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I know this to be true but how much of a difference are we talking about? I mean significant enough to justify buying new risers or not? Absolutely. Four additional inches made my Velo fly like a completely different canopy. 4 inches on a high performance canopy is ALOT! and will make a HUGE difference. that is unless you cant reach the dive loops.
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you dont, thats why i tell peeps to get the longest risers they can reach the slider with. of course, for swooping.
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well mike, your right. i do turn all harness. but if you watch the swoops i have my hands in the risers in case i need them to whip the canopy around because maybe my altitude is off, or my acuraccy on the gates is off.. in a perfect swoop, for me, it would be all harness. im a firm believer in all harness turns because the is ALOT less deformation of the wing. but you got to have the altitude right, and you got to have the acuraccy to hit the gates. so i use the risers if i "have to". does that explain?
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First Annual OrFun Birthday Boogie Bash @ the Farm
marks replied to RastaRicanAir's topic in Events & Places to Jump
tell me how much tickets are for you rachael, im sure we can work somthin out. i need a packer. -
Here's to getting one's ass kicked for the sake of competing....
marks replied to Douva's topic in The Bonfire
you will never learn as much training as you do in comps. just have fun and do your thing. -
like i told you before lee. brian and ian are doing VERY well and are good competition for me. each one of us will beat each other over and over again. it would be a complete gamble if i took the bet, and i dont gamble. i hope i beat both of them, but it is going to take one hell of a good pilot to do it, so we will see when we get there. ok now back to shit talkin. ian, if your going to continue to land like you have been im going to have to ban you to the student area. and brian, dont let me beat you dude. sam said she was going home with me if i did.! you know i love you guys, we shall see who is on top when it counts, and i cant wait to be there.!
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hahha look at his avatar.......he going to see how much water he can make the pond loose when he hits it Canopy Piloting....pond swooping you know if they had water displacement in the events, i would definatly do decent. but im not a fatass, so im wondering how much i could displace. and jake! take it easy, she only did her first aff last weekend, how the hell would she know what swooping was?
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i would have to def agree with that. if your arm can only reach the dive loop on 17 inch risers, then those are long enough.
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i knew i liked you for a reason. a philosophy to live by, i mean compete with.
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i dont know if that is sarcastic or not. but im giving you reasons why i think im right. please give me reasons why you think your right. you may just actually shed some light on what im thinking. ok lets try this. if the canopy requires 1/2 your body weight to pull down the riser and 1/2 your body weight is all you can pull with one arm. do you think the riser is coming down? probably not. now if you straighten your arm to full extension you can hang your full body weight on it, thus giving you 2x the pull force. because if your arm is bent, you have to use the muscle to hold your arm bent to pull down. of course you not pulling down "as far" but your actually deflecting the front of the canopy more. your not pulling it down to your chest like you would if you had 17 inch risers. say you had 17 inch risers and you could pull the riser down 3 inches. that would be significantly lower than if you had 24 inch risers, but say you could pull the 24 inch risers 3 inches farther than the 17 inch risers, that would give you a difference of, 4 inches further with the longer risers. first 3 inches body weight, and the second 3 inches with muscle. ok so maybe that isnt a great explanation, but you go get yourself under a vx with 17 inch risers, then go try it with 24 inch risers, i know your tall enough. then get back to me. if you think im wrong, fine. i dont have a problem with that, but please explain why you think that so i may understand a different way of thinking than mine. i will not argue with you on this, but i would like to know your thinking on why shorter risers are easier to pull down. granted, i have no idea what im talking about. im just spouting shit out my ass.
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well that is a perception then. go hang on a pullup bar and do pull ups from half way. it is alot easier to do full ones. also with arms at full length, you can use your body weight to pull them down. and not arm muscles. if you fly a vx you learn these things. think about it. why would riser length affect riser pressure? it doesnt. if it did it would be very little. it is only easier to pull it because your arm is straight and not bent.
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so you saying i should make sure i have other plans then? j/k. come on down, if im there i got an extra bed if you need a place to crash. that would be chuck "woody jr". im the one loading the plane, sitting in the back, spotting. and making sure peeps are safe.
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dude! i should have gone with you then lee, if i saw cub scouts on the river i would have soaked those bastards... that is a point in there life they would never forget.
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with longer risers it is easier to pull the riser down. it is easier to pull down on something when your arm is at full arm extension. try doing pullups from 1/2 to 1/4 arm extension, it is much more difficult to do them than it is to do them from full arm extension.
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ouch, quit staring at the water. that shit hurts.
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hahahaha
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bring it to the holloween boogie, i will plug you in.
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call chris back and tell him that is the BEST place to hide from a tornado!
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is good to know, i know you were concerned about that also.
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7th Skydive Atlanta Halloween Freefly Festival!!!!
marks replied to ianmdrennan's topic in Events & Places to Jump
trey, contact mike grewell, im sure he would love to get out for a weekend. if you need his number give me a call. or hell i will talk to him and give him your number, if he is interested. -
RoamingDZ to Skydive Greene Co.-Who wants a ride?
marks replied to CSpenceFLY's topic in The Bonfire
i would really love to come up to this one, but i have finals in colorado in two weeks. and i got my new JVX today, so i got ALOT of training to do next weekend... but i REALLY REALLY want to go to ohio sometime.. -
i didnt see the otter take off once on sunday. i was in the mountains on sat though.
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First Annual OrFun Birthday Boogie Bash @ the Farm
marks replied to RastaRicanAir's topic in Events & Places to Jump
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we shall find out soon enough. skydive the farm is in the same city and the same county. skydive the farm was "required" to have a USPA membership before they approved the buissness license. skydive the farm only opened 1 1/2 years ago. asc opened almost 10 years ago. they may not renew there buissness license, but who knows. the future will tell.
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ok. my opinion. as if matters. but i will be real with you. like i told you in some other thread, the "good guy" will want to hang out and be friends "first" to see if you guys actually fit together. rushing into things is the cause to the "reaction" of rushing out. let him meet, mix and mingle with your friends, and you with him. you might find out he is a dirty bastard and he is trying to get rid of that rep by being respectful to you. then again could be the complete opposite. guys who are respectful of you, want you to be someone they can respect. and jumping his bones right away isnt going to get you that, but you will get kissed and laid, but thats about it. he may be shy'd away becuase he is hurt. maybe not. the list goes on and on. if you dont know these things on "why" he is acting like this, then you dont know him well enough. and rushing into something could have a "bad " ending. codependency is something some peeps have. why? not sure, but there are usually reasons. and someone who is codependant doesnt often have a good outcome in relationships. ie, bad ending relationship, or a never ending relationship full of abuse. if my memory serves me correctly it was just a week or two ago you were complaining about "boys" or "men" im not sure wich. take it easy, you may find out you really "dont" like him.. this is real, and my advice. take it or leave it. doesnt effect me anyway. sorry, but im a thread killer. hope things go well for you..