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Adding a slider pocket is a great way to go. People who call it a band aid haven't every tried one, it works great. There are a lot of Sabres still flying. The ones that open quick can be easily fixed. A larger slider works sometimes, but a pocket works every time. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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What!!! Insane Clown Posse you are. No spoon and no tracking! I loved the video, The tight tracking formations were bad ass. Ok folks, did you notice that the positions were not froggy? They were tracking positions. I'm ok with people calling it whatever they want. We flocked, we tracked and even made formations before 2000, it eventually was given a name and more people got good at it. We (the general we) all got better at pretty much everything in the last decade. I really like the leader switching dive. That looked pretty tight. I wish they showed a longer version of that to see how they set it up and how long they could continue. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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I just watched this video. It has some angled stuff. There's no way you can compare this to any form of tracking... Please Simon. Get a grip. There is no spoon. http://vimeo.com/25346196 Show me where you see tracking? Edit: Fix the URL My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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Using my brilliant deductive reasoning skills, I've determined he has around 250 jumps.
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Looking for freefly coach SF bay area (Union city)
hookitt replied to wojtas's topic in Wind Tunnels
That hard to read huh? My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto -
Looking for freefly coach SF bay area (Union city)
hookitt replied to wojtas's topic in Wind Tunnels
Many people live quite a distance from the tunnel. For me, it's a round trip of 100 miles. If your coach lived 5o miles away, it would be approximate 2 hours drive time to get there and back. Most people don't live that close to the tunnel and often that drive takes even longer here in the high traffic area of the Bay Area. This eats up a lot of social life because that usually equates to 4 hours turn around time. 2 or so for drive time, an hour getting ready for the session and winding down afterward. 1 more hour inside the chamber while you learn to fly. Twelve 15 minute sessions will be 48 hours of the coaches time. You also must consider that it takes them away from whatever else they planned to be doing. Get home from work, do whatever it is they need to do. Leave home at least 1 1/2 hours prior to the session. That usually means you have to miss So You Think You Can Dance, or American Idol. Worst of all, you have to miss Raising Hope! That's gotta be worth something. The whole evening will be used up so it's even more than 48 hours. Also, that's a lot or lost sleep since the sessions are often late in the night. that 6:30 alarm is a tough one. Let's use my vehicle as an example. My Toyota Tacoma gets around 20 miles to the gallon. Lets say 3.85 per gallon. At Minimum it would cost 20 bucks to get there and back. Add 5$ bridge toll and it's now it's 25 dollars per session. Add in Gatorade and water or snacks.... flat tire, whatever, it adds up. If everything works out perfect, It would cost at least, 300 bucks to teach you for free for 3 hours, 15 minutes at a time. That's 12 trips to the tunnel at 4 hours round trip each time. Free for you is costly for the coach. Coaches have spent a lot of time becoming the flyers they are. If you want free, grab someone at the tunnel and cross your fingers. Some of the instructors are amazing but you don't get a true 1 on 1 training session. You will be in there by yourself for much of the time while the instructor holds on to you during transitions. If you have a coach with you during that time ... they just stand there and watch. Coaching isn't always flying. It's standing, being a target, sitting still, and sometimes the coach stands out side the chamber and gives signals. It starts on the belly. You must become reasonably proficient. At some point, you can go to the back. Again you must become reasonably and safely proficient. Chances are, in a couple hours you'll be sit flying but I would not count on getting on your head unless you're extremely coordinated. Good luck. I hope you get some great flying in. If I see you there, I'll probably fly with you but I'm sorry that most people can't afford to take special trips to maybe get some flight time. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto -
a different view of chute size....
hookitt replied to ElectricFetus's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
For BASE jumping yes, but, that has nothing to do with our choice of skydiving canopies. For BASE, I have a 240 designed for the job it's intended. For skydiving, I jump a Velocity. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto -
If it's cold, I give my students gloves to wear. Sometimes it's just too damn cold not to wear them. I wore them during some of my AFF training also. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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I'm just curious, Patty or Greg, whoever is posting with Patty's username .... , how did you come across this post 15 months later? (I know, search function..., it's rhetorical) According to Don's profile, he hasn't logged back in since Last March so I doubt you'll find him on here. Last Login: Mar 28, 2010, 6:23 AM My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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Anything can be on a pizza. Gimme Pizza My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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Well, kind of. The fact that you can often hit what you jump off and must have very quick and correct reactions is one of the biggest factors. base jumpers often jump into areas that make most skydivers pee their pants is another real reason. Jumping with one parachute concerns me very little, it's where I jump and how technical of a jump I choose to do that concerns me the most. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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Challenge away. I don't know about the actual report given to Airtec but his save is clearly documented right here on this site. See for yourself. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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No, it's a facebook redirect to http://www.iloveskydiving.org/ The video you're referring to is somewhere on that website but we don't know where. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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You gotta PM me who that was so I can give them shit My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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Can i atend a course if im on ssri anti anxiety drugs?
hookitt replied to Gnusmas's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
Short answer: No I hired a ghost writer to write the part under the line. The rest is my comments Relaxed is the wrong word to be used for skydiving however it's what people seem to understand. Relaxed is kicking back in a recliner breathing slowly enjoying a calm moment Relaxed in skydiving is the ability to perform fluid movements with out tensing up. You're still not relaxed but you're not rigid either. Let the energy be released upward. (let the air do much of the work, you just direct it as needed) Given the nature of those particular drugs: As an instructor it would be a disservice to you to take you. It would be a disservice to your friends, to me, and my friends as well. Skydiving isn't the world. It's great, it's fun, it's dangerous. It takes proper decision making and you must make them with lubricant speed. You won't have that capacity. The drugs seem to be necessary in your life so until it's determined another option is viable, do not stop taking them. I have an honest question. Is English your first language? It helps us create better responses if we know this. From the ghostwriter: ----------------------------------- "I am offering this opinion as someone who works in mental health and understands the types of diagnoses that require those kinds of medications. I would not encourage you to go through AFF. The type of anxiety that requires benzodiazepines is not the type of anxiety that would allow you to go off those medications with ease if you truly need the level of medications you are taking. I would not send even some of my highest functioning patients to do a skydive because at the end of the day, they are not functioning optimally or thinking clearly enough to make the decisions required for skydiving solo. YOU are not thinking clearly enough to make the decisions to skydive if you require heavy-duty anxiolytics. Another concern I have is with the comments suggesting that anxiety improves for people after they begin skydiving. I have no doubt that this is true for some and have heard great things from those who used to suffer from mild to moderate anxiety and depression. However, these people were already high-functioning, and maintaining their mood without medications. Those with severe, persistent mental illness (which is what benzodiazepines are prescribed for) are not going to experience this. Your potential for panic is greater, and symptoms increase in situations of stress. There are many high stress situations you will find yourself in, as any seasoned skydiver can attest to, far after the time you are finished with AFF or off student status. We've all seen high-functioning individuals without mental health issues make bad decisions during these situations. There is good reason to have respect for this sport and those involved in it. Once you are on your own, it is not just your life that is on that plane. Your decisions, or lack of ability to make them, affect others. Without knowing you or your situation, I must reiterate the suggestions given here to speak to your doctor. But as a mental health practitioner, I would not recommend it. All benzodiazepines are "No Fly" on that list that someone else posted for you in regards to pilots. If you wouldn't want your pilot on them... well. You may not want anyone piloting a canopy on them, either. Please think long and hard, allowing the glow from your tandem jump to wear off, before making such an important decision. Skydiving is wonderful and an amazing experience, but it is not for everyone for many reasons. I hope you will consider the risks involved very seriously before pursuing this as a hobby. I also hope that you will not make any rash decisions to stop taking medications you need in an attempt to get involved in skydiving. You still have a mental illness, whether you take the medications or not." My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto -
By the way, my answer pertains to me because I know how canopies fly and land using both options. I do not teach my AFF students to land with 1 of each in case of a broken brake line. I teach them to do a control check, practice flaring. Sort it out, because large student canopies can land easily on the rears but it's still a LOT less of a flare. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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Short answer, no. Long answer ... It's not particularly more prone to stalling. People tend to over flare when simply flaring with risers for the first time. Even on a simple straight in approach. Think non, swooper, conservative canopy pilot. Now he just had his first reserve ride. Chances are it was also a nerve racking experience. Now, for whatever reason, he has 1 missing toggle and chooses to unstow and not touch the other toggle. Some folks simply forget how to fly a parachute because... oh my god, it's a reserve!!! don't do anything. (Do you know what I mean here?) Most canopies of today have a long control stroke when landing with toggles. A riser landing consists of pulling down the risers only a few inches. It's very easy to over do it because it's generally quite easy to pull down the rears. Almost always, even if it's only a slightly speed enhanced landing, the flare begins fairly high. So, take those 2 trait of a main caopy. Long toggle stroke, higher flair point. It's what you know and what is often what a person reverts back to under stress. Now have a reserve ride. The reserve is controlled by the same inputs but it handles completely different. If you lose the toggles altogether and just use risers, you best do it correctly. The person is already amped. If he reverts back to what seems normal, the control input is likely too high, and too much. A straight in riser landing must be done closer to the ground, smooth and fairly quick so it levels out. That's it. If you flare it high it will plane out some if you flared remotely correct. If you hold it, then flare even more, you pendulum in front of it, it falls off backward rather quickly and dumps you on your back. Brief enough :) My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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No to cutting the other one. The brake line offers control if it's in the guide ring. It holds the tail in place and offers more stability. If you remove it, not only did you lose a control input, you made the canopy less stable, especially in turbulent air. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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I would use a toggle and a riser and prepare for a proper PLF. There is much more control keeping the toggle. Have you practiced PLFs? I have landed 7 cell canopies with 1 riser and 1 toggle. I've landed with just rears. Because of that experience I would be comfortable doing a riser/toggle landing on my small reserve. I would be ok with just rears but it would not be my first choice. I would PLF whether I needed to or not. If you ever get the chance to jump a demo reserve, do it. Practice flying one riser and one toggle. Practice flare and use multiple control options to get used to a small 7 cell. If for some reason the cut brake line scenario really came to pass, Steer to a safe area and PLF needs to be top on your list. Light control inputs. Practice flare as altitude permits. If you use just risers, I hope you practiced that also. It's VERY easy to stall on risers. Time and again people tend to over flare riser only landings. I'm not talking about rear riser swoop landings, I'm talking straight in approach to big landing area. It's easy to flare too high and too hard. You may have noticed the mention of a PLF. A good PLF not only looks good but they save you if you're in doubt. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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I haven't seen the show but that does sound pretty funny. I guess I'm just on the occasional maintenance dose right now. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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Not true considering it is unlikely a rigger will stop what he's doing and pack the rig right then and there. A week should do it. Drop it off and pick it up the following weekend. I might do it though, right after I accidentally lose the offending ripcord pullers cutaway handle. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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There is no documentation available with sizing suggestions. The 135 is pretty much the largest you'll safely fit in that container. Some have slightly more C/Cs available but most likely you're at the max. Also, if it's an Eclipse with the corners of the main container sewn in more than an inch, you may wish to open them up a little. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto