Stiletto--Turn on Opening Question

[StearmanR985 0]

As some of you are aware, I have been demoing canopies for the last few weeks in preparation for a purchase. I have jumped the Sabre2, Spectre and now the Stiletto. I found it interesting, VERY different and a bit touchy/quirky on the toggles which would take some getting used to.

Question: Once the canopy was near full inflation I started an unwanted turn to the right (actually 360's). There were no line twists, it was kind of like a toggle being unstowed (not the case though). Anyhow, I fixed it the first time by unstowing the brakes and toggling out of the turn. The second time I used the rear risers to work out of it and that worked fine too. But, I was told afterward that I am probably shifting weight during opening without realizing it and that the Stiletto is quite sensitive to weight shifts. Does anyone else have/had this problem and is that difficult to correct? Oh, I was also informed that I should steer the canopy with weight shifts rather than risers/toggles during the opening process if there is an off heading situation developing.

I intend to work with the weight shifting upon my next few jumps with it but wouldn't mind recieving some advice on different techniques.

BTW, once I got the canopy flying straight, it was quite fine all the way through landing. I was able to let the toggles go while collapsing the slider (damn that thing was noisey) and the canopy stayed right on course.

Jeff

[Kris 0]

Here we go again......

And this is a perfect example why you have no business under a Stiletto. A Stiletto (and full ellipticals like it) requires you to be perfectly symmetrical during the opening. Hip-input works best while keeping eyes on the horizon.

Line twists under an elliptical can be pretty evil things. At 110 jumps, I doubt you have the awareness or finesse required to properly fly the openings. I know I didn't at your # of jumps.

Not to mention the fact that if you aren't up to flying the openings, you're a danger to everyone around you while your canopy is opening. Collisions during opening aren't fun.

I'm not even going to get into the rest of it....I'll leave that for someone else.

Actually....I'll get into this: Didn't a newer jumper die just a few months ago under a Stiletto that was sold to him by someone at Lodi? Does nobody over there give a damn?

Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and
Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™

[chopchop 0]

I guess we need to start a thread in incidents in preparation for Jeff completing his mission of getting in way too far over his head..

chopchop
gotta go... Plaything needs a spanking..

Lotsa Pictures

[hookitt 1]

Who the fuck is loaning you a Stiletto? That's like putting a 16 year old with a fresh license behind the wheel of a Baracuda with a 44O hemi and a six pack.

I do absolutely nothing to keep my canopy flying straight until until input is neeeded. There's a reason I know this. If you try and control it, you're asking to spin it up.

My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

[vdschoor 0]

Jeff,

Please disconnect that canopy from your container and hook up the Triathlon again my friend.

What size Stiletto are you demoing?

Iwan

[diablopilot 2]

Jeff you're deleting your posts too fast for me to reply to them.

This :
Jumps : 110
License : A
In sport : <1 years

and

this:

Stiletto


Don't belong together.

Please be careful. Visit down here and I'll put you under more wings that will excite you yet keep you alive than you will know what to do with.

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You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

[vdschoor 0]

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Please be careful. Visit down here and I'll put you under more wings that will excite you yet keep you alive than you will know what to do with.

Jeff,

Check our ride down to Perris thread in the Bonfire.. man, even though I am pissed off at you for doing this after our talk two weeks ago I'll offer you a ride to get down to Perris and take JP up on this offer.

Iwan

[hookitt 1]

Jeff, now that you don't want to get flamed any more, take diablopilot up on his offer. Or call Gravitygirl and have a good chat with her.

Dude, you don't believe us now but you'll know what we're talking about soon enough.

I'm not revoking my post cuz I mean it. As harsh as it was, that's what I know to be true. Please go fly something reasonable. A Stiletto is not reasonable.

Take care bro

My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

[GravityGirl 0]

GAWD DAMMIT Stearman!!!!!!!

I am NOT going to give up the benefit of having an "in" for good wine in the Bay Area without a fight.

Just PM me, Call me toll free (888-298-8886) or e-mail bonnie@gravitygear.com.

I will let you demo my shit for free, and I will teach you how to fly fast and furious! But I WILL NOT sit by and watch you die because you think the parachute makes the pilot!

It's the Pilot that makes the parachute, my friend. And if you want to learn to fly like a bad ass, we can take you there.

But if you stick a femor or suffer major internal trama before you give yourself the chance to get there, you are going to really piss me off!

Now. Come talk to Mamma!

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Peace and Blue Skies!
Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

[skybytch 273]

Hope it's only a femur.

[ianmdrennan 2]

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And if you want to learn to fly like a bad ass, we can take you there.

If the student is willing, sure.

That, unfortunately, isn't always the case

Blue ones,
Ian

Performance Designs Factory Team

[StearmanR985 0]

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Jeff you're deleting your posts too fast for me to reply to them.

Hi JP,

I deleted my posts in the best interest of my home DZ. The first two replies were aimed at not only me (which is acceptable) but at the DZ. Lodi is an excellent place to jump, with great people and a good staff. I have made many new friends there and don't like the idea of the DZ being tarnished in anyway based on posts I have made. I knew I would be flamed but did not expect the flammage to be directed at the DZ or any of my fellow jumpers at the DZ.

So that all are aware, I don't have the intention of purchasing a Stiletto (I am quite happy with the Spectre demo I had). I just wanted to see what all the hype was about. I like checking things out for myself. It is not like I was hooking it or trying to swoop it or anything of the likes. I was just...flying it for the experience.

[weegegirl 2]

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It is not like I was hooking it or trying to swoop it or anything of the likes. I was just...flying it for the experience.

Everyone wants to know what all the "hype" is about. But it only takes ONE jump for something to go wrong. If you are not ready to jump gear, don't jump it. That urge can wait. This is a sport that requires patience, dedication, and hard work. I jump a stilletto myself as of this season (450 jumps), and I can tell you... it's easy to find yourself in a trouble spot. You NEED to be ready.

[diablopilot 2]

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Lodi is an excellent place to jump, with great people and a good staff.

It is a great place to jump.


I've been around a little while, see this: Lodi is always gonna get bashed. They don't care. they keep on having fun.


Jeff. It's less often a person gets dead because of an intenetional hook turn, or swoop, just as a pilot doesn't usualy crack up while landing a hot airplane like an RV or a Pitts.

It's when the power goes out, or there's a malfunction, or an interuption of the landing process that we see people plow fields with their cowlings or femurs.

Again, be careful. I'd rather see someone like you prove to a bunch of wanna be badasses that you can out fly them on a more sensible canopy, and THEN step up.

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You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.