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I think i'm in the same boat, april 13th, but not sure. jeff, any insight on when mines shipping out? Slip Stream Air Sports Do not go softly, do not go quietly, never back down

bump I'm still looking for judges for these competitions. if you like to be around swooping and want to learn a lot but still don't have the jumps to participate, come out and judge, plus i might through in a little something something for your help. contact me with you info Slip Stream Air Sports Do not go softly, do not go quietly, never back down

I've never owned a brand new piece of skydiving equipment, hell my neptune is used. however, i am buying a brand new infinity and it should be here shortly from what i hear at VSE. the thing is bomb proof in any flying position, comfortable, you can't beat the price, and the customer service is second to none. Give them a call and just talk with them, they are more than happy to talk to anybody. and lastly the infinity just looks bad ass!!! Slip Stream Air Sports Do not go softly, do not go quietly, never back down

This past weekend I went to Jim Slaton’s new canopy piloting school that is located at Lake Isabella in hopes to improve my swooping and overall canopy piloting, and specifically to get ready for the 2005 season. Since what I did might be a little different than what most others have done I thought I would give a little review of my experience there. Basically the course that I went through didn’t focus just on swooping or just on ground launching, but canopy piloting. If you had to compare it to something it’s like Perris’s para-perfomance training camps where they utilized both the wind tunnel and actual jumps from the planes to help out your RW or FF skills. The difference here was that our tunnel was the hills that we ground launched from, but we also incorporated what we learned ground launching such as certain aspects of harness and rear riser flying to the actual swooping part of the course. The versatility of this setup is great because if the weather isn’t cooperating, like it wasn’t for me, for swooping you can still practice, fine tune, or realize often overlooked techniques on the hills with ground launching. The amount of material covered over the 4 days was honestly too much to handle and I think I was only able to take in about 50% of what we talked about, so bring a note pad or tape recorder and ALWAYS have it handy. I can’t tell you how many times we were driving to the DZ or a launch point and the things we discussed were so informative and so in depth that if I had a notepad of some kind I would have retained so much more information. Overall I think it was one of the best things I could have done to get past the plateau I was at in my canopy piloting experience. I think just from these 4 days I will improve dramatically, however, I now realize how long it’s going to take (which can be pretty daunting). I honestly believe that anybody going to something like this will benefit one way or another and that no matter how many jumps you have or how much you THINK you know you don’t know it all. So do your self a favor go get some sort of coaching either swoop coaching, ground launch coaching, or canopy piloting coaching and stop guessing about what you’re doing. Any questions you can PM me…stu P.S. and just to tell you a little about my self I have almost 1300 jumps in about 2.5 years and i am flying a vx 84 for the past 500 or so jumps. Slip Stream Air Sports Do not go softly, do not go quietly, never back down

Make sure all of you review the rules that can be found on the CPC homepage carefully. You're all responsible for coming to the competition knowing these rules!!! here are some recent changes: 4.1.1.1. Standard Class: Competitors must have at least 500 high performance landings in total and a minimum of 100 high performance landings within the previous 12 months. 4.1.1.2. Pro Class: Competitors must have at least 1000 high performance landings in total and a minimum of 150 high performance landings within the previous 12 months, qualify for a CPC championship and pass a Pro qualification test (see section 9). Slip Stream Air Sports Do not go softly, do not go quietly, never back down

i put 2 video's on skydivingmovies.com titled "eugene skydivers" and "eugene "skydivers section 8". these 2 videos are a preview of a 35 minute dvd i made called "Atmospheric Disturbance". if interested in the dvd send me a PM. Slip Stream Air Sports Do not go softly, do not go quietly, never back down

sweet i WILL be there between 23-27 next week. see ya guys. Slip Stream Air Sports Do not go softly, do not go quietly, never back down

funny funny funny Slip Stream Air Sports Do not go softly, do not go quietly, never back down

This has been talked about before so hopefully you'll be able to find out what you're exactly looking for when you do a search, but in short yes, you should get better performance when slider is down and you loosen the cheststrap. In a previous post somebody had a pretty good display of how the harness constricts the parachute when everything is tight and how it is more 'free' when everything is loose. try a search if that doesn't answer specifically then we'll try to answer more specifically. Slip Stream Air Sports Do not go softly, do not go quietly, never back down

All information can be found and should be up to date at the below link. contact me if you want to register or are having troubles, canopy piloting troubles that is, i don't want to hear about any other troubles . thanks...stu http://www.canopypiloting.com/oregonwashington.htm Slip Stream Air Sports Do not go softly, do not go quietly, never back down

sweet dude! people are already starting to register to which is cool. all you NW swoopers get in on this early damn it!!! Slip Stream Air Sports Do not go softly, do not go quietly, never back down

atmospheric disturbance, some sick canopy piloting going on! Slip Stream Air Sports Do not go softly, do not go quietly, never back down

damn, who is that sexy bitch in the picture!? i don't know how to put those things up. Slip Stream Air Sports Do not go softly, do not go quietly, never back down

you like it rough and i didn't take you out, i was just repaying the favor Slip Stream Air Sports Do not go softly, do not go quietly, never back down

you goin behind my back? my coaching isn't good enough for ya? we had some pretty sweet docks last time, i can't believe you're looking for someone else! GOD! Slip Stream Air Sports Do not go softly, do not go quietly, never back down

picture taken of me at skydive oregon's pond this past weekend. thanks Dave Slip Stream Air Sports Do not go softly, do not go quietly, never back down

i've posted a 34 second video of 3 swoops on skydivingmovies.com under the landing section titled "jvx". it's not the best quality but you get the point. www.skydivingmovies.com Slip Stream Air Sports Do not go softly, do not go quietly, never back down

REGISTRATION: Before April 23 Registration will be $40, after the 23rd registration will be $50. $25 of this registration goes to the CPC headquarters, the rest is to help with materials. This $40-50 fee is an annual fee so it's paid once at YOUR first competition entered. There will also be a $25 charge to each person at each competition that will go toward the cash prize. I'm trying to get people registered early because the dz's and sponsors would like to know a rough estimate of how many people are going to show up. So sign up early and let's get ready to swoop!!! To register please contact me at superstu81469@yahoo.com Thanks...stu Slip Stream Air Sports Do not go softly, do not go quietly, never back down

nope, he just told us to be careful and if it went over the tail we're buy the plane and paying the fines. Slip Stream Air Sports Do not go softly, do not go quietly, never back down

Alright, I have some pictures, however they are too big to put on here so email me or PM me and i'll get them to you. all pictures were take by "tictoc", if you want copies he'll be glad to send them to ya. Slip Stream Air Sports Do not go softly, do not go quietly, never back down

if you guys are interested in seeing more canopy piloting video than just these 2 5 minute clips give me a PM or email and i'll hook you up. let me know Slip Stream Air Sports Do not go softly, do not go quietly, never back down

When you look up at your lines on the vx you'll notice that when you pull down on your rears your D lines BECOME taught, so they have little bit of slack to them and that's why the rear riser pressure on a vx is less then a velo or jvx(someone correct me if i'm wrong). on a jvx the D lines are ALREADY taught or at least tighter then the vx, which increase the rear riser pressure which makes flying on the rears so responsive. as for deformation of the tail, there doesnt' appear to be any deformation until you provide input of somekind. also, when you hit the toggles like on all canopies the D lines go slack but that's just cause you're mashing the tail inward. one thing i forgot to mention was that on my vx when i was doing a harness turn for a long period of time building a lot of speed there was tail flutter, on the jvx there was none of that. this also probably do to the D lines. but i could be wrong Slip Stream Air Sports Do not go softly, do not go quietly, never back down

I had a chance to demo Jim Slaton’s JVX 83 that he used during nationals and the one he won nationals with. First off I would like to comment on the canopy itself. Right when I got it out of the packaging and opened it up I noticed how small it seemed without any stabilizers, however after laying it over my vx84 (my regular main) they were pretty much identical in size. Next, I lined up the slinks and the lengths of the lines on the JVX were at least 1’ longer than my 84, almost comparable to my friends vx 89, and only slightly shorter than my other friends velocity 96. The nose construction is also different and the overall profile is thinner however, it’s not as noticeable to the naked eye, at least when it’s laying on the ground, in flight however it is very noticeable. Lastly the slider, the slider is absolutely huge, which has “some” influence on the openings. Opening: One of the first and most major differences one will find when jumping this canopy is the openings. It’s pretty much a 180 from the vx. I had multiple openings that sniveled well over 800 feet and opened up beautifully. However, it was almost to the point where it would open up too slowly, at one point on a hop n pop from 5k I finally was able to release my brakes after stowing everything at 3k and that was with a 3 second delay. I was able to kind of control the openings however with the way I left the nose and the slider. In short if the nose was covered a little bit by the slider then it would snivel for days. If I left the nose a little more exposed to the open air it would open quicker, but not uncomfortable. I did open at varying speeds from sub-terminal, to dumping in a track, to coming right out of a sit (still on belly when deploying). One last thing about the slider is that it’s an annoyance to stow because it’s so big, if it was removable it would be absolutely awesome. Over all I would give the openings an 8 out of 10. Flight Characteristics: This thing is an absolute missile compared to my vx 84! Just to give you an idea I was loading the canopy a hair over 2.2 and I was pretty much even in full flight with a velocity 96 loaded at 2.3-2.4, and compared to my friend under a vx 89 at 2.3 I was flying away from him. There is noticeably more speed with this canopy. In the harness this canopy is pretty twitchy compared to my 84 which might be because of having no stabilizers, but once you get a feel for it it’s nice. Toggle turns and rear riser turns seem pretty much the same. The rear riser feel to this canopy is probably my favorite aspect of this canopy besides the speed. With the D lines being taught instead of slack like on the vx the feel for rear riser flying and landing has been dramatically increased. It feels like I have more potential lift at my disposal on the jvx then on the vx and this definitely comes into play when landing. Flying side by side one of my friends when utilizing rear risers it was noted that the “regular” kink that is in a canopy that is on rears isn’t there and actually the canopy is pretty much “flat as a board” as he says, which means to me that there should be less overall disturbance over the wing which means it should be more efficient in the end. Diving the canopy was also fun as the speed produced is very noticeable. I did practice turns up high on the canopy (270’s) and found that I lost just a little more altitude then on my 84. I primarily used harness turn with a little bit of single front riser, and it should be noted that the rear riser pressure is heavier than the vx but the front riser pressure is pretty much the same, maybe just a hair less. I will give fight characteristics about a 9 out of 10, it was a really fun canopy to fly and it’s definitely stable as we did get a 3 stack with a velo 96 and a vx 89. Landing: All I can say for landings is that they are fast, far, and make a crap load of noise coming in to land that will get the whole dz looking. As I said before the jvx lost a little more altitude than my vx 84 in a dive, so my first few turns were about 50-100’ higher than normal and in short I was planning out too high. On my 3rd jump I tried doing a turn at roughly the same height as my vx and found it to be perfect, while covering 300+ feet in a very short amount of time. I found out that even though this thing has so much more speed to it it does have more of a built in slingshot effect which almost helps you out/ shoots you out of the corner with very little input needed. I personally think this is a good thing because you can maintain maximum efficiency but still turn very high, then once planed out you can stay on the rears just a tad longer because of that new trim on the canopy. On average I was going about 300’ which is pretty much my norm for distance, however I only have 8 jumps on the canopy and I believe if I had an 87 and I was able to dial it in I would be going much further. Lastly, I felt the bottom end lift on this canopy is much better than my 84 and really wish I had an 87 to try out. Overall I would give landing an 8.5 just because I think the canopy was a little small for me, but I see the potential within this canopy and had a blast flying it. My overall impressions of this canopy are good, I like almost everything about the canopy and really think it would be hard to improve on it but who knows what we’ll see. I think this canopy is a definite upgrade from the vx and is one of the smoothest canopies I’ve ever flown. The conditions were nearly perfect at 65 degrees and no wind. one last thing, this canopy had a lot of jumps on it so it was not new and this was considered the last prototype before the production model. i don't know what's different about the production model. For more specific answers please post the questions. Thanks…stu I will also try and post some pics Slip Stream Air Sports Do not go softly, do not go quietly, never back down

NORTHWEST CANOPY PILOTING CIRCUIT 2005 The N.W.C.P.C. is part of the newest nation wide circuit that is forming this 2005 season. The passing on of canopy piloting knowledge in a safe environment is the primary purpose for these 5 competitions that will be held this season. Distance, Speed, and Accuracy will be the 3 different disciplines consisting of 2 rounds of each for a total of 6 rounds per competition. Below you will find dates, how to become a member, contact information, information about the competition and courses, and who to contact if you want to help out. Dates: May 14-15 @ Eugene Skydivers June 25-26 @ Skydive Oregon July 16-17 @ Skydive Snohomish August 13-14 @ Eugene Skydivers or Kapowsin (will notify at least one month prior to competition.) September 3-4 @ Skydive Oregon How to become a member and compete: You can contact me with your information or questions or go to [/url]http://www.canopypiloting.com/cpc.htm[/url] for more information. Information about courses and competitions: CPC homepage http://www.canopypiloting.com/cpc.htm PST homepage http://www.canopypiloting.com/psthome.htm Eugene Skydivers: http://www.eugeneskydivers.com Skydive Oregon: http://www.skydiveoregon.com Skydive Snohomish: http://www.skydivesnohomish.com Kapowsin: http://www.skydivekapowsin.com/ Contact Information: For more information please contact Stuart Schoenfeld Superstu81469@yahoo.com More information will be coming out in the coming weeks so keep your eyes out for updates!!! I NEED JUDGES!!! IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IN YOUR AREA (OREGON/WASHINGTON) WANTS TO BE A JUDGE PLEASE CONTACT ME ASAP!!!! Slip Stream Air Sports Do not go softly, do not go quietly, never back down

do you guys have drill dives that involve no contact? what kind of training do you guys do? Slip Stream Air Sports Do not go softly, do not go quietly, never back down