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I did my first solid , stable , controlled sit from 10k to 5k when my protrack said peep. Did some left and right turns also to look around. 5th try at sitflying. 1st jump - transition from flat to sit went loopy 2 and 3 - some 4 second sits 4 - 2 sits of about 10 seconds 5 - the great success Now I know im not a expert now , but it felt good!

Damn i know i shouldnt be doing this .... but... here goes... What is a BFR?

i agree with stay positive, but are you retarded, you are dead until you deploy that parachute, there is nothing safe about jumping out of a plane...luckily with modern technology the danger is mitigated as much as it can and the most likely cause of death would be you landing wrong. No I aRe not retardations. did you see the ? as long as you follow procedures and dont do stupid things , its relatively save to how stupid you are

I would suggest you talk to a laywer.... um and stay positive dude. Skydiving is not that dangerous...

We took 3 people for tandems this weekend , and after gearing up the TI walks past the other 2 people and say " If this work , Ill be back for you two"

- too true hey.... I understood the entire progression from jump number 0...

Hi Mark, A packer makes about R20 - R 30 per pack job. Go to JSC and speak to the the DZO or CI. Im not sure if you have to pay for the packing course.One of the instructors will show you , but the CI will be able to tell you who. JSC is very busy so you might be able to pack about 10 - 20 per day. Im going to JSC 2morrow

I have also realised that I look at my alti at certain heights during a jump. more or less. What if : (I like these) You are on a 2 way , your alti fails , high winds so big seperation between groups , AND in jump your jump partners alti also fails , and both think , OK Ill wait for him to break off . What then ?

thanks robinheid , very informitive post. Ill just ignore the snaps...

This is the main reason for starting the thread.

Does your broken alti mean your main doesn't work either? Going for reserve just to not risk maybe getting a mal and no time to cut away Guys please dont bring my experience or whatever into the answers. I just want an answer of what you will do.

Poll options is sort of tongue in cheek. But on a Solo jump (ok well very little of these still occur...) and you dont have a aad. what then? bare in mind alti works fine for first half or so of jump , then after another check you realise oh ooh. what then ? Risk deploying the main under 1000ft ? immedietly go for reserve ?

Quote stolen from another thread.

Only jumped without gloves , in the summer. not bored enough to try other things..

I had a triathalon 175. Nice canopy. Awesome coming from a student canopy onto a tri.

Why ? or How? Sorry not doubting you , just want to learn something A raft without it's riders will decelerate very rapidly, to about 20-30 mph. If you hit that at a freefall speed of 120 mph, it's going to smash you very violently, possibly breaking bones and knocking you unconscious. ah cool understand

Why ? or How? Sorry not doubting you , just want to learn something

Well ahead first and then up at the canopy. Still religously do control test.

You "pulled" out of a line over? Intersting , please explain. Well done maxwellman23! I also did static line progression and still think its a bit better than aff.(please nobody flame me lol)

My suggestion , try and make a more affordable audible alitimeter. They are very expensive.

What if the first guy to land is an idiot? Choose your own direction of landing into the wind. You need to make the decision.

What type of jumps did you do?

http://www.vholdr.com/video/headdown-lesson-gru Anybody have one or seen one in action? Looks way better than the Go Pro and the specs look about the same, Also come std with a 135 degree wide angle lens.

Great advice in this thread. I myself have bought my own rig , a 170 main , loaded 1.000something :1 , square canopy. (ZP) Started jumping it at around 30 jumps after going through 230 ,210 , 190 and hired 170 also. And it flies awesome and I still want to do a few 100 more jumps on it before I downsize. Still get my hart pumping ! Did he make a jump with the ellyptical? Anyone know what the outcome was?

Welcome , just wait till you dont have someone telling you what to do every second of the skydive..