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skymedic, I won't hug you but I'll give you an ol' gender nuetral slap on the ass. Buck up little camper! Ewww, it giggled. Hey, what are friends for? Hey, and you know if you need anything give me a call. I'm just down the road. Chris
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How very unfortunate. Sorry to hear this. Chris
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Yah, what he said. And don't you forget it!!!!! All well said. As for books on it, I would look for anything that says CRM or Crew Resource Management on it. It originally was called by another name. Captain Al Haynes from United 232 at Sioux City, IA talks about that training in his lectures. I'm sure he's got a book out there too. There's examples of good CRM and bad CRM. What are you looking for? Chris DiverDriver
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Well, I saw the one on VHS and then bought the DVD. It's great with all the extra footage. Still cracks me up in the opening scene with the flying living room set and the TV talking in the background during freefall. Then the guys leave and it's like "Where you going? What the hell?" BAMMMMM!!!!! Now, that's entertainment!!! Chris
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Yah, and I've had a pilot tell me it was ok to let CHT go over redline on climb in a 206. Some pilots do the damndest things. Chris
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Uh, sounds more than tired to me. Sounds unairworthy or overloaded. Hmmmm. Or maybe it's just me. Chris
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Somethings are digital. Some are analog displays on TV screens. Some things have both! Chris
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Again?
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Hey, Sebazz, say hello to Sunset Bill for me would ya! [jaws music]And the fog lurks off shore[/jaws music]. Chris
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That's ok Andy, we will assimilate you and include your distinctiveness into our own. We are Borg.[evil laugh]30 seconds[/evil laugh] Chris
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According to the back of Parachutist, Alabama Skydiving, Inc. is at the Pell City airport. Chris
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From the NTSB files: C-182 Non-Fatal Pell City, AL March 23, 2002 http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20020326X00398&key=1 Chris Schindler ATP/CFII D-19012 www.DiverDriver.com
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Darkzone, I'm sure your instructors told you that you need to relax. Hard concept jumping out of a plane. But, try this: Lay down on a small coffee table or saw horse or something that lets you lay down on your belly and arch. Tense up as hard as you can. Now, have a friend push on just one arm. See how easy it is to push your whole body? Now, tense up your chest and stomach but only hold your arms up. Don't tense them and when your friend pushes let your arm move with the force. You have not been pushed off your center. By relaxing your arms and legs you will help them center your body in a more aerodynamic body position. Give it a try. It can't hurt. It helped my friend who spun for 60 jumps. Yep, 60. Chris
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http://www.afn.org/skydive/sta/highperf.pdf
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Now, here is a diagram of a wing with airflow. Shows the relative wind. This wing is climbing so what we need to do is turn it down and imagine it descending. Keep the horizon line where it is and just tilt the whole rest of the picture down so the wing is in a descending attitude. The airflow lines will be identical as they are now. Does this help finally? See how your picture does not show relative wind? Now, let's talk turbulence. You might be saying, ok, but what about a rotor. My question still stands. Does a canopy trimmed down fly better in turbulence. The answer is, what kind of turbulence? Turbulence can come from any direction at any speed. So, no canopy (I think this has been said before) is capable of cutting through all turbulence. Some turbulence will collapse ANY canopy. Hope this is helping. Chris
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Ok I'll try to attach some good diagrams here. We're going to have to do a little imagining since I can't turn the picture the direction I want. This one shows basic airflow over the wing. Now, if you turn the wing from the horizontal such as a canopy is trimmed down with respect to the horizon the airflow will be identical.
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Unfortunately I don't have the drawing ability on my computer. What you need to imagine is the air flowing around the canopy as the canopy passes through it. The angle it has with respect to the ground has no baring. So, when you draw your wind parallel with the ground hitting the top of the canopy it is not true to what is happening. Let me try and search the web for a picture of an aircraft wing. Chris
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Rhino, you still don't understand how air flows around a wing. Your drawing is incorrect. The wind you should draw is opposite the direction of flight. It has nothing to do with the flow of air over the ground. Chris
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Wow, I thought you were faster than us. We actually cruise at 280 or 290 all the time at .80 or .81. Vmo is 335. .85 up higher on the CRJ. I've gone to 350 only when lite and only on very long legs. DEN-SBA / DEN-EUG. We always plan the fuel at 290/280 for fuel just incase ATC doesn't let us up. Chris
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No, you are misunderstanding what I'm saying. On approach you have approach speed. In turbulent air you usually increase that speed by half the gust factor. That's been in every POH I've read too. I'm sure you've heard of that. The old teaching in turbulence and canopies was to ride half brakes. But, with modern canopies this can put you dangerously close to a stall. Hence, my comments on going at full flight in turblent air under canopy. Would you agree with that? Chris
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Then Chris re-read the original post and saw the question was about students using digitals vs. analog. Sorry Phree. Chris
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I never said students should be on digitudes. And, an analog altimeter can have the needle break due to dropping it or it can stick or it can have errors too. Each one has it's limitations. Chris
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I love my digitude. I liked it way more the first time I jumped it. I'm a product of my environment. I like gadgets and such. My opinion is that the digitude is more accurate than the analog but it may be a information processing thing rather than true accuracy. My brain is wired differently. I swear. Chris
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A 777? From everything I've heard, since I haven't flown it myself, it's the Jedei. That's just opinions I've heard over the years. Personally, I fly a Stilleto 107 and think it does just fine. But I am also pretty picky on the conditions I jump in. I also avoid obstacle turbulence like the plague. Set up early or land out to land away from obstacle turbulence. "Land safe, not close". Golden Rule of Skydiving. Chris
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Oh, touche.