avocadojoshua 0 #1 September 21, 2005 so i left skydive twin cities (i love you all) to wander the earth a bit and i stumbled over to skydive chicago on tuesday. well i saw something unique there and i got to wondering--what is the heaviest tandem passenger anyone has taken? better yet what was the total wing loading? i watched a 240 pound tandem master take a 340 pound passenger with a 340 square foot canopy(344-whatever). that is 1.7:1 and he did an amazing job! sounds like a record--anyone know of anything higher? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frenchy68 0 #2 September 21, 2005 Quoteso i left skydive twin cities (i love you all) to wander the earth a bit and i stumbled over to skydive chicago on tuesday. well i saw something unique there and i got to wondering--what is the heaviest tandem passenger anyone has taken? better yet what was the total wing loading? i watched a 240 pound tandem master take a 340 pound passenger with a 340 square foot canopy(344-whatever). that is 1.7:1 and he did an amazing job! sounds like a record--anyone know of anything higher? Shouldn't this thread belong in the Swooping and Canopy Control forum? "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
MikeForsythe 0 #3 September 21, 2005 Quoteanyone know of anything higher? Sure, at work we did a couple of trandems with a tandem instructor, me, canine (75lbs), ruck sack and weapons...650lbs out the door and stood the landing!Time and pressure will always show you who a person really is! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest 1010 #4 September 21, 2005 okay ... I'll bite so to speak ... We have spec ops canines now? Why the pup? What kind? How did he/she like FF? You can have it good, fast, or cheap: pick two. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frenchy68 0 #5 September 21, 2005 Quoteokay ... I'll bite so to speak ... We have spec ops canines now? Why the pup? What kind? How did he/she like FF? Yes, many countries have such units. But Mike's girl is the ultimate trooper. "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
StephZ 0 #6 September 21, 2005 Quoteokay ... I'll bite so to speak ... We have spec ops canines now? Why the pup? What kind? How did he/she like FF? You're so jaking my funnyness Russ! I am not afraid . . . I was born to do this -Joan of Arc- But what do I know, I'm only 19 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeForsythe 0 #7 September 21, 2005 QuoteWe have spec ops canines now? Why the pup? What kind? How did he/she like FF? My partner Cara is used for SAR. She loves jumping as it is the ultimate car window! She has 67 jumps with the higest being 30,100'.Time and pressure will always show you who a person really is! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest 1010 #8 September 21, 2005 >Yes, many countries have such units. But Mike's girl is the ultimate trooper. yes, back in WWII certainly, and I've no reason to doubt now, in places, ... but Disney movies and German Shepherds marching in platoon formation are what come to mind for me ... oy You can have it good, fast, or cheap: pick two. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest 1010 #9 September 21, 2005 Quote Hey lurker!! These are MY funnies and you haven't been supplying them recently! I'm still lit up about you swiping the good helmet Monday! I'll be talking to Th. about that! You can have it good, fast, or cheap: pick two. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StephZ 0 #10 September 21, 2005 QuoteQuote Hey lurker!! These are MY funnies and you haven't been supplying them recently! I'm still lit up about you swiping the good helmet Monday! I'll be talking to Th. about that! Woah! We decided I was master of all the funnies! And besides, T loves me more. Now stop jacking, I mean jaking the tread about fatty tandums! I am not afraid . . . I was born to do this -Joan of Arc- But what do I know, I'm only 19 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeForsythe 0 #11 September 21, 2005 QuoteNow stop jacking, I mean jaking the tread about fatty tandums!That so hurt that you called me fat! Cara said she is going to bite your ass when she sees you!Time and pressure will always show you who a person really is! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StephZ 0 #12 September 21, 2005 QuoteQuoteNow stop jacking, I mean jaking the tread about fatty tandums!That so hurt that you called me fat! Cara said she is going to bite your ass when she sees you! hahaha! Oh I'm sorry! It's a priv. joke at our dz I love ya, bit me if you must I am not afraid . . . I was born to do this -Joan of Arc- But what do I know, I'm only 19 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest 1010 #13 September 21, 2005 Quote hold it just one manifest-cotton-pickin-minute. __I__ will tjake all the funniness I desire ... you, my dear, are resigned to be the Benovlent Dictator of the World. I keep the funniness. Jacking is left for others as an exercise. You can have it good, fast, or cheap: pick two. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites MikeForsythe 0 #14 September 21, 2005 Quotehahaha! Oh I'm sorry! It's a priv. joke at our dzOh, so now me being a fat tandem is a private joke at your DZ? Thanks babe, just keep digging that hole deeper!Time and pressure will always show you who a person really is! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Guest 1010 #15 September 21, 2005 btw, isn't it a school night? Why are yo up so late? You can have it good, fast, or cheap: pick two. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites StephZ 0 #16 September 21, 2005 QuoteQuotehahaha! Oh I'm sorry! It's a priv. joke at our dzOh, so now me being a fat tandem is a private joke at your DZ? Thanks babe, just keep digging that hole deeper! ::sighs:: and ::pouts:: had to be there, all I can say is the steriotyoical "it's not like that" - believe me if you want! But it's all love here! I am not afraid . . . I was born to do this -Joan of Arc- But what do I know, I'm only 19 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites StephZ 0 #17 September 21, 2005 Quotebtw, isn't it a school night? Why are yo up so late? Shutup, school doesn't start 'til Monday!!! And you can not jack my funniness! I forbid it. I'm the master of funniness! And you're still jaking this man's thread! He has a vaild question!!! I am not afraid . . . I was born to do this -Joan of Arc- But what do I know, I'm only 19 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Guest 1010 #18 September 21, 2005 (I'm expecting you to sneak in the water traing and smack me over the head with your B license one of these days ) Heya, avocadojoshua, you still there? Here's your thread back ... but I don't know how many folks will speak up, TSO'd-weight-limits and all ... You can have it good, fast, or cheap: pick two. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites diablopilot 2 #19 September 21, 2005 If true it's sad that people will play games with other's lives. If the passenger was a wuffo, who had no idea of the possibilites, I would sugesst the TI really shouldn't be rated anymore.---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites StephZ 0 #20 September 21, 2005 Strongly agree. I am not afraid . . . I was born to do this -Joan of Arc- But what do I know, I'm only 19 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites MikeForsythe 0 #21 September 21, 2005 QuoteTSO'd-weight-limits and all ... I don't know which system it was, but it exceedes ours by 80lbs., not to mention the wing loading.....YIKES!Time and pressure will always show you who a person really is! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites StephZ 0 #22 September 21, 2005 Quote(I'm expecting you to sneak in the water traing and smack me over the head with your B license one of these days ) Haha, tempting! But ... some how I'd rather not be the only one in a bikkini out there. You'll have to be there to match Dang it! Sorry. Here's your thread back (stop distracting me Russ!) I am not afraid . . . I was born to do this -Joan of Arc- But what do I know, I'm only 19 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Frenchy68 0 #23 September 21, 2005 Someone said "bikini"? "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 StephZ 0 #24 September 21, 2005 You so wish I am not afraid . . . I was born to do this -Joan of Arc- But what do I know, I'm only 19 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Kris 0 #25 September 21, 2005 Quote I don't know which system it was, but it exceedes ours by 80lbs., not to mention the wing loading.....YIKES! Between Frenchy & Steph, it's starting to look like the bonfire in here. That's an insane wingloading. IIRC, Skydive Chicago uses Sigma's. Are they rated over 500 pounds suspended? Somehow, I'm thinking they're not.Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. 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MikeForsythe 0 #14 September 21, 2005 Quotehahaha! Oh I'm sorry! It's a priv. joke at our dzOh, so now me being a fat tandem is a private joke at your DZ? Thanks babe, just keep digging that hole deeper!Time and pressure will always show you who a person really is! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest 1010 #15 September 21, 2005 btw, isn't it a school night? Why are yo up so late? You can have it good, fast, or cheap: pick two. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StephZ 0 #16 September 21, 2005 QuoteQuotehahaha! Oh I'm sorry! It's a priv. joke at our dzOh, so now me being a fat tandem is a private joke at your DZ? Thanks babe, just keep digging that hole deeper! ::sighs:: and ::pouts:: had to be there, all I can say is the steriotyoical "it's not like that" - believe me if you want! But it's all love here! I am not afraid . . . I was born to do this -Joan of Arc- But what do I know, I'm only 19 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StephZ 0 #17 September 21, 2005 Quotebtw, isn't it a school night? Why are yo up so late? Shutup, school doesn't start 'til Monday!!! And you can not jack my funniness! I forbid it. I'm the master of funniness! And you're still jaking this man's thread! He has a vaild question!!! I am not afraid . . . I was born to do this -Joan of Arc- But what do I know, I'm only 19 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest 1010 #18 September 21, 2005 (I'm expecting you to sneak in the water traing and smack me over the head with your B license one of these days ) Heya, avocadojoshua, you still there? Here's your thread back ... but I don't know how many folks will speak up, TSO'd-weight-limits and all ... You can have it good, fast, or cheap: pick two. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diablopilot 2 #19 September 21, 2005 If true it's sad that people will play games with other's lives. If the passenger was a wuffo, who had no idea of the possibilites, I would sugesst the TI really shouldn't be rated anymore.---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StephZ 0 #20 September 21, 2005 Strongly agree. I am not afraid . . . I was born to do this -Joan of Arc- But what do I know, I'm only 19 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeForsythe 0 #21 September 21, 2005 QuoteTSO'd-weight-limits and all ... I don't know which system it was, but it exceedes ours by 80lbs., not to mention the wing loading.....YIKES!Time and pressure will always show you who a person really is! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StephZ 0 #22 September 21, 2005 Quote(I'm expecting you to sneak in the water traing and smack me over the head with your B license one of these days ) Haha, tempting! But ... some how I'd rather not be the only one in a bikkini out there. You'll have to be there to match Dang it! Sorry. Here's your thread back (stop distracting me Russ!) I am not afraid . . . I was born to do this -Joan of Arc- But what do I know, I'm only 19 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frenchy68 0 #23 September 21, 2005 Someone said "bikini"? "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
StephZ 0 #24 September 21, 2005 You so wish I am not afraid . . . I was born to do this -Joan of Arc- But what do I know, I'm only 19 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kris 0 #25 September 21, 2005 Quote I don't know which system it was, but it exceedes ours by 80lbs., not to mention the wing loading.....YIKES! Between Frenchy & Steph, it's starting to look like the bonfire in here. That's an insane wingloading. IIRC, Skydive Chicago uses Sigma's. Are they rated over 500 pounds suspended? Somehow, I'm thinking they're not.Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
