quade 4 #1 January 23, 2003 Pardon the cross-post (to the RW Forum).QuoteMarch 29/30th, the French wind tunnel is organizing a World premiere :The 1st Indoor Formation Skydiving Competition !The will be a 2 categories :Intermediate = 3way meet = randoms & rotations (registration by 3 or 4skydivers)Advanced = 4way meet = 90% of FAI program (registration for team averaging 9and above)There shall be 8 rounds. Each round, the team is up for 2 minutes. The 1stminute, they "dirt-dive" and prepare the sequence. The 2nd minute, when theyare ready, they build a star and launch the sequence for 20 points straight.Each team runs against the clock and gets a "time" as a result, witheventual bosts adding penalty "time". Therefore no point is scored but atotal time : the regular scoring system does not make any difference inbetween two teams scoring their last point in 32 or 34 seconds, meanwhilehere it will show !Their will be prizes (tunnel time and karting as well as other things)offered not only to the winners but also to teams selected by random amongthe participants.Team interested may already email me at info@veloce-skydive.comMarch 29th/30th (from 8 am to 5 pm)The number of teams will be limited ... we only have 1 wind tunnel so far !Manu Ars, chief instructorVéloce Parachutisme / Maison de l'air / 05 130 Tallardwww.veloce-skydive.comTel : +33 4 92 54 11 33[editorial]It might be a lot of things, but it ain't skydiving.[/editorial]Is -this- the future? I hope not.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 26 #2 January 23, 2003 QuoteIs -this- the future?Naw. The future is all-virtual-reality skydiving.Turn 90 points on a four way, or build a 700 way, or get head down coaching from a VR simulation of Olav Zipser, all without ever leaving the couch.You could hook up with other jumpers, from all over the world, for insane jumping action, at any time of day or night.Just think, no packing, no pulling, just keep on jumping. Random folks cruising in and out of the jumps, dozens of skytoys at a time, 1500 foot swoops--in VR, anything goes.Maybe we can convince Sangiro to put a virtual drop zone in the Pub?-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shark 0 #3 January 23, 2003 Yes, and CReW would be a little safer. And I guess, for that matter, chamber time would not be required for your virtual HALO. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
