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I purchased a rig with 3+ years o the Cypress, a Pilot main with about 150 jumps, a somewhat older reserve in good condition, in a Mirage G3 that was in good condition, for just a little less than $3500. Waiting to find the right deal and fit can be hard. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

Thanks. both Klaus and DSE. Dan Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

You might start by parking the car somewhere else for a while. If there is any cover that makes them feel safe to hang out near where you park, clean up so they are more exposed trying to approach the car. Park out in the middle of the drive for example will be off the normal path for a rodent. If there is pet food or acorns around, they like to find a place to stash some food. The car is a perfect place. As someone said, get rid of the food source. If you have the car moved to another location, trap and poison the original location while they are not likely to crawl into your car and die. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

The wind can be a factor for a student at Dallas almost any time of the year. Sitting and waiting for a chance to jump is just part of it. You can always spend that time learning to pack and visiting with other jumpers. Get some UnderArmer or the Walmart knock off and a couple of warm layers and after it is above 50F on the ground, things are not too bad as far as the cold goes. It is a little slower paced in the winter but that can be a good thing. Many don't study as much as they need to. TK suggested a trip to Zhills. We were there in early Jan and it was just beautiful. Jumped in shorts and a t-shirt part of the time. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

A great gift would be to make her proud that she had good training skills. I mean hold fast to the safety lessons even as you feel you can handle things much better in the future. Make her smile when she sees you always do what she taught you. I specific instructor sort of bugged me, hammering in certain lessons that I knew already. Then it really occurred to me what he was trying to do. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

What a crew! Congratulations everyone. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

I don't know anything about the playback methods or the VLC. But if it is the card, the correct data is not recorded onto the card. I mean video data is missing from what was happening. So the playback, no matter what the method will be flawed. But if one playback method works, that shows you have good data and would pretty well dismiss the card as the problem. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

Being able to see and control all of the camera settings in the phone app is a nice feature for me. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

The skipping symptom sounds like a problem I had with a high speed "still" camera shooting slow motion video. The data could not be stored on the memory card fast enough and some seconds were skipped. I switched to a faster memory card and the problem went away. The Hero 3 (black) recommends a class 10 card when shooting in the high res end of it's feature range. Just a guess. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

It sounds like you did a good job following your training. If you don't know the alt, pull. I had to send my alt off for repair because it was lagging about 800 feet behind where it should be. The first trip for repair did not fix the problem. The company made it right in the end. In the mean time I purchased a used spare. I now have a wrist mount and one on my mudflap. Just by my experience and what you have seen with that unit, I would not trust the repair until it had proven itself with many jumps. Carry a second unit if you have the option. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

Wow! Based on my experience with electronics hanging up from static issues, it would be wise to do this test regardless of the MFG date of the unit. Thanks for the post. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

It can be hard to control your body on those early jumps. I did some AFF and then some SL jumps. Hanging on the wing strut I kept getting the ARCH signal. Clamping tight my butt muscles helped. I can't say how well I held it after release, but it was a help in getting started right, giving the pissing drunk pose while hanging there. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

amen. i have a tube3 tracksuit, and theres really no way you can "slow down" without getting insanely unstable. i dump in a full track because if i try to flare too long or i arch, i start getting insanely unstable............... I beg to differ. I will show you my GPS data if you will show me yours. http://pyrodan.privatedata.com/skydive/tracking/high-performance-track-9-Jan-2013.pdf Do the math and tell me if you would want to open about the 46 second mark. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

People that have been tracking really fast and don't want to open going that fast. I try to flare and give 3 or 4 seconds for slowing before deployment if I am going really fast. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

I visited Zhills this month for 2 weeks. They did a great job of trying to find everyone that might have landed off or were unaccounted for on a load that had some off field landings. They put a lot of time and effort into finding everyone and getting them back to the DZ. They went way beyond what I have seen at other DZs to locate “off” jumpers. My hat is off to the staff for their consistant efforts. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

*** What do you mean by angle of incidence? Did you mean angle of attack? That bit confused me a little. OK, sorry for the confusion. Without hard data this is all speculation, but I EXPECT the best way to get good separation is to fly at the angle of ATTACK that maximizes the magnitude of your lift vector. Since your path with respect to the ground is flattening out as you accelerate (and glide ratio increases) this would require a body angle relative to the ground that changes (and flattens) as you accelerate in the track. Nice that Dan is willing to do these experiments and share his data. Motivating me to put my Flysight on my RW helmet. I jumped a lot since Christmas. I collected GPS data on a number of solo and group tracking dives. I collected GPS data on a few RW jumps. When I was a teen it was common to be sure you knew how fast your car would go. So, if you know me you know I would have to go out and try max performance tracking. The following file has two jumps. The first is my efforts to go as fast as I can. The little vents in my goggles let in too much air going fast and my eyes tear up. At times I have to ease up so I can see. The second jump a friend that was with me dropped out and so I pushed hard from the middle of the dive until the end. In both cases, after I got up a good head of steam, I just relaxed and coasted. On the first jump I was listening to the Flysight in Glide Ratio mode and the numbers shot up a lot right after I relaxed and shallowed out. But the horz speed bled off slower than the vertical speed (predictable), which can be seen in the graphs. http://pyrodan.privatedata.com/skydive/tracking/high-performance-track-9-Jan-2013.pdf Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

Can the display be used with the left eye and not be seen inverted? I am not familar with the goggles but have been curious of it could be switched over to the left eye. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

It was 2011, I was 54, not getting any younger, had wanted to jump for as long as I can remember, decided to do it while I was still healthly enough to manage it, the kids were grown. First jump, AFF. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

I have a Flysight and the free viewer for the PC is pretty good. Are you talking about an app for the phone to present GPS data or a way for the phone to record the GPS data? Dan Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

The first week in Jan my wife and I were at Zhills, visiting. A fellow landed in a tall tree just north and east of the concrete bunker. My wife stepped out to see the situation and overheard this……From the ground, “Don’t feel bad, you are the 5th one this week that has landed in a tree”. From the tree, “BUT I am 2 of them”. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

Sounds like a solution. I had no idea. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

I don't fall as slow as you, but I also fell to slow to fly with most people. I purchased a custom suit and talked to the factory specifically about falling faster. The front of the legs are even faster and less durable material. But now, I can fall below a 2 way if I am not careful. The slickest suit might not be fast enough for you. But it did me a lot of good. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

I replied to this post a few times back in Sept. Since then, as I have jumped, I have continued to think about this thread, as it has so many different opinions. I have made observations and collected GPS data during normal RW jumps and performance type tracking dives. On one recent solo tracking dive I just wanted to see how fast I could go. After pushing hard for a couple of tries, I just relaxed and coasted no attempt to maintain speed. My glide ratio shot up to over 1.0 during this phase. After about 7 seconds it was about time to deploy. Out of habit and for safety reasons, I went ahead and flared. I was startled at how much speed I still had and the force on my arms as I got big to put on the brakes. If I know, or even think I might be going faster than normal, I will always slow down before deployment altitude if possible. 2 of 2 times I have had a sharp opening, it has been after tracking hard. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

I was just thinking about that this morning,before reading this thread. I have some hearing damage from my youth and I normally wear earplugs when skydiving to protect what hearing I have left. I often do not hear my audible, but I don't depend on it either. The cell phone vibrator motors are available via surplus electronic sales. It would not be all that hard to connect the speaker output from an off the shelf audible to a motor control driver circuit and just cause the vibrator motor to run when the beeper is beeping. It would be best if the motor was in some way in contact with your skull. It would also require a package with a battery and the drive circuit on or inside the helmet. I keep thinking about the motor being against my skull and then being driven into my skull by a hit on the head. Just a minor design challange. It might be a nice college project for some young skydiving engineering student Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

We were the only group tracking. I was last out and because the track never went in the planned direction, I was hanging way back to see where this was going. Yes, I could see all the other jumpers out in front of me. Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”