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"i downsized 50^2 on my 3rd AFP jump."
Was that a 29% downsize?
t
Was that a 29% downsize?
t
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"To think that a jumper with less jump numbers has nothing valid to say to you is extremely cocky"
When someone with less dives than me gives me advise, and they have 500, 1000, 2000 or 3000 dives, I may listen, but not act.
When someone with 100 dives gives me a tip for a better swoop - I tell him to fu*k off.
t
When someone with less dives than me gives me advise, and they have 500, 1000, 2000 or 3000 dives, I may listen, but not act.
When someone with 100 dives gives me a tip for a better swoop - I tell him to fu*k off.
t
It's the year of the Pig.
Steel 0
"i downsized 50^2 on my 3rd AFP jump."
Was that a 29% downsize?
t
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that depends on what the actual canopy sizes are. Rgroper was talking about going from a 170 to a 120. 50/170 = .29 hence a 29% downsize. If it was from a 250 to a 200 then it would be 50/250 = 20%. (slightly more reasonable.)
Percentage will tell you more about differences to expect than actual squarefootage numbers. But just as well with enough information you can quickly come up with the percentage given all the numbers.
Was that a 29% downsize?
t
D515
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that depends on what the actual canopy sizes are. Rgroper was talking about going from a 170 to a 120. 50/170 = .29 hence a 29% downsize. If it was from a 250 to a 200 then it would be 50/250 = 20%. (slightly more reasonable.)
Percentage will tell you more about differences to expect than actual squarefootage numbers. But just as well with enough information you can quickly come up with the percentage given all the numbers.
If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass.
Can't think of anything I need
No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound.
Nothing to eat, no books to read.
Can't think of anything I need
No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound.
Nothing to eat, no books to read.
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that depends on what the actual canopy sizes are
i downsized from a Sabre 280^2 to a Sabre 230^2.
--Richard--
"We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"
"We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"
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As an S&TA that is your job. And when S&TA's are chosen, this kept in mind. I.E. to choose somebody who intended to honestly care about the jumpers at a certain dropzone an therefore offer them useful advice.
I for one have no problem with my S&TA or for that matter with any S&TA from any dropzone I have jumped at. (I have jumped at more than 20 different dropzones and in 4 different countries.) The issue here is with people who are not S&TA's and who often do not even have a clue what they are talking about because there experience in certain jump discipline or sometimes even in jump numbers is such that they couldn't possibly know. My point was to consider situations when this becomes repetative and aggravating to the point that it is counter productive. S&TA's I believe are ussually chosen based on the fact that the person making the choice knows that this person knows when to talk and what to say. Unfortunately not everybody at the dropzones has a natural instinct to make this distinction. In that case it is often better for them to simply mind their own business.
Can't think of anything I need
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Nothing to eat, no books to read.
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