windcatcher 0 #1 July 5, 2005 I couldn't be a happier girl. Mother to the cutest little thing in the world... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelel01 1 #2 July 5, 2005 Lemme guess . . . your landings were sucking, and you thought it was you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
windcatcher 0 #3 July 5, 2005 yep!!! Well, my Spectre was waaaaaaay too hard for me to finish my flare all the way. Chad thought there was something wrong with it, so he jumped it and found out my brake lines were 5 inches too short!!! No wonder that canopy couldn't flare all the way! Mother to the cutest little thing in the world... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dougiefresh 0 #4 July 5, 2005 That doesn't make sense. If the brake lines are too long you can't finish your flare. If they're too short your flare should happen too soon when you try to flare. Or are you saying that you physically couldn't straighten your arms because the the lines were too short? Lines that short seem like a recipe for unexpected stalls. I'm no rigger, but this doesn't make sense to me... please explain...Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. --Douglas Adams Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Girlfalldown 0 #5 July 5, 2005 Quoteyep!!! Well, my Spectre was waaaaaaay too hard for me to finish my flare all the way. Chad thought there was something wrong with it, so he jumped it and found out my brake lines were 5 inches too short!!! No wonder that canopy couldn't flare all the way! That happened to me way back when. Lines shrink! If your lines are too short you never get your canopy into full flight so you don't get a full flare. Makes perfect sense to me. -------------- (Do not, I repeat DO NOT, take my posts seriously.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #6 July 5, 2005 and no mention of stalls...cool!My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dougiefresh 0 #7 July 5, 2005 QuoteIf your lines are too short you never get your canopy into full flight so you don't get a full flare. Makes perfect sense to me. Ah, of course. Duh. me no smart as gfd.Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. --Douglas Adams Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #8 July 5, 2005 Yep.........I have had many a similar experience. In fact...........when I bought my Vengeance I ALMOST did my standard routine of adding 4-6 inches to the brake lines before I even jumped it. Damn glad I didn't...........that would have been more exciting than I really need. First canopy I have ever jumped that the brake lines were PERFECT on when I got it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mcneill79 0 #9 July 5, 2005 Yay... I'm happy for you Sarah. Glad you got someone to jump your canopy and test it out for you. You seemed very frustrated by it at the American Boogie. BTW: It was nice meeting you Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ACMESkydiver 0 #10 July 5, 2005 QuoteQuoteyep!!! Well, my Spectre was waaaaaaay too hard for me to finish my flare all the way. Chad thought there was something wrong with it, so he jumped it and found out my brake lines were 5 inches too short!!! No wonder that canopy couldn't flare all the way! That happened to me way back when. Lines shrink! If your lines are too short you never get your canopy into full flight so you don't get a full flare. Makes perfect sense to me. I had to have mine shortened 2". I only jumped it once like that, but it worked beautimously. ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkydiveNFlorida 0 #11 July 5, 2005 Wow. I know this kinda stuff has been posted on here, but sounds like not everyone knows so in order to check that the length of your lines is ok you should: If you can get to full flare, hold it, and not get a stall, your lines are probably too long! If when your brakes are released you can't see some slack in the lines above your head (you should be able to look up at your lines, all be taut except for brakes which should be bowing a bit) then your lines are too short. If you can stall your canopy at half flare they are too short. If you pull your front riser down and you get bucking, they are too short. Glad to hear you guys have fixed the problems. Spectra does shrink, so check now and again and don't forget to untwist your brakes, too. :) -A Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ACMESkydiver 0 #12 July 5, 2005 QuoteWow. I know this kinda stuff has been posted on here, but sounds like not everyone knows so in order to check that the length of your lines is ok you should: If you can get to full flare, hold it, and not get a stall, your lines are probably too long! If when your brakes are released you can't see some slack in the lines above your head (you should be able to look up at your lines, all be taut except for brakes which should be bowing a bit) then your lines are too short. If you can stall your canopy at half flare they are too short. If you pull your front riser down and you get bucking, they are too short. Glad to hear you guys have fixed the problems. Spectra does shrink, so check now and again and don't forget to untwist your brakes, too. :) -A Thanks for that great info! That was right on with what my riggers had told me, and the reason I had them shorten them up 2". Problem solved for me. ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites windcatcher 0 #13 July 5, 2005 QuoteYay... I'm happy for you Sarah. Glad you got someone to jump your canopy and test it out for you. You seemed very frustrated by it at the American Boogie. BTW: It was nice meeting you thanks Beth! It was sooooo nice meeting you and talking to you too!!!! Mother to the cutest little thing in the world... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Frenchy68 0 #14 July 5, 2005 QuoteIt was sooooo nice meeting you and talking to you too!!! Did I congratulate you on the timing of your trip yet? "For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites windcatcher 0 #15 July 6, 2005 QuoteQuoteIt was sooooo nice meeting you and talking to you too!!! Did I congratulate you on the timing of your trip yet?Did I congratulate YOU on the timing of YOUR trip?!?!??! It was so sad to be at the Perris Bombshelter, Tunnel, Elsinore, etc, and not see the faces of a VanillaSkyGirl or a Frenchy. However, I DID get to meet some cool dz.commers, Beth and GFD, both very pretty fellow skybabes, and also Cornholio and TallGuy, whom I enjoyed talking to both very much, also met a few others but didn't get to talk to them much. Oh and Sebazz is a cutie! Mother to the cutest little thing in the world... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mcneill79 0 #16 July 6, 2005 QuoteQuoteIt was sooooo nice meeting you and talking to you too!!! Did I congratulate you on the timing of your trip yet?Her timing was perfect for me and we all know that's what matters Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NWFlyer 2 #17 July 6, 2005 QuoteQuoteIt was sooooo nice meeting you and talking to you too!!! Did I congratulate you on the timing of your trip yet? I need to work on better timing of my boogies. So far you've been at every one I've been to. Sarah, can you give me some Frenchy-avoidance tips? Thanks!"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mcneill79 0 #18 July 6, 2005 QuoteOh and Sebazz is a cutie! Don't let him fool you... he really is trouble and certainly can't be trusted Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Frenchy68 0 #19 July 6, 2005 QuoteQuoteQuoteIt was sooooo nice meeting you and talking to you too!!! Did I congratulate you on the timing of your trip yet? I need to work on better timing of my boogies. So far you've been at every one I've been to. Sarah, can you give me some Frenchy-avoidance tips? Thanks! Stalker! "For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NWFlyer 2 #20 July 6, 2005 QuoteStalker! I think it's you who is stalking me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mcneill79 0 #21 July 6, 2005 I think I need someone new to stalk... How YOU doin?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Frenchy68 0 #22 July 6, 2005 QuoteQuoteStalker! I think it's you who is stalking me. That would explain why you only come to boogies in California... "For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NWFlyer 2 #23 July 6, 2005 QuoteI think I need someone new to stalk... How YOU doin?? You're kinda hot. Stalk away."There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NWFlyer 2 #24 July 6, 2005 QuoteQuoteQuoteStalker! I think it's you who is stalking me. That would explain why you only come to boogies in California... Last I checked, Lost Prairie isn't in California. Let me know, though, I should make sure I drive in the right direction. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Frenchy68 0 #25 July 6, 2005 QuoteQuoteQuoteQuoteStalker! I think it's you who is stalking me. That would explain why you only come to boogies in California... Last I checked, Lost Prairie isn't in California. Let me know, though, I should make sure I drive in the right direction. Stalker! Stalkerstalkerstalker! 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ACMESkydiver 0 #10 July 5, 2005 QuoteQuoteyep!!! Well, my Spectre was waaaaaaay too hard for me to finish my flare all the way. Chad thought there was something wrong with it, so he jumped it and found out my brake lines were 5 inches too short!!! No wonder that canopy couldn't flare all the way! That happened to me way back when. Lines shrink! If your lines are too short you never get your canopy into full flight so you don't get a full flare. Makes perfect sense to me. I had to have mine shortened 2". I only jumped it once like that, but it worked beautimously. ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveNFlorida 0 #11 July 5, 2005 Wow. I know this kinda stuff has been posted on here, but sounds like not everyone knows so in order to check that the length of your lines is ok you should: If you can get to full flare, hold it, and not get a stall, your lines are probably too long! If when your brakes are released you can't see some slack in the lines above your head (you should be able to look up at your lines, all be taut except for brakes which should be bowing a bit) then your lines are too short. If you can stall your canopy at half flare they are too short. If you pull your front riser down and you get bucking, they are too short. Glad to hear you guys have fixed the problems. Spectra does shrink, so check now and again and don't forget to untwist your brakes, too. :) -A Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #12 July 5, 2005 QuoteWow. I know this kinda stuff has been posted on here, but sounds like not everyone knows so in order to check that the length of your lines is ok you should: If you can get to full flare, hold it, and not get a stall, your lines are probably too long! If when your brakes are released you can't see some slack in the lines above your head (you should be able to look up at your lines, all be taut except for brakes which should be bowing a bit) then your lines are too short. If you can stall your canopy at half flare they are too short. If you pull your front riser down and you get bucking, they are too short. Glad to hear you guys have fixed the problems. Spectra does shrink, so check now and again and don't forget to untwist your brakes, too. :) -A Thanks for that great info! That was right on with what my riggers had told me, and the reason I had them shorten them up 2". Problem solved for me. ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
windcatcher 0 #13 July 5, 2005 QuoteYay... I'm happy for you Sarah. Glad you got someone to jump your canopy and test it out for you. You seemed very frustrated by it at the American Boogie. BTW: It was nice meeting you thanks Beth! It was sooooo nice meeting you and talking to you too!!!! Mother to the cutest little thing in the world... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frenchy68 0 #14 July 5, 2005 QuoteIt was sooooo nice meeting you and talking to you too!!! Did I congratulate you on the timing of your trip yet? "For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
windcatcher 0 #15 July 6, 2005 QuoteQuoteIt was sooooo nice meeting you and talking to you too!!! Did I congratulate you on the timing of your trip yet?Did I congratulate YOU on the timing of YOUR trip?!?!??! It was so sad to be at the Perris Bombshelter, Tunnel, Elsinore, etc, and not see the faces of a VanillaSkyGirl or a Frenchy. However, I DID get to meet some cool dz.commers, Beth and GFD, both very pretty fellow skybabes, and also Cornholio and TallGuy, whom I enjoyed talking to both very much, also met a few others but didn't get to talk to them much. Oh and Sebazz is a cutie! Mother to the cutest little thing in the world... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mcneill79 0 #16 July 6, 2005 QuoteQuoteIt was sooooo nice meeting you and talking to you too!!! Did I congratulate you on the timing of your trip yet?Her timing was perfect for me and we all know that's what matters Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #17 July 6, 2005 QuoteQuoteIt was sooooo nice meeting you and talking to you too!!! Did I congratulate you on the timing of your trip yet? I need to work on better timing of my boogies. So far you've been at every one I've been to. Sarah, can you give me some Frenchy-avoidance tips? Thanks!"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mcneill79 0 #18 July 6, 2005 QuoteOh and Sebazz is a cutie! Don't let him fool you... he really is trouble and certainly can't be trusted Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frenchy68 0 #19 July 6, 2005 QuoteQuoteQuoteIt was sooooo nice meeting you and talking to you too!!! Did I congratulate you on the timing of your trip yet? I need to work on better timing of my boogies. So far you've been at every one I've been to. Sarah, can you give me some Frenchy-avoidance tips? Thanks! Stalker! "For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #20 July 6, 2005 QuoteStalker! I think it's you who is stalking me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mcneill79 0 #21 July 6, 2005 I think I need someone new to stalk... How YOU doin?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frenchy68 0 #22 July 6, 2005 QuoteQuoteStalker! I think it's you who is stalking me. That would explain why you only come to boogies in California... "For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #23 July 6, 2005 QuoteI think I need someone new to stalk... How YOU doin?? You're kinda hot. Stalk away."There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #24 July 6, 2005 QuoteQuoteQuoteStalker! I think it's you who is stalking me. That would explain why you only come to boogies in California... Last I checked, Lost Prairie isn't in California. Let me know, though, I should make sure I drive in the right direction. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frenchy68 0 #25 July 6, 2005 QuoteQuoteQuoteQuoteStalker! I think it's you who is stalking me. That would explain why you only come to boogies in California... Last I checked, Lost Prairie isn't in California. Let me know, though, I should make sure I drive in the right direction. Stalker! Stalkerstalkerstalker! "For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
