shudupinjump (ignugin)

[RapidRob 0]

Just joined, so I'm making first student nube post.

I need to know how to do a barrel roll, also how nicely to enter one from a 360.

Bonus Question: How do I stop.

Because I am posting from freefall with this Blackberry gizmo, please hurry. Thanks.

[StephZ 0]

You can't have galactic domination. That's mine

I am not afraid . . . I was born to do this
-Joan of Arc-
But what do I know, I'm only 19

[Peej 0]

Bwahahahahahahahahaha! Welcome to the forums man!

That sounds like a phone message a mate of mine and i left an experienced skydiver friend.

We were driving home from the DZ and i asked a question that my mate couldn't answer. So he picks up his phone and dials another mate. When Rob didn't answer Chris sticks his head out of the car window and says: "Hey Rob, listen man, i'm in freefall and i've got a question about a pilot chute in tow that i need you to answer. Can you give me a call back, it's urgent"

Enjoy yourself around here!

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[Lainey 0]

haha, welcome to the sport and the site dude.
Hope you worked it all out

And you shed not a single tear for the things that you didn't need
'Cause you knew you were finally free - Death Cab For Cutie

[mdrejhon 8]

Hey!

That was my idea -- to send a short email from freefall from a BlackBerry email pager sometime when I am experienced enough to try that. I have a very old "disposable" BlackBerry 7280 which I could use for this purpose which will be replaced by a new fancy BlackBerry model 8700 (Sneak preview photos at www.BlackBerryForums.com).

I am clocked as being one of the faster thumb touchtypists -- I once clocked 72.4 words per minute on a BlackBerry thumb keyboard, which was computed at 363 button presses in 60 seconds, and using 5 keypresses average per word (average 4 letters plus one space). This is plenty of time to complete a short 1 or 2 sentence email in 30 seconds. However, I would limit the email to about 1 sentence, to give me plenty of time for freefall wind interference slowing my typing down. This could be done during a higher altitude jump (15000 feet AGL), giving me time to stow it safely too. There may be some issue with GSM transmittability, but as any BlackBerry user knows, the email is simply automatically queued until successful GSM connection which would probably occur immediately after a pull.

Someday, not now, but someday. I don't consider myself skilled enough just yet to try, but I will make an attempt to send an email in freefall (for real) if I can get approval to try this, and somehow clip the unit to my arm like an altimeter. After all, it's not too different from a "banana load" at a boogie anyway -- eating a banana while in freefall.