Brian Germain on Skydive Radio Next Week

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Brian Germain will be joining us on Skydive Radio next week for a listener question and comment driven show. If you have questions for Brian regarding any skydiving topic you can post them here, email us at skydiveradio@gmail.com, or leave us a voice message at 206.600.JUMP. Questions must be received by 5:00pm CT on Sunday, September 24th.

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During design and research Brian must of been a kind of "MythBuster" in the discipline of packing, could he expand on the common mistakes and myths ...such as rolling the nose cells into the centre.. over rolling the tail... stowing excess brake line... when already know his pilot chute packing methodWhat about the myths of exit separation?
Why does he think such a small number of first time students become licensed jumpers?

Hey maybe a little unsexy type of question, but its the best so far!!
If no question appear just let him talk he is fantastic to listen to.

This show is allowed to run long!

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I'd like to thank Brian for all the canopy control education he's done and is doing - the books, the seminars, the posts here, the times he's been on SDR, etc. We'll never know how many lives and broken bones he's saved but I'd bet it's a lot.

My questions for Brian are about the suggested downloading chart that he put together and presented to USPA. Many people say that it is excessively conservative (I'm not one of those people; I'd love to see it incorporated into USPA's S.I.M.). How does he answer those people? What factors did he consider in coming up with his wingloading-to-jump numbers recommendations? Under what circumstances would he recommend that someone exceed those recommendations? Under what circumstances would he recommend that someone go bigger than those recommendations?

Thanks! Looking forward to the show (actually, I look forward to every show, but that's beside the point).

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I'd be interested in hearing Brian's opinon on the design of the Patatec RAGE canopy, particularly in relation to the 'dual airlock' portion that looks like an evolution of Brians own design.