Yoshi 0 #1 July 29, 2003 so I buitle my first 2 stack this weekend. on a crosscountry dive my buddy flying a saphire 169 loaded at about 1.1 or 1.2 and me undr my crossfire 2 111 loades at 1.85 I managed to fly right up under him and jsut very softly lay my canopy against the back of his legs.... after sitting there for about 10 seconds without sliding around or anyting he looked down and very easily slid his sneakers into my lines.... I was very suprized about the range I was able to acheive with my crossfire... I stayed up with him and didnt have too much of a problem poping up with a combination of front, rear risers and toggles. once docked I let up on my toggles and sped us up quite a bit... we held it for a total of about 1.5 minutes and when he released I backed away as smooth as when I approached him to dock in the first place. was a grand old time... cant wait for more high performance crew:):):) (yes we did have some basic canopy relative work training from a couple crew dogs at our dz prior to attempting anything as well as working with eachother under canopy without docking in the past. fell free to flame, but this was done safely given the circumstances) -yoshi_________________________________________ this space for rent. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #2 July 29, 2003 Avoid microline CRW like the plague... Its bad juju. I used to laugh at it too and would hook up with anyone that got near me under canopy... until I got a nice gouge in my ankle from a wing dock on Dacron. Microline would have gone to the bone on that one. If you want to do CRW, grab some Lightnings and stack them up. 9 cells just don't do CRW like 7's do. BTW.. welcome to the CRW crowd. I've got 4, 6 and 7 stacks. I also have some offsets. I prefer flying the offsets Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yoshi 0 #3 July 29, 2003 That is exactly why I usually dont dock. I always jump barefoot or with tevas also so I jsut like to fly in formation and bump eachother... we didnt really plan to dock, but for me to fly in formation with him to look like we had the 2 stack. when I stayed there for a good 10 sec without sliding around he thought it would be nice to take the dock and well fortunately this time it worked out perfect. I like the idea of crew, but I like the idea of high performance crew better... I think it would be fun to get a bunch of canopies similar to mine with dacron lines and build something... as for now though Ill jsut stick to playing with only one other person under canopy. I mostly like to do it to see what kind of range i can get with my canopy. it proved to be fairly difficult when I was creeping up on him from behind in full brakes to stay up with him and flying mostly with harness input. as for me...you prob wont see me with my legs wraped in micro lines... I bet the offsets are even more difficlut... I tried after we had the 2 stack to fly with just my left foot standing on his right end cell and that was hard as hell.... but it was pretty fun walking back and forth on the topskin of his saphire:):):) -yoshi_________________________________________ this space for rent. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #4 July 30, 2003 QuoteI like the idea of crew, but I like the idea of high performance crew better... Well, I don't know if I'd call this "high performance" CRW, but it's me hanging upside down in a dragplane with my Diablo 150 (1.7:1). A few of us have talked a few times about doing some EXTreme CRW, but so far it's been all talk and no action. Since there's only one moderately loaded FX being jumped regularly at our DZ right now, it's likely it'll stay that way. Presumably you both had (at a minimum) your RSL's disconnected and hookknives within easy reach? Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ianmdrennan 2 #5 July 30, 2003 I have some vid of Gary Harbird (flying his 84) walking all over my 96. We had some forward speed issues so we did it on 2 84's (got that on vid 2) and it worked great. Haven't actually hooked in the lines yet.....not sure I want to either I've uploaded it to Skydiving movies but it hasn't cleared the uploaded folder yet. When it gets loaded it's called Velocrew.wmv (using the term crew loosely Blue skies IanPerformance Designs Factory Team Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yoshi 0 #6 July 31, 2003 with my canopy I dont use and rsl anyways. we did have them disconnected as well as both carrying hook knives. the drag plane looked pretty sweet. I dont think at this time I would attempt anything like that.. I stick to kicking pilot chutes, 2 stacks, and walking on eachothers canopies ***SQUISHHHHHHHY*** -yoshi_________________________________________ this space for rent. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
