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Don't worry Ray, PDX in on the list for our trip. I think we're setting aside a couple days there. You'll get to jump with Faber!

There's a rumor that a certain female BASE jumper that we know got her building a few minutes ago! Nice one Cutie! Maybe you'll get on here and let us know how it went.

Okay! In just a few short weeks, the US will experience a crisis of epic proportions. Faber and PeterC will be unleashed on American soil. The trip will begin in Seattle on July 14th and wind its way down the west coast, culminating in 4 days at the Potato bridge. We will be at the Bridge from July 29th until the morning of August 2nd. If anyone on the west coast wants to make a jump with these crazy Danes, PM me and we'll try to make it happen. The schedule is flexible right now but we are planning so it will get harder to adapt the closer we get to the trip.

No doubt... But just for fun, I tested my 42" AV pilot chute off a nice 500' smokestack this morning. A 42" AV PC works great on a 2 second delay from 500, just like always. edit: typo (I think I'm just going to make this part of my signature...)

38 ZP with a vent. I that with your particular equipment configuration, or across the board? Would a person with a 310 and a person with a 185 experience similar results with this airspeed and pilot chute? The mass you're trying to decelerate can certainly come into play. I think at the extreme ends of the canopy size spectrum, the PC selection may matter a little more. In the middle sizes though, it probably matters slightly less. At airspeed approaching terminal, a 32 has SOOOOO much drag. I've always thought it would be fun to sew a soft handle onto the end of a bridle and pitch a 32" PC in freefall then attempt to hold on to the handle. I'm just afraid what it would do to my shoulder. I'm positive there's no way I'd be able to hold onto the damn thing though.

Cool. Who do I talk to. I'll do free consulting to make sure we get it as realistic as possible. As for the rest of your post, you confirmed many of my suspicions. Thank you. P.S. Come jump with us f**ker!

I would absolutely buy it. What would it cost to develop? Any ideas? A BASE simulator. We should actually do this.

I don't imagine there will ever be a BASE specific viseo game for one of the major game systems. There's just too small of a target audience for something like that. It would be cool though, if someone could put together a little BASE game I could put on my desktop. It could be simple, with several objects and varying conditions (light, dark, wind direction and speed, rain, etc). You could set up your rig and choose a delay and whether you wanted to do aerials or not. Ideally, there would be realistic consequences to mistakes though. Just skipping down the rock face and walking away wouldn't be very realistic, but breaking a leg would probably be appropriate. How hard is it to make the flash games that are all over the internet? Something simple like that could keep me entertained for hours when it's pouring down that liquid sunshine in Seattle.

That name doesn't strike a bell for me either. In any case, I'm glad to hear he's doing okay.

Be sure your cutaway handles are easy to get to on the jump and make sure your gear gets rinsed out very well with fresh water later.

Very well, see you in the PM's Added: Taken to PM's because you're the only person I have an issue with at the moment and there's no reason to argue in front of everyone else in here. And BTW, I'm not sitting in an easy chair. I'm actually taking a lunch break from an armed watch on a US military base.

Fair is fair. I will offer this though: you are a "sit and talk" rather than a "get up and do". If you don't like the way the world is, get off your ass and do something about it. Typing on an internet forum hardly qualifies as action, at least in my book. Some of us have actually pitched in to help. In the end, it's your face in the mirror. I hope you like what you see. Anyone who would cause harm to the United States, and that includes you, is my enemy. I would gladly expedite your removal from this life if thought you were a threat to the country I have fought for. So like I said, cheers. I'd drink to that. Added: If this post gets me banned, so be it. I will say my piece before I'm shown the door.

No, but you posted something stupid. Cheers.

Interesting... I would vote for nuking Yakima. Well, on second thought (since I'd like to limit collateral casualties) I would volunteer to lay in the weeds and laser your house so we could drop a piece of precision ordnance on it. One 500 pound bomb ought to do it. No need to resort to using nuclear weapons just yet.

Tim, call me you crazy mother!

Yeah Bryan, get your butt back here so we can jump. Keep your head down! Oh yeah, you and I need to talk about something while you're still in Iraq. A little business deal....

I'm finding fewer and fewer reasons to get a Tempo 120 or a Raven for this size. Thanks for the help.

Is this statement true?

What is the difference in pack volume between the Tempo 120 and a PD 113R? Does the PD reserve land better? I might prefer a better landing on a smaller reserve if the Tempo isn't as nice on landings. How would the two canopies compare?

When I got onto an object that I decided to static line and I realized I didn't have an extra rubber band for bridle control. I ended up using a strip of a ziplock bag to tie the bridle. Now if I know I'm going to SL something, I slip a rubber band on the bridle so I won't forget it. I've actually left it on and done a bunch of freefall jumps with the rubber band below the pin flap. It's always right there where I left it, I've never even seen it migrate toward the PC. (I think there's one on Katie's rig right now and she hasn't been SL-ing anything lately.) The rubber band doesn't move down the bridle toward the PC until the bridle is payed out. Once the PC starts to inflate, I can't imagine the rubber band ever getting involved. You have to stretch the thing really wide to get it over the PC mesh. This type of stretching just doesn't happen on a SL setup. I don't like leaving stuff behind. The tailgate rubber band is acceptable to me, but if I can prevent other littering without compromising my safety, then I'll do it. I'll let you guys know if I have a problem with it. For now, I'm very comfortable with it so I'll keep doing it.

Try it yourself. Slide the rubber band onto the bridle and up to the container. Then see what a pain in the ass it would be to get it up and over the PC in a way that it would restrict the functionality of the PC. I can't imagine that ever being an issue.

I think when there's a flood of bad advice being posted by people who are guessing at what works, someone who know the right way needs to step in and lay out a method that works. 1. Take a person who's never done a BASE jump. 2. Have that persone try some of the methods described in this thread. There will be a mixed batch of outcomes from that scenario. If that person follows the instructions I posted, then they will probably survive. Does anyone feel what I posted is more dangerous than any of the other methods presented in this thread?

Everyone who wants to try the SL attachment. I would like to get the device out there and get some field input on it. All the input I have is the ones I jump and the few friends I've given them to.

Send me a self adressed-stamped envelope (6x9 envelope) and I'll send you a free one. PM me and I'll tell you where to send it. Normally I'd just mail you one, but at least making you go to the effort of mailing me a SASE shows me that you really want one. I think everybody should use this device. It's super clean, easy to make, and leaves no trace at the exit point.

1. After the container is closed, pass a rubber band over the PC and slide it up the bridle to the container. You'll use this later. For best results, use the same rubber band you would use to close your tailgate (and not the black ones!!) 2. Find a suitable place to anchor the static line to. Don't use a wimpy little strap of steel, find something that doesn't look like you will pull it off and find yourself doing a 2-way with the chunk of steel that used to be attached to the bridge. Most handrails are good. Give it a tug and make sure it's as solid as it looks. 3. Take out your Dexterbase Rigging carry-on Static Line attachment and girth hitch the white loop to the bridle/PC junction. (You can also tie the attachment to the bridle with break cord.) Pass the red end (away from the white end) over the handrail so that the white line faces away from the object. 4. Tie the two red ends to the bridle/PC junction with a surgeon's knot using a piece of 80lb break cord. 5. Start s-folding the bridle at the SL attachment point and stop about 24" from the container. Use the rubberband from step 1 to contain the s-fold. Don't use a double wrap. This stow is not meant to hold anything. The only purpose is to keep the bridle neat and staged while you get into position and exit. The bridle should easily unfold as you fall away from the object. 6. Ensure that the bridle runs straight from your container to the anchor without passing under or through anything that will prevent it from loading correctly. 7. Climb into position so that you're standing next to the SL anchor. Try not to stand off to one side of the anchor, as this may lead to heading problems. 8. Exit with some forward movement so that you clear the object, but don't huck out there. Minimal forward movement will create less of a pendulum effect on opening and you'll be able to control the canopy easier if you're close to the ground. Have fun and have someone check your rigging before you exit. Don't be afraid to do some test drops with a SL attachment. You can easily simulate a SL attachment setup on a balcony with a bridle and a weight. Be careful and think about your rigging! Be sure. Edit: typos.