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The new hard deck alarm was part of the last firmware upgrade and is factory set at 2000' as of now. You can only choose the speed at with it activate 13 m/s or 30m/s. I'm having issue with it when we lose altitude in the plane and the thing start to beep for no reason. I'm sure it will be fixed in the next firmware. All other alarms can be set with different tones and length. If you're distracted, you may want a 5 seconds alarm with maximum volume to pitch and under canopy you may want a 0.5s alarm to indicate your pattern. As of now, all alarms will beep no matter the speed except the hard deck one.

I would recommend that you get your B license before buying something. Before that point, you will go through a lot of downsize or you may have issues landing something with a planform that is more performant than a student canopy. If your DZ has rentals with Sabre 2 like canopies, try them, you'll make an idea for yourself. The best people that can help with downsize is an instructor that knows you not internet people. I'm 5'8", 156 lbs and bought a 170 after going through: 240 Navigator 220 Navigator 200 Navigator 210 Sabre 2 190 Sabre 2 170 Pilot Look at Brian Germain's downsizing chart Disclaimer done, here are your options: 9 cells: Pilot, Safire 2,3, Volt are all very similar to a Sabre 2 7 cells: Pilot 7, Storm, Spectre I would recommend that you get a main that is more toward the 150 jumps. I have 2 canopies, the first one with around 50 jumps when I got it and the second one with 41 jumps. My 50 jump one is starting to pack more easily after I put 30 jumps on it. I don't even want to talk about my 41 jump one, it's almost oily and I know it won't be fun putting that thing in the D-bag until it has 100-150 jumps on it. The spectre is a good choice, lots of them on the used market and they pack smaller so if you buy a container accordingly, you'll be able to keep it for a long time while you downsize. Keep in mind that you are currently used to 9 cells canopy and switching to a 7 cells can drastically change your landings. check the compare 4 from PD to see which one you may like most and from there you can make comparison between different brands https://www.performancedesigns.com/compare4/

I did a review on it on this site, since I'm lazy, I'll just paste the link. A lot of people are now buying it at my DZ and everyone like it. Recently, I've been having issues with the firmware but AON2 has a great customer service and are working with me to find what the problem is. I also have a X2 and the support group on facebook is great.

All operations around Montréal are very safety oriented but the vibe will change from DZ to DZ. My reply will be a little biased since I really like my DZ. My intention is not to start a DZ war just my personal impressions. I would also love to ear from people that jump at those DZ. I'm on the south shore of Montreal and Jump at Voltige: Voltige: 2 planes, 1 Caravan and 1 Twin Otter. The Caravan is usually the fun jumper load but the Twin usually go up with 6-8 fun jumpers on every load. Yesterday we had 32-33 loads during the day. Very laid back vibe, most fun jumpers are aged 25-40 but we have lots of fun with old timers too. As I said, we have around 100 PFF/PAC every summer. Parachute Montréal, St-Esprit: there has been a massive fun jumper exodus the last 2 years to Voltige because they are focussing more on tandem now. Fun jumpers are having a harder time getting on loads. Parachute Montréal, Farnham: Very similar to Voltige in the operation but the vibe is very different. Stories from people going there is that the vibe is very serious, I want to say military but it's too strong a word. I don't know how to describe it. Adrénaline in St-Jérôme has a very tight landing area and not many outs if you're ever not going to make it back. They also teach different pattern altitude compare to Flight 1 classes because they want to make sure you land on grass and not trees. Go Skydive, Gatineau: Nabz would be better than me to explain the DZ but lots of my friends go to Go Skydive for Springfest and other events and the vibe + installation seems to be very similar to Voltige. Another aspect is the discipline you'll want to focus toward after completing your license. Some DZ have a lot of people doing different things and other DZ are more focus toward 1 or 2. This will evolve over time for you and you'll try different things and you'll seek coaching for those new disciplines and friends to practice. These are pretty much your choices around Montréal. As I said it depends on what vibe you're looking for since skydiving is talking to people on the ground 3/4 of the time. Blue skies

All the DZ in Quebec will send you to SkyVenture Montreal for 15-20min (time is dependent on DZ) of tunnel after ground school and 3-4 days prior to your first jump. You will be rated at the tunnel to either let you move forward for your first jump or they may ask you to take more coaching in the tunnel. Usually as soon as you can arch in the tunnel you will move forward. Your first jump with 2 instructors is to get the sensory overload out of the way. In freefall you revert very easily to the position you learned in the tunnel. Here again will be a pass or fail depending on the instructor. You will get a full debrief after every jump. At my DZ there are around 100 PAC done every summer and the students obtaining their Solo license usually have a very good base to continue on toward their A license. My biggest recommendation is to choose the right DZ for you and not necessarily the closest one.

Did you read that article? I believe Rosie is located in the UK so it may be an option to get those numbers up or at least have some fun in the tunnel.

I can't answer your question about the canopies since I don't know them. I don't understand what the rush is to downsize that aggressively. You spent 700 jumps on a Pulse 170 and you suddenly want to jump down to a 125 even 110 and switch to a different planform at the same time. At my DZ this year we had 3 major injuries within 1 month of operation, 1 femur, 1 Fibula and another unknown broken bone. None of them downsized but got distracted during landing. If you spent that long on the 170, you must have like it. You should stick with the smaller version of your Pulse for a bunch of jumps and then either go smaller or switch planform. Parachute de France will limit you in term of downsizing according to this chart so the 110 is already out unless you have canopy ratings

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I have the first generation and it's installed in a Kiss It's plenty loud for me, you have plenty of options to set up the type of alarm sound and length. The software works flawlessly and customer is the best I've ever seen and you can't beat the price of that unit. Battery life is plenty long. When going up the alarms can be deactivated and you get only 1 beep at around 100ft. The alarms will all sound when coming down. There's no detection of fall speed to mute freefall alarms like other manufacturer but honestly I kind of like it. It reminds me of my hard deck on every jump. With the Kiss, I need to remove a screw to get it out of the helmet because the adapter mount doesn't allow the USB cable to enter the connector from inside. I find this part annoying but I don't change my alarms all the time. According to Aon2, Gen 2 will eliminate the need for the custom adapter mount for the Kiss but I don't know if that issue will still exist. I also have a X2 and they put bluetooth on that one so maybe in the future it will be implemented. All in all, I'm very satisfied with that product

Quite often the product is manufactured in another country and there is a different import fee on top of the item price. You get burn a few times then you start looking into the total landed cost. As an example my last purchase was for a Pilot ZPX. On this particular purchase, I was able to avoid the import fees because I was cooperative with the agent and I didn't tell her that the canopy was made in South Africa. After 15 min of searching, she got tired of looking at websites that didn't provide the country of origin and decided that it was coming from the US. US =1750$ original price of purchase CAD = 2425$ include shipping and paypal fees because transferwise was not available with this seller US import fee 0% Taxes = 345$ Total landed = 2770$ South Africa import fee 10% Import fee = 243$ Taxes = 400$ Total landed = 3068$ And yes the tax amount changes because they tax the import fees. Look at duty calculator websites to see your landed cost prior to purchasing anything in a different country to see if it's worth it. https://customsdutyfree.com/duty-calculator/

Did you factor in shipping and import fees?

There's a BPA skydive the expo 2019 video that explain the aging process of harness in a DZ in the UK. I can't remember the specifics without re-watching the entire video but they are installing new harnesses every 2000 jumps because they saw a 50% reduction in strength of the webbing. UV exposure and the environment was playing a major factor for them. Remember that the webbing used in skydiving has a high tensile strength. Riggers could comment on the strength of each and every webbing type but even when it loses 50% there is still a safety factor present. According to Paragear Type 8 when new= 4000 lbs Type 17 when new= 2500 lbs We won't go into the fact that webbing can be loaded differently due to body position but a rough estimate would be: Safety factor = strength of weakest webbing / exit weight I think this is the video in question

Do you think about it all the time? yes Was it hard for you to make the decision to start? no, wanted to go up right away How do you pay/afford it? AFF I thought about it for a week and said fuck sound financial advice I have to budget myself during summer and not just dump cash into it like there's no tomorrow How do you juggle your life outside of this community, family, wanting to travel, fixing up the house, hanging with other friends? Life is about balance, don't put all your eggs in one basket. My girlfriend doesn't jump, for her 1 tandem and it was ok. We plan for activities for her also and we block certain weekends for those activities. In the summer I try to go only 1 day during the weekend so the other day is free for something else and yes it's hard to plan sometimes when the weather is not cooperating. Have y’all ever know someone to stop, and if they’ve regretted their decision or not? I know a few people that stopped after completing AFF. They miss it but I don't think they regret their decision. They put effort into something else. As I said life is about balance.

I have a Aon2 brilliant pebbles in mine. It works flawlessly for me. You need a 3D printed mount to fit it but the drawing is available on Aon2's website. The only annoying part is that you need to remove it from the mount every time you want to set new alarms since it use a cable and an app on your phone to setup. For the price it can't be beat though.

Hey Richard, I love your photo with Armand on Voltige's website but the record was broken in 2017. The current holder is BRYSON WILLIAM VERDUN HAYES at 101:38 YEAR(S):DAY(S) http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/oldest-tandem-parachute-jump-(male)

I confirm that rental Vectors with main lift webbing (MLW) adjustments slips on every jumps during openings when the harness is loaded. It's not major but annoying. I usually try to load the webbing with my hands prior to putting the rig on so movement is minimal but it's always there. What Dmullen85 is living is with the lateral webbing being too long to fit "most" people. On the rental gear I used the leg straps were tight as can be and the MLW were adjusted properly. The container would still move 2-3in easily from left to right on my back.

I tought I'd share some sample colors that Parachute Systems sent me. It may help someone with their design as the colors are sometimes confusing on a computer screen. ZP fabric Turquoise, jade, flo green Cordura Flow green, forest green, jade and turquoise

My dropzone supplied all the gear(Alti, jumpsuit, audible, helmet) to jump free of charge except the rig but I wanted to jump my own stuff. 7-8 jumps - Motorcycle goggles so it would stop hurting my face 14 jumps - Gloves because winter 21 jumps - Full face helmet (KISS) + audible altimeter(brilliant pebble) 32 jumps - Freefly jumpsuit (Vertex) 35 jumps - Altimeter (Aon X2) No rig yet but planning on buying that this winter.

Your colors are awesome they would look so cool with my new suit . I was thinking about a Vortex rig for the longest time but you convinced me. I attached my old Red design as well for inspiration for others.

I use something similar and found that there was not enough ventilation for me. I ended up cutting more groves in the foam to prevent fogging and will probably remove a big chunk of the foam in the near future since I'm still having issues with my right eye fogging in the plane. The first time I used them, they were flopping up and down because I set the elastic for comfort. I highly recommend the elastic with an open face to be able to adjust them. https://www.amazon.com/Bobster-Sport-Sunglasses-Black-Smoked/dp/B002P3LLTY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1505307206&sr=8-2&keywords=Bobster+GXR