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  1. Blis
    The beaty of "free america"...
  2. Blis
    That's a good point! I'll keep that in mind. I'm still a bit confused if the AFF + 30 jumps gets me an A-licence or not. What's involved in getting a FS1 Pixie mentioned? If I can catch a ride up in the sky am I allowed to jump only solo without FS1? If someone has a clear chart of all of these stages with them explained, I'd appreciate one. And thanks for all the answers!
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    ................................................................................ Apparently TC's standards vary radically between Ontario and B.C. A significant number of B.C. - based jump planes either don't have enough seat-belts to strap in every skydiver ... or the seat-belts are too short ... or seat-belts are anchored to the floor too far forward of skydivers to restrain them during a forced-landing ... or the seat-belts are hidden so deeply that no-one can find them. At my home DZ we have no seatbelts on 182... oh, 5 jumpers too
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    Meanwhile in finland we have A, B, C and D licenses
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    GPS is fairly poor at getting an accurate altitude reading for technical reasons: http://gpsinformation.net/main/altitude.htm This can be corrected somewhat with higher cost (and often larger) receivers but this is not a practical fit for altimeters and AADs. They will remain less accurate for altitude than for horizontal distance. I'm sure there are people who can offer you a more technical explanation but GPS is simply not the right tool for the job in this case. Most gps devices use rather slow refresh rate, perhaps once a second or two. Second thing to take note is that normal gps devices are accurate only to -+20m or so, with bad lock it is even worse. For greater accuracy you would need a big ass receiver and also pay for a correction signal to be sent to your device.. So, those are the reasons why they dont go well together..
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    I see from your profile you have 9 jumps (as of this writing). Do you have more knowledge about skydiving, or parachutes, or the skydiving industry, than the average novice with 9 jumps? Not really, no.. Besides all the stuff i've heard old timers at dz talk about when waiting for clear skies or winds to calm down (few weekends that is)... But then again over here regulations say 10 years for mains and 15 for harness if remember correctly..
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    Just my opinion but i wouldnt be comfortable jumping a rig that's older than me... I would atleast get something made in 2000's, theyre not that expensive anymore...
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    I would imagine that they're there to make sure that canopy inflates evenly...
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    No idea about FAA approvals but that is how we run 182 cessnas here in europe (well, in finland atleast), have to say that it's rather tight fight especially if there are bigger guys on the load...
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    SWS has a solid track record in europe from what i've heard and I actually know people who have or are going to get SWS rig and i've heard no complaints about them... Also TSO means nothing in europe so it wont be a problem for jumping...
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    Here, in the europe atleast SWS holds some sort of market share and people actually buy those rigs... So yeah, not a bad rig..
  12. Blis
    This is the right answer... Heck, i've spent more days at dz waiting for weather than jumping but those days spent waiting definitely werent wasted...
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    Atleast around here 15 is the age limit for skydiving, as long as you have written permission from parents... So, I would think she is ok for jumping, definitely old enough if she has got A-license already...
  14. Blis
    at 5000 feet theres plenty of time for backflip or two... Heck, i did 9 sec freefall from 3700 feet and it went fine... Not advised though...
  15. Blis
    fixing and packing a tangled chute is a skill you have to know, if you want to pass the packing test. well at least in my little corner of the world. I could never get the mindset of people relying on packers. although I know that things change when you turn heavy rotations in competitive skydiving or tandem Here the rigger usually tries to make as huge mess as possible out of the chute that one has to pack for the test. But then again, we're engouraged to start learning to pack as soon as possible (did my first on jump 7)...Quote
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    I would imagine spring has more constant tension and also it offers more variety in terms of tension needed to uncouple the kite... You can get springs with spring constant of anything from 1N/mm to 1kN/mm rather easily...
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    My personal opinion is that if you cant pack your own gear and havent jumped it, then you're not ready for license... But then again, i'm just a ignorant student...
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    Holy shit :O
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    Im with you in this one... So far only thing i've had to redo on my S/L progression was the 5s freefall... And the reason it failed was unstabile exit (which i managed to fix) but lead to too long freefall...
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    Just for the sake of clarity.... if you ended your day on a successful exit, a sign off for an actual pull and come back tomorrow... You still have to do a *successful* dummy pull on the same day prior to doing an actual pull. My instructor told me that you can do it on the same day or within 24hours, but immediatly after is the recommended way...
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    Don't focus on this. It's not a race. You are never going to get to that handle before the canopy opens. What the instructor is looking for is that you're stable all the way through the pull sequence. Make nice big, smooth movements. If you reach for the handle and it isn't there, stay in your assymetrical pull position for a second and reach upwards towards your butt. It's likely the handle is higher than your expect. Don't worry too much about it. Dummy pulls are by far the hardest part of static line progression. If you have to repeat it a few times, so what? It's fun! I did at least half a dozen of those before I finally 'got it'. True enough, the real pull is way easier than those dummy pulls... Personally the best I managed was to pull by the time chute came out and even then i had to pull on 102 or so...
  22. Blis
    Try to be quicker to handle next time... Also take your time on ground to practise the movements, visualize, go throught it in your head...