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    most pilots are cocked up.
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    I jumped my buddys J3 for over 500 jumps, with canopies ranging from 210 down to a 135, the owner of the rig had everything from a paracommander, a 260 base canopy, and down to a Jedi 95. As CSpenceFly said it's all how you pack it, from d-bag size to closing loop length.
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlZY83QHKL8&feature=youtu.be
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    can they use slave labor in Spain?
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    DING DING DING We have a winner. I was thinking the same thing. I've seen it a bit on xf2's lightly loaded esp. once the turn increases.
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    -Joey- http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=4401254;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread
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    ...you have your sites set on trying to look cool, screw the consequences. Enjoy the ride, i'll remember the name. best reply ever. lol.
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    sell you my velo 103. no need to waste time with non-xbrased shit!
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    http://lmgtfy.com/?q=fire+bottle
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    Where can you do this?
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    not enough swooping and too much rob wallace.
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    they should.
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    any guess on where swoop nats 2014 will be. has tk or hans shown intrest?
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    thanks al. we're training this week at spaceland with Kyle, most of the staff is ready to rip it up if anyone else wants to swoop this week.
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    Sick video

    dqpacker replied to carve's topic in Wing Suit Flying

    how dare they fly out of the grid. well done and sick flying. way to push it.
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    I know swoop nats 2013 are early 2013, May sometime. And at Zhills Where are swoop nats 2014 and what time of year?
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    I hope you are tall, so it's even funnier when chuck kicks your ass.
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    Another silly numerical claim with no explanation. Please elaborate. How much do you think the setup in that picture weighs? I'd guess roughly 8 pounds... 5 for the helmet/hardware, 2 for the camera/lens, 1 for the video. Given or take 0.5-1 lbs on any of those numbers, I'd still put the final number close to 8 pounds. Disregarding exactly how much a modern harness weighs, and whether or not it has radically shrunk recently as implied by the "these days" comment, and the fact that H/C weight is grossly irrelevant to this discussion... do you really think there is a modern setup with 2 DSLR's and decent lenses which is significantly lighter than that ~8lb (guess) setup which you imply is so ancient and heavy? yes
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    Again, the limit of your understanding is time. DSLRs capable of shooting video haven't been available that long. Talk to any camera flyer who has been in the game for more than 10 years, and they'll confirm that 'light(weight) makes right'. You can get away with all sorts for stuff for a while, but sooner or later it will catch up with you. I'd say that 75% of my jumps have been with one or more cameras, and that one of the reasons that's possible is that I've made it a priority to keep it lightweight and low profile. It's not about what you can do 5 times, it's what you can do 5000 times. yes you are talking about camera flyers that started 10 years ago with Old Heavy Setups. These days shit's so light you will be fine, esp. since parachute opening have become softer and more predictable than your sabre or nova or fury or other old crap you were jumping with your Old Heavy Setup
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    Your setup in that picture probably weighs more than some harness and containers jumped these days. 2 Dslrs on a Shark will be just fine. more people are using a 2dslr setup than you think. and base jumping too.
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    Here's a couple on a Sabre2 135 loaded at 2:1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QezKdBtfqcI&feature=plcp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtVMflUuoJo&feature=plcp
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    because i'm fucking awesome
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    Someone asking for guidance for becoming a better canopy pilot and this is your answer? The next guy is pressing the like button.. What the fuck is wrong with this community. the Dropzone.com community. everything. the real skydiving community. a few things.
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    You guys must suck at tracking if you don't have time to play with a buddy and barrel roll and shit, get a few docks in and pull in clear airspace. I'm fat and I can do it, but I'm also not a old belly guy either. also I wouldn't call it a barrel roll but a short back track after a long belly track and more for fun than safety. and I'll add that "barrel rolls" are only useful on dive's that have gone to shit or are never a formation, like a tracking dive.
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    next sangi it is!