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FIFY The secret to a good paint job is preparation. http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp55/mjosparky/Skydiving/Helmet1.jpg Sparky its a basketball! thats nice sparkster That one is OK, this one is nice. Sparky http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp55/mjosparky/Testing/FlightHelmet.jpg that is sick, sir

It's the lower wing root that covers the handle. Its ability to cover the handle is not based on it's inflation. PS: I've flown a Phantom, Ghost, Vampire, Stealth, and Venom. Each of you stated such as fact (contradicting facts so one must be wrong). I havent flown suits with side cells running down them...but someday I will fly a V4 (hopefully!) and then I will be able to directly compare it to a suit that doesnt have the side cell (vampire 2). thanks for the info Butters

ridiculous. the venom is the strongest pressurized suit ive flown...exhausting to fly from 13k. my v4 has more arm pressure than my apache. and what 111 said I think that your venom is exhausting means that the cell pressure is low...having flown tony suits and phoenixfly suits I can say for sure tony suits pressure harder/more rigid. I am not sure if this means anything performace wise though because I can smoke the one guy I fly with in horizontal speed in my Vampire 2 (he flies an X3).

its just a mirage that he freepacked a vented base canopy in. with a normal reserve.

Ground speed is not equal to airspeed unless in zero wind conditions. What I believe you're asking for is airspeed, but in any case the answer is going to be no. There are a couple of reasons for this, but the biggest one is that glide speed at a 1:1 wing loading would still vary by canopy size due to scaling factors and line trim. Not much, maybe a couple of mph, but it would be there none-the-less. Rough rule of thumb, figure 25 mph. Determining it more closely (though probably not exactly) would require nothing more than a GPS and a little math. glide ratio would also have to take into account drag of the canopy pilot which is not fixed obviously (we come in all shapes and sizes).

I unstitched completely and am dissatisfied with how the container looks when closed now. It looks like a fat woman squeezed into a tight tank top. An inch or two stitched at the bottom is better as it maintains conformity of the pack tray better. I did notice going from the standard factory stitching to completely open made my openings a lot sweeter!

The longer cell allong the body (usually combined with a longer gripper as well) is the part that one needs to grab around to avoid grabbing fabric. It complicates the pull on all bigger suits instead of making it easier. With a good pull technique one can learn to pull without grabbing fabric easily, but on smaller suits this usually is no issue. what about suits thats pressurize better than other types of suits? I have heard that tony suits pressurize much stronger than phoenixfly suits and thus the fabric doesnt blow around (possibly covering the handle) - making for an easier pull.

FIFY The secret to a good paint job is preparation. http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp55/mjosparky/Skydiving/Helmet1.jpg Sparky its a basketball! thats nice sparkster

You must have been doing something wrong, very wrong, in your Phantom. Before moving to a V4 or X-Bird could you do basic acrobatics, backflying, acrobatics? Just wonder what your experience was as if you were having trouble pulling in a Phantom ... what is your experience on suits like he is talking about (with side cells running down the entire suit)? Just to be clear - his theory that side cells running down the entire suit make the pull easier - are you saying it is wrong?

what are you talking about?

sand it and primer and paint

so he freepacked a flik ultralite in the container whats new here

i dont get it, do you like purple? my v2 is purple and my rig is purple/grey...total coincidence

whats different about it \

you're awesome! ps you write "wingsuiters are either last or first in the exit order" What are the cases where a wingsuiter would need to exit before the other regular skydivers?

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Canopies are not replaced based upon a fixed number of months, but rather upon wear and tear. And if you make a 1,000 jumps a year like the Gold Knights do, then they deserve a new canopy "every year". no they dont and its outrageous that our tax dollars are being put to use so they can swoop new katanas 10 times a day. Let's see, they swoop 10 times a day, but do not make 1,000 jumps a year. Can you please explain that math to me? It doesn't seem to add up... lineset every 500 jumps i'd say you could slap a few linesets on a canopy seeing as how some of the stilettos and sabres I've jumped that have thousands of jumps on them behave. ZP doesn't really wear out, the seams lose a little porosity but the material itself remains zero porosity for its life.

Canopies are not replaced based upon a fixed number of months, but rather upon wear and tear. And if you make a 1,000 jumps a year like the Gold Knights do, then they deserve a new canopy "every year". no they dont and its outrageous that our tax dollars are being put to use so they can swoop new katanas 10 times a day.

The Baffin jumps were not skydives, they were base jumps. Although base jumping in Canadian National parks is not allowed in Canada, permits have been issued for the park on Baffin island on at least two occasions. It was first done in 1977 for a Bond movie. Sparky http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvv2lv2s_gM well that was sick. You have redeemed yourself for your earlier poor performance in this thread.

I have also upsized recently. I went from a 120 elliptical foot to a 205 sq ft troll My vote is for something as square as you can possibly get with a very low aspect ratio.

I would take it with me carryon that way if there is an emergency you can pull the exit and hope for the best I have already discussed doing a Mr. Bill with my girlfriend if she is with me.

well certainly not a new main every year. Break a brake line? New LINESET! Oh well at least our tax dollars are going to good use so they can have fun with their formation skydiving.

The Baffin jumps were not skydives, they were base jumps. Although base jumping in Canadian National parks is not allowed in Canada, permits have been issued for the park on Baffin island on at least two occasions. I think he was saying somebody jumped into their campsite and then continued to base jump off the fjord. Thats how I read his comment at least. Thats exactly what the best plan would be to me - reduce travel time to the cliffs.

since we all know that responsibility strictly follows legality

haha thats awesome!