jumpinjackflash 0 #1 March 14, 2004 Ok, I jump at a smaller dz, but actually for a midwest DZ I'd say its pretty large. We have a beautiful Otter and incredible talented people... However, aside from the fact that the owners of our dz were world champions multiple times in CRW. Aside from that, I don't see anyone at this point at our dz working on CRW. In fact, I don't really even hear anyone talking about it either. How about your dz? Are you folks seeing any groups getting in to it? It's not that I'm considering a study in it, but it just seems odd there isn't more of it. Almost everyone can be grouped in to two categories at this point. BellyFlyers and FreeFlyers.... Who let the dawgs out? It's a gas, gas, gas... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
D22369 0 #2 March 14, 2004 The disciplines seem to run in cycles, in 2000 and 2001 our dz did a lot of CRW, now, virtually none. Right now Freeflying, Wingsuits and Swooping seem to be king. On a side note, I wish the USPA would drop the two night jump requirement and instead require two CRW jumps, the amount you learn in CRW about how your canopy flies is very valuable. RoyThey say I suffer from insanity.... But I actually enjoy it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #3 March 14, 2004 I think a big part of the reason you don't see much "casual" CRW is that most jumpers are flying higher performance nine cells nowadays. When I was a baby skydiver most of the local jumpers had all F111 7 cells as their primary mains; we'd do two stacks at the bottom of RW dives and sunset four stacks just for the hell of it. Downplanes over the peas were something we saw every weekend. Seems like most people who do more than "casual" CRW have a dedicated CRW rig, or at least a dedicated CRW main (ie Lightning), in addition to their primary rig/main. The CRW jumps I did years ago were loads of fun. I've considered doing it again but to jump with most CRW dawgs they'd want to put me on a canopy that is smaller than I'm comfortable landing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpinjackflash 0 #4 March 14, 2004 I'm confused Lisa, being dumb about this discipline, I thought they'd fly large docile canopies. Why would they put you on a smaller one than your comfortable flying? fun shit this stuff is... jjfIt's a gas, gas, gas... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crwmike 0 #5 March 14, 2004 The 'gold standard' for CRW these days is a wing loading of 1.3-1.375 : 1 on PD Lightnings. Michael QuoteI'm confused Lisa, being dumb about this discipline, I thought they'd fly large docile canopies. Why would they put you on a smaller one than your comfortable flying? fun shit this stuff is... jjf Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kat1221 0 #6 March 14, 2004 I'm from a smaller DZ (Canadian) and we have a lot of CRW at our DZ. I can count eight or nine lightnings plus a few Fury's still being used. We have a few dedicated CRW dogs that make sure everyone tries it at least a couple times. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DBCOOPER 5 #7 March 14, 2004 Watched the US Team at Lake Wales the past couple of days.Watching the debrief videos was awsome.Replying to: Re: Stall On Jump Run Emergency Procedure? by billvon If the plane is unrecoverable then exiting is a very very good idea. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
beowulf 1 #8 March 14, 2004 I did 12 CReW jumps at Skydive Dallas last year and if I had the money I would be putting together a dedicated CReW rig. It is a lot of fun and the best way to learn canopy control. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpinjackflash 0 #9 March 15, 2004 Coolness, yeah, after the initial question, I figured I best mosey on over to theCReW forum and poke around a bit... I'm thinking it sounds interesting... jjfIt's a gas, gas, gas... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
