more accurate pattern to begin with. While I am not a canopy coach I am a multi-discipline Instructor and I have found that around your experience level I have given some advice to jumpers that seems to help. Before advancing you should speak with your Instructors at your particular Dropzone. They know how you fly. Also the advice given is intended for the jumper with a bit of experience, i.e. NOT a student. Okay with that out of the way. Loose the altimeter. Before I get set aflame let me explain. Use your altimeter to set up your entry point of the pattern (beginning of downwind) usually at 1,000 feet AGL. After that don't look at it. Use your eyeballs to fly the rest of your pattern. At 1k and under your eyeballs are more accurate than an analog altimeter. We beat into our AFF students 1,000-600-300 because we are afraid of them committing a low turn, for good reason, but this tends to lead to early accuracy problems in my opinion. Which leads to young jumpers such as yourself asking questions like this. As long as your eyeballs aren't screaming at you that you are low then fly your downwind until the target is 45 degrees behind you over your shoulder. This will be different for varying wind conditions, but I am trying to give you a baseline. Then turn onto base leg. Base leg is where you really refine your accuracy. Keep your eyes on traffic in the pattern but when you can safely do so glance at the target. You need to judge when to turn onto final in order to hit your target. Take your base a little longer if your eyes tell you you are high. Round the corner to final and shorten that base leg if your eyes tell you that you are lower. Once you turn onto final your accuracy is either on or off. At this point your accuracy goals should be gone, because now it is all about concentrating on your landing priorities. None of them have to do with how close you are to the target. It will take some practice and resisting the urge to not do so, but you need to start calibrating those eyeballs young jedi. Be safe. Edited to add : Oh yeah buy Brian's book! Good stuff there. Just don't go reading the high performance landing stuff and then think you can bust out a 180. I have seen a friend do exactly that after reading it and he has metal in his femur. I am an asshole, but I am honest

I think you need to eat some cheeseburgers and pizzas......lots of them. I am an asshole, but I am honest

I always thought the difference between the Sabre 2 and the Katana was a little too big. With proper experience, coaching, mindset, etc it is certainly manageable, but man there is quite a difference between those two wings for sure. I wonder if PD will focus on filling that gap a tad or if I am just way off base. I am an asshole, but I am honest

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Lazurus brings up a good option. Brian Germain made me a pocketed slider for my Samurai when I was dealing with cervical pain issues. Worked amazing. It would however take 1,000 to 1,200 feet to open so I always had to pitch higher. Thankfully PT and the Chiro straightened out most of my neck pain issues. Personally I would get a Samurai 150, send it to Brian and have him make a pocketed slider for you. It worked amazing for me. I don't know if you are ready for a full elliptical, but considering you are talking about a Crossfire2 it is a safe assumption that at least you think you are. If you do make the jump from a Spectre to any full elliptical do yourself a favor and don't go down a size in the process. You should find the change from Spectre to full elliptical anything fun enough on its own accord I would think. I am an asshole, but I am honest

My second cutaway (small format camera entanglement) the skyhook released prior to deploying the reserve. Result was a normal RSL deployment. It is a backup device. Relying on it is equivalent to waiting for your AAD to fire. In other words just plain stupid. As stated previously a freebag becoming separated from the main is not an a sign of it being misrigged necessarily. I am an asshole, but I am honest

I am not so much about quanity as I am quality. I get plenty of quanity pitching drogues and doing AFF at my Home DZ. I keep hearing Taft but USPA said they operate a 206. Good info. I may not have considered Taft a possibility without this thread. Glad I asked. Taft will probably get a visit. I think I would be amiss not to check out Elisnore and Perris as well. SDSB will probably be left out. I get the whole tandem mill thing. It is what keeps DZ's in business; my home do included; but not what I am looking for on my trip. Thanks guys. I am an asshole, but I am honest

Subject line says it all. I will be visitng family in Ventura for the holidays. It is an hour or a bit more northwest of LA. DZ locator on USPA website shows some options, but are there any non group member dz's I maybe missing? Looking like Skydive Santa Barbra is the closest that matches preferred criteria....turbine is a must. I jump 182s here and have no desire to do so on my trip. Is the extra mileage warranted for a trip to Elisnore or Perris? California jumpers please let me know from your experiences. Thanks in advance. I am an asshole, but I am honest

Touche'. I am the opposite. Fast isn't a problem. Slowing down with feather butts is. I have found booties to really help me maneuver when I am slow flying. Oh well seems like it is too opinionated of a subject to get a handle on as far as which brand etc. Thanks for the input all. I am an asshole, but I am honest

I don't "need" booties. I want booties. See earlier comment about right tools for the job. I can close on a student faster and easier with them. I am an asshole, but I am honest