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I haven't decided if I'm coming out tomorrow or Wednesday, Just have a bunch of stuff to get done over the next couple weeks. "Damn you Gravity, you win again"

What size is the canopy? I think [hope] you might be doing it backwards... WL is Weight/Canopy Size... ETA, Seems I was too slow with comment and you already corrected yourself. But I'll leave it up anyways lol "Damn you Gravity, you win again"

Are you coming?

Wing loading is a mathematical formula that only involves size and weight... The desired wing loading is dependent on the canopy and the pilot. So to answer your second question... it depends. Do you want the new canopy's flight characteristics to be as similar to the old one as possible? ETA: Damn I was slow typing that... "Damn you Gravity, you win again"

Geez, that new taxi way really cut down the size of Ogden's landing area... Back when I was a student I needed the whole thing "Damn you Gravity, you win again"

$55 for membership renewal and a single $30 fee to cover all instructional ratings. "Damn you Gravity, you win again"

I'm more interested in hearing about how the 3ring was mis-rigged? "Damn you Gravity, you win again"

He probably thought "Hexagon" means curing a magical curse. It's funny how many people are dumbfounded by things that should be common knowledge. As I sat in my daughter's science classroom on Parents' Night at her junior high, I was dismayed to hear a parent ask that her child not be required to memorize any chemical formulas. God forbid your child should actually work at learning something. Well you covered the first two, what does the third one mean then? "Damn you Gravity, you win again"

That was the point of my post... Scott claims that this wasn't the case. I'll look for myself before claiming otherwise... "Damn you Gravity, you win again"

Going by the name American Skydiving Network... kinda funny that there isn't one for Arizona "Damn you Gravity, you win again"

Glad I'm not the only one who thought that... "Damn you Gravity, you win again"

Yeah, both mine and a friends rig were safe, they made off with TVs, laptops, video game systems, professional mechanics tools, and some cash... "Damn you Gravity, you win again"

Well they are both true for me... they got me for about $10,000 today "Damn you Gravity, you win again"

You walk in your house after work to find thousands of dollars of electronics missing from your living room and the house rummaged through. And your first thought after you realize that you've been robbed is to run into the bedroom and check to make sure that they didn't take the rigs... "Damn you Gravity, you win again"

So Mister RD... how about pointing out which is good and which is bad for everyone to see? "Damn you Gravity, you win again"

That's why I always set the bar low 60 days to separation :P "Damn you Gravity, you win again"

I know I always feel more philophical when I drink "Damn you Gravity, you win again"

You forget about me? Anyways, Ashli, Merry Christmas "Damn you Gravity, you win again"

Say hi next time you jump. Ryan "Damn you Gravity, you win again"

Actually the Optimum 143 is probably the smallest reserve I'll get if I ever get around to buying new gear. Packs smaller, large enough to not kill or maim me in a half brake landing. Even when I move to a xbrace canopy, a 110 will give me a 2.1 wing loading. So I'm pretty sure I'll be able to get a container that would meet those canopy sizes. I don't see really myself going smaller than 100 at my current body weight. "Damn you Gravity, you win again"

Jumping a smaller reserve than main? Usually not recommended as a good idea... the fact that it barely smaller is why I wouldn't call it a horrible idea. Especially for someone with no experience under a 7-cell f-111 canopy... but I hear those Optimums fly great. "Damn you Gravity, you win again"

Well I figure you get hit really hard to be knocked out... so getting hit really hard again should wake you up, right? That's sound logic "Damn you Gravity, you win again"

Very nice, So it looks like there is a "ZKulls" style camera attachment on the left side, is it something different? Is it included in the base price of the helmet? Also on the right side it looks like a molded spot for a hypeye? "Damn you Gravity, you win again"

Well just so you understand a 190 != 190 (and incase you're not a programmer that mean "not equal") Different types of material, number of cells, kinds of lines, canopy design all factor in to pack volume. Then you have to consider that different companies often measure differently Problem with a M5 is the best possible reserve you could get in there is the Optimum 193. While I won't call that horrible it's not the best if your main is a 210... I know, it sucks, curse of the big guys. I'll never be able to safely jump with a reserve smaller than ~150 cause I prefer to be able to walk away from an unconscious landing. But I REALLY want one of those tiny containers /rant Back on track, fitting the container, when it says soft they mean it and soft is not so great for freeflying. My one gripe about mirage is the location of the closing loop... it doesn't allow for much shortening. (i.e. tightening) So all that aside, the real question at hand is should you buy new vs used... Used is great, it's fine, I'm on my 2nd container and 4th canopy. I didn't loose any money when I downsized either. However if you are filthy rich and money is no object then go ahead and buy new, it just puts more used gear on the market for people like me later

I keep loosing nose pads on the Flak Jackets :P My Romeo 2.0s were absolutely amazing (though I would never skydive with them because of the price) but they were also stolen from the base gym last year. I look forward to trying on a few pairs when I go to Raeford in 2 weeks (I see they have a dealer outside of Bragg) since there is no dealer within a few hundred miles of Montgomery. "Damn you Gravity, you win again"