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If you can't get out of the twists, it fails a control check. It's undetermined how much altitude he had remaining prior to cutaway and he determined he was not able to get out of the twists. Maybe he could have but maybe not. People say whatever they say during a cutaway. He put the guy in an arch, arms out of the way and performed the cutaway. As far as that part is concerned, he did just fine. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

I grew up in Great Falls. If I can manage to get back home any time soon to visit my parents, I'll look you guys up. I lived on 50th street a couple blocks from 10th Avenue South. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Since I'm not from a facility that uses Strongs, I am not positive here but weren't those roll packed? I can see packing it on opposite sides making a difference on a roll pack but not a traditional flat pack. (not directed at Rob) A traditional flat pack is just stacking the lines on each other. With the old 421s and 500s, the diagram attached is how I stacked them for bulk distribution and keeping lines closer to the middle. Clear the stabilizers. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

--- and --- You mean like VRW? My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Here's an interesting add-on if you use Firefox. FfvB - vBulletin Management for Firefox There are probably FfVBadd-ons for other browsers but I haven't looked. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

As long as the instructors tailor your training for actual skydiving, it will help tremendously. If you're just in there flying for the heck of it, you will still learn, BUT, there is a tendency to let the student fly rather flat. While that is very safe in the tunnel, it's very annoying to an AFF instructor in the sky A skydiving student needs to arch a bit more than the average brand new tunnel student. Good luck. Have fun! My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

After giving the bags a solid try, my opinion is: It's a pain to use for no benefit gained. Stitch it shut and be happier. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Absolutely. reread the article, he was Proximity flying. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Oh I don't know I'm pretty sure Skydance puts students in some pretty ugly outfits and oddball fraphats. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Get the more secure handle. A hackey is less secure anyway. Becoming used to any handle is a matter of simply using it. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

I watched a buddy try to get the handle off his thumb for 1,000'. Gaffers Tape. Fixed My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Avocado on whole wheat toast. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Squeak, just for the record, I'm not talking about making a track bike or one to ride in the twisties at speed. It just simply handles correctly for the new ride height.

There is no shortage of dz.comers and particularly low jump number posters that think that jump numbers is NOTHING My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

If you're planning to become a skydiver in Lodi, I would suggest talking directly to this person: bodypilot1

WAY too easy.... Well, it would. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Pushing the forks up fucks with steering geometry, don't do that unless you know what you are doing. Just lowering the back REALLY fucks it up. Not lowering the front will make it handle like a tank. If you lower the back, the forks should be raised so the front is still level. This is very common with SV. Lower the back, lower the front to match. The ride height should be lowered equally. This also goes for the R6 and other bikes. It's an easy task. Whoever adds the lowering link should know what to do with the front. Loosen 6 bolts, push the forks up evenly, tighten the bolts. It literally takes no more than 15 minutes to lower the front. The back will probably take less than an hour. svrider.com is a good source. I could find others. I haven't ridden an SV for a couple seasons so I forget what other forums are available. Just shaving the seat is an option. You can also buy a "factory" shaved seat for too much money. It's 1/2 inch lower. The upholstery is held on with staples. Pull them out, peel the upholstery back, shave and shape the foam, a bit of contact cement and a good staple gun and you're back in business. Seriously though. Lowering an SV is pretty straight forward. It should be very easy to afford. I miss my SV. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

You wouldn't have to do much to lower the SV. A lowering link are available for 50 US. They bolt right in. Push the fork tubes up the triple clamps to match. Lowering Links Just an inch would do wonders. You can lower it considerably more if you want too. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

This is as far as I've read. The SV is fantastic. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

I'm glad to see him wear that. As often as I see harley guys wearing nothing but a skull cap, that's way better. There are a bunch of sport bike riders that wear nothing also, but I see it more on the Harleys. I prefer leather with armor. I currently have an Alpinestars TZ-1 zipped to Alpinestars track pants. I use Alpinestars SMX plus riding boots and Held Gloves. The TZ-1 isn't made anymore unfortunately. It's a great jacket. I sound like an advertisement for alpinestars. It just happened to be available, fits well and it's built very well. The jacket I bought used, (not crashed, just worn). I prefer the Alpinestars track pants over the Dainese so I picked them up. too. Cover yourself. Tennis shoes don't cut it in a get off. Get boots that will cover your ankles and stay on your feet if you're sliding or tumbling down the road. Jeans are not protective at all. If you must wear Jeans, at LEAST put knee/shin guards on. I watched a lowside and the gut slide feet first on his front side. The jeans were completely thrashed but luckily he had reasonable boots and knee/shin guards. He would have ground his skin down to his kneecaps and ground up the kneecaps in the process. Quick rundown on suggested gear: Good armored leather or at least good armored textile riding jacket zipped to armored riding pants. Spine protection, full face helmet, gauntlet gloves with a wrist strap and good boots. Good luck My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

The Safer Moto guys came out to a popular wednesday gathering and we tried them on. One person was allowed to fire a couple off so we could see them in action. I didn't really like the jacket but the vest can be worn over your leathers. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Nice Try I could have been slightly more clear but I did mean model. How's this? Manufacturer/Model Sunpath/Javelin Velocity Sports Equipment/Infinity Mirage Systems, Inc. /Mirage Rigging Innovations /Talon Rigging innovations /VooDoo Sunrise Rigging /Wings Oh and Vector by either Relative Workshop or UPT. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Do you have a: Javelin? Infinity? Mirage? Talon? Voodoo? Wings? ... and a couple others. what do you have? The model name is probably one of the above. You probably sent it to the factory that built it, who did you send it to? My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Good thing someone else was doing it! Looks like great fun. ... and yes if course dangerous. [Laugh] My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

I honestly do not care how you teach. Just do it well and have a good attitude. Don't be PA removed by slotperfect and don't push your strong opinions on others in an arrogant manner. Explain that you perform EP simulation several times on each and every jump. It would be wise to practice many times on every jump. By practice, it's not touch the handles.... it's simulate pulling them like you mean it. This is brought up again at the end of the post. ------------------------------ First off, I read this thread before I realized who this TheRanchPROshop was. It is the first post I've read from it. Before I figured it out, I'd already formed an opinion of someone I don't know, based on the first post I read from him. It can be changed but this is all I have to go with. In my experience of dealing with people, this is what I got out of reading the first post. I'm going to take a wild guess this pertains to more than just emergency procedures. So in my head, and probably other peoples heads, Here is you in a nutshell. - Your opinion is the correct opinion. - You are lucky to have that opinion. - Anyone who doesn't share your opinion is wrong - too bad those people are foolish I'm going to stand by that... for now. Quick background since you provided yours. I'm an instructor. I'm a rigger with a strong rigging background. It's one I don't bother sharing on forums. I'd make a good S&TA but I don't want to do it. I have a life outside skydiving so I'd rather enjoy my time at the DZ when I'm there. I have seen and experienced problems throughout my life but for the purpose of this thread I'll stick to the EPs you listed. I was tought Both hands on cutaway. Look locate reserve. Pull cutaway. Then both hands on reserve, pull reserve just like your poll. I could do the routine but if i had to say it out loud the words got in the way and slowed me down. Too many individual steps to a simple act. When it comes to students, I SELDOM do first jump courses. If I do, I use the accepted method chosen by the dz. When it is time to review emergency procedures I ask the student to demonstrate the way they were taught. If they say it out loud, that's fine, if they don't that's fine. What I do want is a demonstration. I want them to demonstrate it with purpose. If they are weak about it, I turn sideways so they don't mirror me, I arch, and I demonstrate it like I mean it. If corrections are required, this is when they happen. We go over this until I'm satisfied. As for me personally, when I was cleared for self supervision I changed my procedures to one hand each handle. I do not peel handles at the same time.. I peel then push the handle out, then as a second move, I do the same for the reserve after my chosen delay. Out of more than 10 or more cutaways, I've had 1 hard one. When it happened, my left hand automatically went over for the assist. It just so happened that on that particular nearly impossible cutaway, I could see my handles before I grabbed them. My head was pinned down. We learned about hard riser housings soon after this incident. Every single cutaway before, and after, the handles were in my hand before I looked. Here's a thought for back in the day when you had unsatisfactory handles in your rig. When you were jumping with inferior handles like a flat javelin handle, You should have fixed it. I knew better than to use a flat handle the first time I saw one, and my jumping experience was quite low. It felt WRONG and flimsy and hard to grab especially in gloves. When people drop off their rigs and you ask them to demonstrate their procedures. Have them put on the rig. If you want them to do it correctly it's up to you to change their mind set to being in freefall.Start with the main pilot chute... It's important. If you don't , you are setting them up for failure. OK... We're going to review your emergency procedures. Now don't pull your handles yet. We are back in the air and you throw out the main pilot chute. Practice your procedures like you really mean it. When we're done practicing, you can actually pull all the other handles. The success rate is higher that way. Ok that's WAY too many words for one post. If you read this far, Thanks :) My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto