frost 1 #51 October 13, 2005 QuoteAll, Why was this stupid thread brought back to life, and what the hell is a Wanker? That is all. Well, Sir, according to online sources, a "wanker" is a term reserved for someone who is a self-obsessed show-off.SoFPiDaRF - School of Fast Progress in Downsizing and Radical Flying. Because nobody knows your skills better than you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
br0k3n 0 #52 October 13, 2005 QuoteNot wishing to high jack this thread but WTF.... have i missed something here erm Rain-man just being curious, what was you canopy progression? PM me if you dont want to post it, and im not going to lecture you.. Also with each canopy progression, how many jumps did you spend doing, 90s then 180s and then 270s and at what point did you begin to use rears?? how did you find the swoops and all your previous canopys, and how did you find the transition from square - semi eliptical - eliptical - cross braced?? Also do you own your own DZ, as i dont know to many DZO that would let you jump a VX at 2.4 with couple of hundred jumps.... YO Rain-man, any chance or a reply?----------------------------------------------------------- --+ There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't.. --+ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #53 October 14, 2005 Individual skydivers might be retarded enough to try jumping a VX89 loaded to 2.4:1 with less than 250 jumps... but CCI's and DZO's aren't dumb enough to let it happen on their airfield. I don't believe his profile. I think it's akin to trolling then sitting at home in the dark whacking off while you read all the outraged responses. If it is true, someone needs to point out his jump numbers to his CCI. Hell I could be on a DZ tomorrow with this guy. I don't like that thought. The last time I gave CPR I got brain goo on my trousers and had to throw them away. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanuckInUSA 0 #54 October 14, 2005 Come on guys ... this is the internet which is just like the Special Olympics. Even when you win your argument, you're still retarded. Some of us are real, we've seen each other jump and competed against each other. At least one of you is on this bad ass wing that I was so impressed with I recently ordered my own (and yes the bad ass wing was piloted by someone who knew what they were doing). Some are wannabees and hopefully they are smart wannabees. Some of us were aggresive with our canopy progression and ... knock on wood ... have been lucky so far. Some haven't been so lucky. Swooping is fun, but the ground doesn't care if you've got 1000s of jumps on a lightly loaded canopy or are on a VX 89 loaded at 2.4 ... if you fuck up it's not going to be nice. Kudos for sgt_ludy for sharing his story with us. Hopefully he learned his lesson (a swoop should always be aborted when traffic is in the way or the setup goes wrong). I recently hurt myself during the CPC Championships and even though I'm still back in the air, my ass is still sore. My lesson learned was not to confuse ground speed with air speed. I love lessons that we can ... sort of ... walk away from and learn from. But remember to be smart out there folks. All it takes is one moment of lapse judgemen to end it all. PS: Grant I can't believe you don't know what a wanker is. And because of that, I'm going to call you "WANKER" ... even though you're not really one in real life. You just play one on TV ... or was that that I stayed at a Best Western last night where the fire alarm went off this morning before I was supposed to be awake and because of this ... and the fact that there was no fire ... here I am wasting mine and your time on DZ.COM. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marks 0 #55 October 14, 2005 Quotebad ass wing that I was so impressed with I recently ordered my own what did you order? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites CanuckInUSA 0 #56 October 15, 2005 Quotewhat did you order? After some discussion with Jim about what would be the right size, I ordered a JVX 96 in custom colors which is supposed to be ready in approximately 5 weeks from now. I believe Stew S and Nick B also ordered ones. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites bob.dino 1 #57 October 15, 2005 Quote Individual skydivers might be retarded enough to try jumping a VX89 loaded to 2.4:1 with less than 250 jumps... but CCI's and DZO's aren't dumb enough to let it happen on their airfield. A guy at Perris put himself in a wheelchair jumping a Velocity 90 loaded at about 2.0. He had approximately 300 jumps. He wasn't stopped from jumping the canopy at one of the USA's biggest DZs, so it does happen . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Spizzzarko 0 #58 October 15, 2005 Steve!!! Your going over to the Dark Side!!! Have fun with that JVX. I would really have liked to try one out, but all the skinny dudes order these little canopy's, leaving us Fat kids stuck with what we have. Fat kids get no love. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites sgt_ludy 0 #59 October 15, 2005 good news (for me): nothing broken, no surgery. so this leaves me just with some bruises and stuff. ... just joking. the 4th doc was finally a real spine specialist with more spine surgery´s a year than the other 3 together. man i´m lucky. thanks for your comments and dicussions! sgt_ludy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites CanuckInUSA 0 #60 October 15, 2005 QuoteYour going over to the Dark Side!!! I've been part of the real dark side (BASE) for over a year now. QuoteHave fun with that JVX. I will and thanks to something that Ryan told me about his coaching from Jay is only going to help getting that JVX going even faster (faster being a relative term now that I'm at sea level instead of being at altitude with the rest of you peeps). But at least for now, I also plzn on keeping your old 103 around for ZA jumps and maybe normal freefly jumps. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites chutem 0 #61 October 15, 2005 Glad to hear it! James Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites marks 0 #62 October 17, 2005 QuoteQuotewhat did you order? After some discussion with Jim about what would be the right size, I ordered a JVX 96 in custom colors which is supposed to be ready in approximately 5 weeks from now. I believe Stew S and Nick B also ordered ones. AWESOME!, actually i knew you got a JVX, but i wasnt sure what size, you should see your distance run's inprove BIG TIME! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mr2mk1g 10 #63 October 17, 2005 QuoteA guy at Perris put himself in a wheelchair jumping a Velocity 90 loaded at about 2.0. I know - see the two links I posted on the first page. I was referring to the UK primarily – hence the CCI remark. I think we're probably less likely to see a UK CCI or DZO allowing such a jump to go ahead (assuming they know about it of course) than a US S&TA or DZO. That's not meant to disparage the system in the US at all mind - it's just things over here tend to be somewhat more authoritarian and there is more control over what people do on a DZ. Remember, waivers don't work here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RMURRAY 1 #64 October 17, 2005 QuoteQuotewhat did you order? After some discussion with Jim about what would be the right size, I ordered a JVX 96 in custom colors which is supposed to be ready in approximately 5 weeks from now. I believe Stew S and Nick B also ordered ones. what wing loading did you go with on the jvx? rm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites CanuckInUSA 0 #65 October 17, 2005 Quotewhat wing loading did you go with on the jvx? The wingloading (without added weight) will be about 2.1 but I had a reasonably long conversation with Jim about what would be the right size for this new JVX. Who knows what the WSA has planned for competitive swooping next year, but as long as we're allowed to wear some extra weight I can always increase my wingloading and still have the benefits of the bigger wing. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites marks 0 #66 October 17, 2005 Quotewill be about 2.1 but I had a reasonably long conversation with Jim about what would be the right size for this new JVX. thats a good loading, but it really starts to perform at 2.4, i like it ALOT! at 2.6! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RMURRAY 1 #67 October 17, 2005 QuoteQuotewill be about 2.1 but I had a reasonably long conversation with Jim about what would be the right size for this new JVX. thats a good loading, but it really starts to perform at 2.4, i like it ALOT! at 2.6! how does your PD106R land with that much weight strapped on you - I guess you need to shed it before landing??? rm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites marks 0 #68 October 18, 2005 QuoteQuoteQuotewill be about 2.1 but I had a reasonably long conversation with Jim about what would be the right size for this new JVX. thats a good loading, but it really starts to perform at 2.4, i like it ALOT! at 2.6! how does your PD106R land with that much weight strapped on you - I guess you need to shed it before landing??? ------------------------------------------------- i would drop the weight. 100% sure of that. but im willing to bet that 106 will fly ok with it. got to love p.d. reserves. 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CanuckInUSA 0 #56 October 15, 2005 Quotewhat did you order? After some discussion with Jim about what would be the right size, I ordered a JVX 96 in custom colors which is supposed to be ready in approximately 5 weeks from now. I believe Stew S and Nick B also ordered ones. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob.dino 1 #57 October 15, 2005 Quote Individual skydivers might be retarded enough to try jumping a VX89 loaded to 2.4:1 with less than 250 jumps... but CCI's and DZO's aren't dumb enough to let it happen on their airfield. A guy at Perris put himself in a wheelchair jumping a Velocity 90 loaded at about 2.0. He had approximately 300 jumps. He wasn't stopped from jumping the canopy at one of the USA's biggest DZs, so it does happen . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spizzzarko 0 #58 October 15, 2005 Steve!!! Your going over to the Dark Side!!! Have fun with that JVX. I would really have liked to try one out, but all the skinny dudes order these little canopy's, leaving us Fat kids stuck with what we have. Fat kids get no love. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sgt_ludy 0 #59 October 15, 2005 good news (for me): nothing broken, no surgery. so this leaves me just with some bruises and stuff. ... just joking. the 4th doc was finally a real spine specialist with more spine surgery´s a year than the other 3 together. man i´m lucky. thanks for your comments and dicussions! sgt_ludy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanuckInUSA 0 #60 October 15, 2005 QuoteYour going over to the Dark Side!!! I've been part of the real dark side (BASE) for over a year now. QuoteHave fun with that JVX. I will and thanks to something that Ryan told me about his coaching from Jay is only going to help getting that JVX going even faster (faster being a relative term now that I'm at sea level instead of being at altitude with the rest of you peeps). But at least for now, I also plzn on keeping your old 103 around for ZA jumps and maybe normal freefly jumps. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chutem 0 #61 October 15, 2005 Glad to hear it! James Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marks 0 #62 October 17, 2005 QuoteQuotewhat did you order? After some discussion with Jim about what would be the right size, I ordered a JVX 96 in custom colors which is supposed to be ready in approximately 5 weeks from now. I believe Stew S and Nick B also ordered ones. AWESOME!, actually i knew you got a JVX, but i wasnt sure what size, you should see your distance run's inprove BIG TIME! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #63 October 17, 2005 QuoteA guy at Perris put himself in a wheelchair jumping a Velocity 90 loaded at about 2.0. I know - see the two links I posted on the first page. I was referring to the UK primarily – hence the CCI remark. I think we're probably less likely to see a UK CCI or DZO allowing such a jump to go ahead (assuming they know about it of course) than a US S&TA or DZO. That's not meant to disparage the system in the US at all mind - it's just things over here tend to be somewhat more authoritarian and there is more control over what people do on a DZ. Remember, waivers don't work here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RMURRAY 1 #64 October 17, 2005 QuoteQuotewhat did you order? After some discussion with Jim about what would be the right size, I ordered a JVX 96 in custom colors which is supposed to be ready in approximately 5 weeks from now. I believe Stew S and Nick B also ordered ones. what wing loading did you go with on the jvx? rm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanuckInUSA 0 #65 October 17, 2005 Quotewhat wing loading did you go with on the jvx? The wingloading (without added weight) will be about 2.1 but I had a reasonably long conversation with Jim about what would be the right size for this new JVX. Who knows what the WSA has planned for competitive swooping next year, but as long as we're allowed to wear some extra weight I can always increase my wingloading and still have the benefits of the bigger wing. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marks 0 #66 October 17, 2005 Quotewill be about 2.1 but I had a reasonably long conversation with Jim about what would be the right size for this new JVX. thats a good loading, but it really starts to perform at 2.4, i like it ALOT! at 2.6! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RMURRAY 1 #67 October 17, 2005 QuoteQuotewill be about 2.1 but I had a reasonably long conversation with Jim about what would be the right size for this new JVX. thats a good loading, but it really starts to perform at 2.4, i like it ALOT! at 2.6! how does your PD106R land with that much weight strapped on you - I guess you need to shed it before landing??? rm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marks 0 #68 October 18, 2005 QuoteQuoteQuotewill be about 2.1 but I had a reasonably long conversation with Jim about what would be the right size for this new JVX. thats a good loading, but it really starts to perform at 2.4, i like it ALOT! at 2.6! how does your PD106R land with that much weight strapped on you - I guess you need to shed it before landing??? ------------------------------------------------- i would drop the weight. 100% sure of that. but im willing to bet that 106 will fly ok with it. got to love p.d. reserves. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 3 Next Page 3 of 3 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
