5.samadhi

Hello, perhaps there are some tech savvy people here (I know there are ) that can help me. I am researching the android app XC Soar to use while wingsuiting to calculate my glide ratio. I got to thinking (and trying to decipher features) and was wondering whether I could use the GPS altimeter feature to set realtime altitude alarms (like a regular audible altimeter would do) while in flight. I am not really understanding the tech speak in the features section...has anybody else looked at this app? Is it possible to use it to calculate Glide ratio and also have altimeter alarms. I am not concerned if altitude is off by 100-200ft. The margin for error is much larger than that for me anyways on a WS flight (I pull no lower than 4.5k ft). I am looking to buy a smartphone anyways so I figured if I could get an audible altimeter and a GPS out of it then that would be sweet. thanks a lot! by the way, here is the website with the features: http://www.xcsoar.org/discover/features.html

^ thats pretty cool! Has nobody done a phantom round into the NRG?

Where are you located? I'm not going to assume you are located within the USA (dont you just hate that when people on internet forums assume that?), but if you are, then you must use a harness/container and reserve with a TSO certification. The main does not have to have a TSO (so you can jump your BASE canopy but not your BASE container). This is a US FAA rule, so other countries may have different rules.

The first fixed object jumps (before Carl) were stunts also. Look at the activity now, it is a reliably repeatable activity (there are folks with over 3,000 jumps). You cannot argue that this will enter into humanity's collective consciousness and change us (our conceptual framework). How much is debatable but this will provide girded framework within our imagination of what is possible*. *whether he lives or not

hehe true that rem

Maybe at your DZ, but at large DZs, most (not all, but most) instructors get their main revenue from skydiving. oh really remster. I could see that if somebody was making 1,000 jumps in a year. Even still thats pretty shitty pay for somebody for risking their life, health, and gear (with no benefits). An entry level manufacturing position beats that and has benefits and weekends free. But I guess some people really just want to work as a skydiver.

well if it makes you feel any better I backslid and flailed out of a simple 2 way sitfly dock the other day - wel all sometimes goof up I would just go for it and if you backslide just drive forward with your feet out. More you do it more confidence you'll gain and then you'll eventually have people that will assume they are jumping with you if you are packed and manifested.

what would change if they were on W2 instead of 1099? Benefits or less taxes? I guess it wont change since most people work at the DZ as a supplement to their main income...

Sounds like a compression fracture to me. How'd your appointment with your orthopedist go? Compression fractures can usually be treated with RICE (rest, ice, compression, elevation). But definitely consult a doctor...lingering pain sucks balls.

cool post Robin

by the way, if you really need help printing the manual out then I would volunteer my help. I find it hard to believe you cannot get to a library and print it out yourself but if your case is special then somebody should step up and help you with your handicap. Have you heard of altruism?

I'm honestly not able to decipher this post whether you are being sarcastic or not. I do like free stuff (not sarcastic). I think there is honor in being one of the experienced wingsuit pilots that would contribute their time/knowledge to the compilation of a manual. Would it be a lot of work to compile a manual and post it on a website for free download (serious question)? I would think a few days of conference calls, meetings, discussion, and then compilation and the work would be done. It's not like we're talking about making somebody work for years on a project for no pay By the way, the manual would provide a direct response to the need for the information to be standardized among first flight courses, but would not require a rating which would be accompanied by fees (with no benefit to the person being assessed the fee). A fee with no benefit is not right imo. carry on you regulated sport you!

by the way, this is not necessarily accomplished with a rating. It is accomplished with a manual on how first flight courses should be conducted (which I think DSE on this website has started). There is no need to insert a rating into the work needed to be done. It is simply an effort of putting together the information and consulting experience wingsuit instructors and then making the information freely available for anybody to download by PDF.

Well, the fees would be the courses for the rating and the charges for prospective students for flying. I think if you made it mandatory then free first flight courses would not happen as much as they are now (friend to friend on the dz). This would foster more of a commercial vibe to the discipline than exists now and would taint the experience. Why doesnt USPA offer their time for free to collaborate safety information for wingsuiters? Wingsuiters are offering their time for free now to teach new wingsuiters why would USPA step in and try to get money involved??? Seems like typical bullshit that follows all such organizations.

yeah if you want to use it once then it makes sense to rent (or borrow!). I would think the usefulness of a flysight would obtain from multiple flights over days and weeks of progression, but I'm sure its fun to play with the helmet toy for one day. haaaaaaaave fun (thats whats important ).

I think it would be bad if it becomes controlled by the USPA with the fees involved that always seem to accompany this kind of control. I learned to fly wingsuit from my friend who has over a decade of wingsuit experience for free on one of his beginner suits. My cost for my first few jumps was the cost of my jump tickets. Plus, I've noticed people with ratings tend (not all but some) to think about 'recouping' the costs (time and money) of acquiring the rating so they are more likely to charge for the coach jump they are doing. That is not the spirit of how skydiving should be in my opinion. Wingsuiting is a relatively new discipline and I think wingsuiters should work in the early stages to keep the USPA away from controlling the learning and flying process.

It will probably cost an abnormal amount of money for what a helmet should cost and could be easily replicated for a tenth of the money with a homemade version.

but just dont drink tap water since in most states it contains fluoride, a toxic halogen.

sounds like a hassle. Every time I've gone to a dropzone its taken at least 15-30 minutes of filling out waivers and getting my rig checked, etc. Its kind of annoying (but a necessary step for safety on the dropzone since they dont know you). If I was going to drive across the US I'd think up a whole lot better things to see (for instance check out our national park system there are some amazing places out there). Why drive around from runway to runway???

I don't think he can fit all that cardboard in a TSA approved carry on. Yeah if only there was cardboard in the united states this could totally happen

This thread just got weird

What would you do on board the plane if the pilot became unconscious and did not respond to attempts to revive? For instance if he/she were having a massive heart attack. Lets say for sake of the situation that nobody knows how to fly a plane on board (that would change the situation entirely if somebody had their PL).

I'm curious about your response to 'work both sides'. why work both sides instead of just being focused on daffy with left or right leg in front always??? I dont surf switching up sides - I always have my right foot forward (its called a sex change btw and is a trick some people do mid-wave or on a skateboard midtrick). Same with snowboarding. So why is skydiving headdown different from that??? Why not always use your good side....its the GOOD side!!! curious...

well you can go back above and reread my post. I think I said the theory that was proposed to me pretty clearly. The guy that told me this theory had been in the sport 30+ years so I was listening at least. He claimed that even if you got a fraction of a second hesitation in the outer cells inflating it would keep the slider up a little longer and slow the opening down on fast opening canopies. I'm not sure whats the point though unless you're really just stuck with a trash canopy. Modern skydiving canopies won't need these kinds of tricks. If they do its a reason to not buy them.

I've been told by some pretty experienced people that if you roll in and leave the center cell unrolled (assuming what we're talking about here) then the center cell inflates first and the pressure against the outer cells from the inflating center cell will hold the rolls in better allowing them not to catch air and rush the slider down. You seem pretty dead set on believing your view though.