lazyfrog

the only ones I've seen doin it in my short skydiving life were australians form skydive interlaken (i think) which were jumping at our dropzone.
I feel it's strange, maybe because I never self portrayed myself in a jump...
but seen a funny vid with a passenger puking

yeah, high speed stall.
already happened to anyone ?
with frontal cell closing ??
was "easy"to do with paragliders back in the days...

let's hope this discourages a bit our russian friend.

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Have an “A” licence or above to jump?

students can't jump in england ??

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Stupidity is not regionalized....

I can testify, it is worldwide, thanx to globalization

Skydiving.
If no sex possible, you can kill kittens
If no skydiving possible, jumping from your bed or a chair is a lousy ersatz

in case of high wingloading or radical move (hookturn), is there any risk of a dynamic stall ??

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Of course, its a VERY long harness carve and this guy went about 270degs for his approach, but it was all very smooth and just as good as a swoop as most folks get by hooking the piss out of their canopy.

it seems to me if you manage to build up a good speed progressively, it can be very efficient and less dangerous as a radical hook turn.

and i'm not sure the Kanji sign is on it... which is a really cool design...

this thread will soon be on fire.
if I were PD or his dealer, I wouldn't sell it.
wasn't there a project of black/red listing dealers who would sell such gear to newbies ??

maybe the best advice. If he got it he'll jump it. So you're doing the best thing possible, trying to bring him alive back on earth.

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At that low level of experience both going down in size and up in performance level in one stroke is a bad idea mildly put.

and such a difference in wingloading and performance...
oh yeah, he has a jump or 2 on a Xfire2 169. That's an intermediate step

it's not me... i'm jumping a saphire2 139 loaded at approx 1.2. Would love a higher wingloading and a faster canopy. BUT... I want to do all this for a long time. Already had a close call. Don't want a second one.

russia and bank are 2 words which might not be very compatible...

all in all, 1.4 and 1.6 is not sooo different... only 0.2 difference

or maybe where he lives, once you have the money its better to spend it...
nevertheless it is a too long term investment in my opinion.

I don't think so...
but as said, it depends the distance yu want to swoop...

maybe storage, surface on which you pack etc, exposure to the sun, but altitude of the DZ should not have influence.
Maybe also a different fabric, or colour, this COULD have an influence.
That's my guess.

Hi Igor,
what I mean is that a small canopy, specially a nice and fast one, can bring you to big trouble, specially if you have to land in unknown terrain, if winds are tricky etc... Always take the worse case into consideration.

on my Talon, the ring broke a rib, and flying with my wingsuit I have to tighten up my chest strap real tight.

just tell him NOT to then.

he must be very lightweight (I think actually the biggest Katana is 120). Perosnnally I wouldn't recommend it, and at our DZ he might not be be authorised to jump it.It's like letting someone who just finished his driving lessons go on the street with a Ferrari or something. If he was my friend I would certainly tell him not to.

nice paraglider you have, Vleisie

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I started by a tandem may15 2002, was a present for my 30th bday.
wanted to freefall since I was a kid and started too late. But now I feel it's the best thing that happened in my life, each time a bit more. And even more now that I am trying to fly my wingsuit.
Becoming a bird

the same in switzerland got nearly 2 years in the army, am now "premier lieutenant" which is just under captain, shoul dbecome captain end of this year. Was in artillery, am now NBC officer

At least mine is not a german version...
I will be able to read what's on it, like AggieDave on his