Maddingo

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  1. Maddingo
    Don't overstuff, rigs have great resale value so you won't loose much. Most rigs hold 2 sizes comfortably... the one that it is designed for and one size smaller. One size bigger is "get ready for shitty deployments". Tested it with borrowed gear where a canopy was one size larger than recommended. Everything from hesitation, hard opening to wild off heading openings... in only 3 jumps with a Pilot. Avoid lpv and ultra lpv if you are on a heavier side.
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    Good point. People double wraping 700 spectra or 400 hma lines have very different tension with the same sized rubber. An important aspect that is left out from any "do double stows" debate/instructional video. If we are talking about safety there should be more than one size fits all large and small rubber bands. A small rubber with tiny lines will be prone to line dump more than a 700 line group just because of the sheer volume of those lines and the tension that ruber creates on them.
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    I've seen two kinds of rubbers. One was the standard capuccino color and the second one was darker and a bit transparent. That rubber holds 2x as long as the regular one but have no clue where to get them. It also has a different more rubbery feeling to it.
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    Hmmm, when I decided to skydive I started the course out of sheer thrill, my love for adrenaline. All I expected out of AFF was safe fun, freedom and the empowering feeling of overcoming your greatest hardwired fears. Why are you making it an angry struggle between success and failure? You have more balls than most of the people you know, enjoy it. Skydiving is more about fun and freedom than arranged tasks. It's not a job, just have fun. Laugh if you mess up, make a joke about it. The levels are not hard and are only meant to teach you to naturally observe and feel the environment you have put yourself into. The goals are guidelines that want to teach you the flow of flying your body.
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    I like this sport because of the amount of feeling you need for it vs how much instruments you need to look at. So untill I start to feel the decelerating sensation on my body the canopy is pretty much not deployed. It does not affect my descend rate. I also never pull so low that 100 feet would make any difference. Untill I feel comfortable under it does it really matter?
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    Since we are talking about canopies I do not see how would you not understand that we are talking about openings after the "tug" on your body. Containers pretty much deploy the D-bag and lines the same way. There are no significant different flight chracteristics to a squared bag with rubber bands, lines and a round pilot chute.
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    Do you even try to run out? Or just get scared and throw yourself on the ground?
  8. Maddingo
    Yes, the recovery arc is very short.
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    It's a personal choice, but I find canopies to be a lot more fun when loading them up. More dynamic, faster etc. If this ain't your cup of tea then stay on your current wing. I'd suggest you try a 150 for a jump if you are curious. If you don't like it ... well you can always go back to 170. :) I don't swoop either but smaller canopies are not meant only for that from my perspective.
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    Might be, that's why I jump with an alternative closed helmet. Not all people have small heads like you quag, I jump the Kiss also. Way more spacious. But G3 fanboys will be G3 fanboys, you can't help them. The sad part is most of people just buy a G3 without ever testing alternatives. Poor souls.
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    I always asked the same question. The only way I can imagine any additonal bands would help is if the cords would be connected to the rig infront and on the back of the legs. That could be easily integrated in the straps and made field replacable. I'm surpised noone has actually started thinking or atleast testing this method.
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    1st thing is gettin the damn thing to be less claustrophobic, when I was testing the helmets the thing was just awful. Don't get it why it is so popular. 2nd it needs to stop feeling like you are wearing a thin plastic bag on your head. 3rd they need to make it fit better and stop assuming all jumpers are kids with tiny heads. 4th which is obviously the least of concerns, getting some protection in that can.
  13. Maddingo
    Do a simple test, make her do one pull up and one full triceps dip. If she can do it the problem lies elsewhere. This really isn't rocket science. If the above is completed, there is probably some gear compatibility issue or the fact she is scared to run it out and thinks the full flare landing looks like a feather drop. I know jumpers who after many jumps still don't land on their feet because of fear.
  14. Maddingo
    Pause the video at 0:26 and look at your form, look at your spine. You are creating a sideways u shape. That what kept u spinning. It started tiping you over, you were loosing air on one side while pressing on the other. If he would let you eventually you would spin on your back.
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    We naturally tend to twist in the direction we want to turn then don't know how to go neutral again. You probably twisted to the direction you wanted to turn then became anxious, got tight in that position and only tried to stop the turn with legs or arms. It does not work. Always look straight ahead into the horizon. Airstream is very sensitive to body input.
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    From my perspective, I never tried to deny the fact that I was doing something dangerous. I accept the fact that it can be me that will get killed in this sport someday, I try to be real about it. It is far from what I want or what I will accept if it comes to it. Heck I'll probably watch in terror and struggle like mad till the last second, but I accept it to the point that if it will happen I can't change that. So, did you accept the fact you are in a sport that can get you killed "for no good reason"? I'm guessing your main fear doesn't stem from the death of your collegue but from that hard, cold wake-up call that the danger in this sport is real.
  17. Maddingo
    Don't do it, it's not worth the "nothing out", hesitation during deployment, or nerves packing a too big canopy into a small container. I once stuffed a 250 into a max 230 container. Oh boy how the deployment varied from a half hard opening, to a hesitation in only a few jumps. It's not only the oversized canopy in a smaller container, but also a pilot chute without enough drag force to properly pull the canopy out of the container.
  18. Maddingo
    You should do one static line jump prior to AFF, just to really get you anxious and scared shitless, then later feel the safety and comfort of the AFF training.
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    But what should you do when you can get a brand new canopy close to the price of a lightly used one, because you have good contacts? The prices people ask for crapped out gear theese days is ridiculous... atleast in my case because of stated above. When I see a 1600-1700$ price tag for a 300 jump 5 years old canopy I just close the browser.
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    Why do you just push the material together when u make it into a cigar? Material is not tight at all. You should also go bellow the canopy and pull up all the loose material. Stretch it towards the top, clean it out. That's why it gets so wide. The bottom material is not tight, it's loose.
  21. Maddingo
    @fanya Haha this is funny, I also use this. I use unconventional methods I suppose This folding under eliminates twisting of the material and lines because it is a one clean under fold. This PD dude uses it at 1 minute mark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyM_LkW8DVI @20kn: Do you properly close it? I always get reminded that you need to really roll the tail tight. Especially new canopies before you put it on the ground.
  22. Maddingo
    I was shown this method by a master rigger when I was still a student.
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    Or just drop the whole S-fold thing and roll it up. It opens the same as an S-fold if not better (jumped it a couple of times) and there is much more control over the fabric, I am getting use to it now as I have the same slippery problem with never canopies that wil burst out on sides. Expect weird doubtful looks on the DZ. What I am talking about and why it is better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdXHiLWI1AM
  25. Maddingo
    You are hilarious.. no Vortex never designed their reserve tray so it will get stuck as Wings did. The Wings is one of the few containers I would actually never jump. They also use UPT skyhook, unlike Wings who use their own solution, which has known issues.