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A woman told me that before I took a shower in the hangar. She was serious too. She posts here but I'm not going to out her. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Stand on the air a bit more. Push down and balance a bit more on your feet and then push the hips out some. It lets you balance on the feet while the air hits more of the back. Think: Stand on the air harder while Leaning back. Resist the urge to put your arms in back of you. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Where I live now 19 F. Where I used to live, (Great Falls Montana) mid -50s. Most years, it would get down to between 30 and 40 below for a couple weeks. If your car didn't have a block heater, it would have to be started every couple hours to warm it up. After a season of that, I installed block heater. The heater core broke one year while I was driving it. My passenger yelled due to the hot water/antifreeze pouring onto his feet. As luck would have it, I had a screw driver handy and bypassed the heater core. (That means no heat to the unmechanically inclined folks). Replacing it meant disassembling almost every part under the dashboard. Old time mechanics understand that one. Another year my car was broken so I dressed in my ski outfit, minus the skis poles and boots, and rode my bicycle everywhere. You simply adapt to the environment so it wasn't a big deal. If I recall, that was the same year my mom would stop by my place and leave groceries on my doorstep.

Behold ... the picture ==> Banana My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Yes that is Troy. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

So what you're saying... After the fact, it was fun! Definitely too much wind. Try kiting outside the harness. Stand backwards. If you can't control it, it's too windy. If it's too windy, let go. Let go of one brake and start reeling in the other one. It will fly to the ground. Be prepared to run after it while reeling in the toggle. Or, do what billvon said. hold the toggles and cutaway. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Start > Control Panel > Add Remove Programs Find it in the list and remove it. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

We can dance if we want to We can leave your friends behind 'Cause your friends don't dance and if they don't dance Well they're no friends of mine My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

When you're finished, come on over for some breakfast. I'll be sure to have as much bacon on hand as you desire. Thanks Spiderbaby. Keep up the good work. Almost forgot to mention a thanks to Tom Dancs. Without him, these bacon posts would not be possible. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

I've had in the range of 2 second reserve deployments using an Eclipse several times. It's not a Racer thing. Edit to add. Low speed cutaway with an Infinity had the same results. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Kurt... That was not meant to say someone pushes him. Russell pushed himself off the platform before the bar was put up. Russell, I hope you found humor in my original post. I apologize if you didn't. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

I ate out a porn star because I'm a pimp and you're jealous! My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

I don't know, perhaps a BASE dropper graduated from BASE pusher offer? My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

First: I agree with the assessment of reserve to line stretch. This reply has nothing to do with Racers because the theory of faster reserve deployments was debunked a long time ago. I have not watched the video yet but with personal experience, on low speed cutaways (planned and unplanned) the canopy inflated quite rapidly. (1/2 second range) It stands to reason that during low airspeed, the slider will not be influenced much by the relative wind. During a planned break away, and a 1 second delay, the reserve was open in 2 additional seconds. Given the 1 1/2 second to line stretch you mentioned, it would agree with the 1/2 second opening time, or possibly more precise, bottom skin expansion. During a high speed reserve opening, the slider would be influenced a lot more by the wind, better staging the opening. It will probably still be rather abrupt but may take longer to open after the freebag is off. Does that sound reasonable? My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Real Name: Steven Yep, that's definitely a girls name My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Well, if you're going to make me wake up and read the entire post It shouldn't hurt it but since it was immersed in salt water, he was already doing the right thing. The post regarding the woolite is a good one. It should be rinsed then washed and rinsed again since there was salt. After drying the canopy, see that the oil is out of it and do a pull test in various places. Canopy material is durable and the top front 1/3 of the canopy is ZP. Chances are there will be no noticeable degradation. No guarantees but I've seen many canopies go into salt water. Most times it did not have any oil in it though. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

So did a bunch of other people before the posts were deleted. The original thread had similar results the first time it was posted ==> BASE Research. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Here ya go. Read ==> This. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

The name struck me a little odd so out of simple curiosity, I asked. It was dubbed Death Camp by previous students. It's just a name. The course is free and as far as I can tell, it appears to be a pretty good course so you really can't beat it. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Carbo-Sol You'll have to search where to find it in your area. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Go release one side and pull on it. The risers form a V. The slider would catch in the V. Then again, it would pull the slider up the lines on the other side to some extent. I think that's what you're talking about? Good times. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

After you're off student status, keep renting gear and begin looking for a suitable used skydiving rig. It should be "freefly" friendly. People at the dropzone will be able to help you understand what is needed. That rig will not be in anyway suitable for BASE. For now forget about BASE. After you're off student status look into a basic canopy control course (if one is available in your area). A CRW dawg will help a lot when it comes to useful canopy control. Also come back and ask about canopy control drills. There's info out there but it's way over your head at the moment. The main canopy might be suitable for some ground launching but again, forget about that for a while too. Ground launching is a lot more dangerous than you might think. Also you want a different harness. Carrying an extra parachute up a hill is cumbersome. Just get yourself off student status and get proficient at skydiving and canopy control first. Racing downhill naked on rollerskates lit on fire may be fun but it's also not useful for BASE. It is however good for coordination and quick reflexes My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Someone say bacon??? There was a great thread about bacon not long ago. There's this guy Tom something... not Aiello, some other Tom ... who left bacon at some peoples home, Charles and Kasie or something like that. It will come back to me. Apparently when kasie and the person returned from an early morning outing, she made some food that included... Get this... BACON!!!. That Tom guy left it there. Seriously! Some bloke got really uptight about it though. The story garyharbird wrote was great. I pmed him so as not to clutter up this BASE Zone form.

Is that really worth mentioning? My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

It appears to be a PD 9 Cell (size undetermined) with slight fire damage. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto