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I really don't think this is a good idea. If you had to track up or down jumprun clear the jumprun. Secondly waiting with a turn until housekeeping is done would lead to a great deal of outlandings, at least for me. I have about a minute after opening until I land, normal housekeeping takes me about 15-20 sec depending on what I was doing. So now I'm at 500m, already past my first setup point, somewhere out of nowhere and with no chance to reach the DZ because I was flying downwind the whole time. Think, look, turn avoids collisions. Not stubbornly flying away from an imaginary center. Or did I missunderstand what you were talking about? Anyway, thanks yuri!! Great post, will try it out and see, how my students get along with it

As he apparently lives in the UK I'd suggest a Lookma-RDS in case he changes his mind about a removable slider. Much easier system for reattachement, better ring design, very good quality and way cheaper than the US - systems. http://www.lookma.de/ ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

Apart from being a split slider testjumper, the packing hassle that comes with it and flapping of the two pieces once the release is pulled: You will have to get used to pulling the slider over the risers if you want to get anywhere canopy skills wise. It should get easier once you've done it a few hundred times. You can also soften the risertips by repeatetly pulling the slider over them on the ground. Or ask PD for slightly larger grommets on your slider. Field of vision obstruction once pulled down can be minimized by twisting the slider a bit before stowing it. Also loosen your chest strap as much as possible. The more you are flying leaning forward the less your slider will concern you. Because I had the same issue with my FOV I got an RDS and never looked back. ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

As there are very easy steps to avoid a PCIT during packing I'd always choose the one that is less likely to cause problems. That being said I'd love the feeling of positively opening my container with a straight pin like on my reserve. ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

just read the description on their website and nowhere I found the phrase 'great flare' Infact the complete opposite: You're basically jumping a sportier reserve. And that is pretty much exactly what they marketed it like. and like lyosha has said, if you can't land a parachute chances are it's you, not the parachute ETA: The Epicene landings I've seen so far looked like any other 7cell landings, smooth and slow ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

I don't think you understood, how the cutaway system works. The whole mount detaches so point 1) is bs Secondly, if you can't drill holes get a more capable friend to do it for you. Every DZ I know has the proper tools for this job. Also I've yet to see a helmet break apart because of two small holes, infact, many factory mounts even require them. So bs number 2) If you headbang with a 200lbs meat missile you have other problems than two small sticks reaching only about 2mm inside your helmet, that by design can't get pushed further inside by an impact. So your skull penetrating meat missile propelled screw point is bs as well. Lastly your spring hook of death scenario is not only unlikely but, you might have already guessed it: bs number 4. If you need to use the cutaway option the mount will have snatched on sth already, whatever it may be. Leaving with the mount I'd highly doubt that even the sticks on top of the springs will come out on their own. And even if, what are they going to catch your whole camera hasn't already? So in all due respect, don't do that at all, dear opening poster and listen to those that actually know what they are talking about. There have already been a few in this thread. ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

Close to no brake input so nothing would happen, probably wouldn't even notice it but that is irrelevant as the odds are zero because it wasn't a tension knot. He knotted his excess steering line around the lower excess keeper. No friction thing, a proper knot. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Kmz2IXPFhLw Same thing that happened here ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

32 years times three equals 96... wait a minute... you really ARE f*** old Or did you have a longer break somewhere in between ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

No parachutes were harmed in the making of this video

Break input was minimal and a safe rear riser only landing is nothing too difficult. Head or tailwind... who really cares?! As long as you are used to it controlled downwind landings are nothing special. The 270° part (or well excecuted 90°) is pretty much a necessity if you want to have the power to be able to safely recover on rears. He could have used the stuck toggle to brake with a bit of rear riser input but he chose not to and landed smoothly... He's done a few stupid things but this landing I wouldn't count as one. ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

I sure hope not, 11 days booked 18.02-01.03 ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

As real life experience has shown, appart from him saying it's 50% less expensive everything else he mentioned where marketing lies. It's cheaper but inferior in every aspect with the exception of floating handles. But yay for innovation ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

+1 21. century and we still got a poll result of close to 50/50. Crazy world (USA?!) ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

If your problem with packing is getting the canopy into the bag none of the above will help you out. There is a 4th solution however. It's the cheapest by far and is called "practice" ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

could you pm me a picture of it one day you happen to have a photocam with you at the DZ? I'm really interested in its design. Is it closed via flaps like on the semi stowless PODs from Sunpath and UPT, just with the whole bag or does it utilise a different sollution? ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

You just described a pendulum. Canopy surges forward, picks up speed, generates more lift than its build in sink rate, gaines a few feet, swings you forward, canopy surges forward again and so on and forth until it stops because of wind resistance. Pendulum or overcompensating effect is highly dependant on your canopy design and linetrim. Some canopies have such a short recovery, that you literally swing forward when it pulls out, some have a more natural, some even a negative recovery, that dont swing you back forward anough to create a noticeable pendulum effect. You should definitely get some professional canopy coaching... ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

please explane what you mean by oscillation. I gave you an explanation but apparently we talk about two different things?! ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

Do you mean you come out of your turn and at the end of the recovery gain a few feet? This happens because for your canopy you generated enough airspeed to create enouph lift to go up although it is trimmed towards the ground in full flight mode. As you progress into more "high performance" wings this effect will fade away and only comes back if you want it during very fast distance rounds for example where you have enough airspeed (power in your wing) to change the pitch ange of your canopy (the trim) enough to gain a bit of altitude until you run out of airspeed. ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

Simply no. You still don't get it. For your canopy there is always headwind. No matter which way you are turning under canopy the wind always does come from the front, yes? So your pendulum in a stable airmass is always the same, no matter the direction as relative to the airmass there is no direction. Only if you were switching between differently moving airmasses it would affect your airspeed and thus your recovery. I think this is the point you confused with a "headwind" the whole time. If you are jumping in a fast moving airmass close to the ground you are very likely to encounter turbulence. These rapid changes within the airmass can mess with your recovery as they quickly change your airspeed and therefore the abillity of your canopy to get out of its dive/ your swoop. When the winds at your starting point and the winds close to the ground are more or less the same without strong turbulence your recovery is not affected no matter the overall windspeed. ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

I'm not quite sure if I understand you correctly, had a good laugh, but I've got time to kill so here we go Windspeed = Speed of windmass moving across the earth Airspeed = Your speed inside the airmass and only relative to the airmass Groundspeed = Your actual speed over the ground First of all you need to understand that your speed inside the moving airmass under canopy will always be the same for a given input, no matter the wind strength or direction. The only thing that changes is your groundspeed and thus your perception of speed. Lets say your canopy has a full flight speed of 30km/h within the airmass. 3 Scenarios Nillwind: airspeed = groundspeed (30km/h) 30km/h headwind (windspeed): airspeed is still 30km/h, Ground speed is 0km/h 30km/h downwind (windspeed): airspeed still at 30km/h, groundspeed is 60km/h Although your airspeed stays the same in all 3 scenarios your groundspeed varies greatly. Your canopies only point of reference is the airmass it is moving through. At which speed this airmass is moving across the ground is completely irrelevant for your airspeed. Now it's the same for swooping or any input in general. If the airmass is stable and doesn't create down and updrafts because of underlying terrain or obstacles a given turn will always eat up the same amount of altitude and generate the same amount of AIRSPEED as your canopy doesn't care which direction you're going because its only POR is the airmass. The recovery stays the same! But now your perception comes into play. On nillwind days you might be able to get 60 km/h of groundspeed out of your turn which would be 60km/h airspeed inside the (standing) airmass. Now no matter the direction relative to the wind you're landing in, your airspeed will always be 60km/h. But your groundspeed can vary greatly depending on the wind direction. You acustomed yourself to low wind days and higher ground speeds. Now you are jumping in higher windspeeds and low ground speeds and that messes with your perception. The speed inside the airmass (airspeed) during your recovery is still 60km/h but your groundspeed is only 30km/h. So you are coming out of your turn and you don't see the speed you are used to, hence thinking you are recovering more quickly, probably giving a little different input also but that can only be judged by watching video of your landings in different conditions. Probably any canopy design out there can create enough lift to overcome its rate of descent. But this has nothing to do with wind direction but rather with its airspeed within the air it is moving through. So a popup can happen to you no matter the wind direction you are landing in. did I leave anything clear? ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

ok, so he can't pack properly. Did you also look at his PC stowing technique? It seems he could some help ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

that could work if there are no pre-cut holes in the cell dividers, but I'd imagine filling one cell would get pretty damn heavy. I think he was joking... ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

Your main problem is not your POD but that you managed to pack yourself a premature deployment with brand new equipment. Prematures have destroyed rigs and canopies long before magnetic bags came into fashion. Of course, it doesn't help in such a situation to basically have a freepacked canopy opening but at freefly speeds it would have been a nasty opening anyway with possible damage to your equipment no matter the POD closing method. in my rather short time as a packer I've seen a couple of different styles (including SR) of magnetic bags and didn't like any of them. Used within reasonable parameters they all provided rather good results, though. So to call them inherently dangerous is wrong IMHO. Rather an inferior design. Sorry to hear of your bad experience with SR. But maybe you shouldn't try to hold them accountable for your mistakes. ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

The 'stupid USB connection thingy' is probably the only reason why I still prefer the 410 over the Ax53 for team filming and casual jumping. Makes getting the files on a computer for debriefs between two loads and hotfuel VERY fast and easy. If you don't need it why not just strap it down with tape? ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends

Ok, now I understand =) Thanks for clearing it up to me ------------------------------------------------------- To absent friends