Clownburner

Wow, words to live by. I think you just improved my RW performance immeasurably! 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

Speed display

Thinking about what I'd like in a freefall computer led me to create this mock up. Now, who wants to build it? 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

Nothing personal, because I don't know you well enough, but most of the people I know who say they aren't psychotic, are the most psychotic people I know. I think, according to that list, that virtually anyone who skydives is probably an alcoholic. But I'm not - I'm a drunk. Alcoholics go to meetings! 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

I'd really like to but I'll be out of town that weekend. C'est-la-vie. I'll just have to find other ways to improve my lame RW skills. 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

That'd be a nice long jump run, without much exit wind to worry about. A few landings on that thing and you'd get a lot more people signing up for accuracy coaching, I bet. 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

Any of you wacky DZ-Commies going to be out this Sat at perris? Feel like doing some 2-way with a lame, flailing 50-jump wonder? I used to jump at Elsinore but Square1 actually has gear for rent that fits me while I wait for my container to come in, so I'm jumping at Perris at least until my gear arrives... 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

Flailing in the sky Just a fifty-jump wonder Sunny skies tease me Learning to land now braked approaches are the shit stand-up landings rule! Anyone feel like jumping With a 50-jump wonder Perris Saturday? 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

Ok, newbie question, but what the heck is a chicken strip? When I read that, I immediately wanted to find some honey mustard sauce for my pud handle. 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

Bwa-hahahhahahahaha! Now I gotta wipe all this coffee off my keyboard! 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

Boy, do you ever. I hope someday if I practice enough I can be as good at taking out formations as you are. Now I gotta go find that midget post... 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

Don't let shark shake you up - he's always pestering us newbies to pack our own 'chutes. Hey congratulations and hopefully we can hook up and do a jump together sometime.. I'll be back at Elsinore periodically once my gear arrives.. 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

Yeah, it's called 'mescaline.' 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

Usually it's the packing that wears them out more than the deployments, although a ultra-high-speed deployment that blew out lines or cells would result in obvious repairs (and I don't think I'd feel good about that). I went back and forth on this issue, and it came down to wanting a reserve that had opened and worked at least once before, so I actually looked for (and found) a nice big PDR with 2 rides on it (and about 12 packs), that had been tested and inspected by (my) master rigger, and deemed 100%. I figured that those extra inspections and few deployments insure that the next time it works (to save my life) it's got a very high chance of working as designed. A new, untested reserve, even from a company with as good a reputation as PD, just made me a little more nervous. And the extra $250 I saved helped pay for a Cypres, so it's all good. But it's about personal comfort levels. 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

A termite walks into the bar, and asks: "Excuse me, but where is the Bar Tender?" 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

Hey, I don't blame you one bit. That's some very cool kit you've got yourself there! I can imagine I'll be doing the same thing once my container finally arrives... 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

I saw a huge praying mantis catch and eat a hummingbird once. He seemed to like the taste. 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

Random images? Lessee... ...The look on Islandcool's face as he suddenly disappeared from the formation with JTVal on his back at 6,000 feet. ..Watching Michele showing off her new gear to everyone, one person at a time. ..The look on Viking's face as the fire-suppression on engine number 3 kicked in. ...Seeing Lemme drop in on the tube in a stand, after we had already broken up (we were really getting some speed there, apparently!) ...the 8-way tube exit on Skypup's 200th It was great to finally meet all of you in person! 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

Like all good skydivers, Shark carries both a main and reserve at all times. I don't understand pouring the Heini into the Corona bottle though, that's just wierd. 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

25:7:2 First, I'd like to thank everyone at the Boogie for making it such a great time and it was really cool getting to meet all of you, I just wish I could have jumped with more of you... Ah well, I can wait until the next one I guess. A big thanks to HH and B2 for putting it all together. 25: Minutes spent brushing the dirt out of a vector 3 after downwinding on Saturday. It looked a lot worse than it felt, very dusty but only sightly bruised - it's way better than a low turn, IMHO. Finally got to jump my very own new-to-me Triathalon, and I'm suddenly overwhelmed by the feeling of joy that can only be described as "No longer on a ragged-out student canopy." What, you mean to say that flaring this canopy actually STOPS it? Saturday started cruddy with a low overcast until 12:30 and then it was beautiful (thanks again to whoever drank the beer). Did some jumps with Islandcool and Michele (including a spectacular low funnel!) along with my first jump out of a skyvan and my first tube exit (with video, even!). Sunday I did an 8-way tube exit for Skypup's 200th jump, and it was great, but then I had to go home and work. Oh well, you gotta pay for your gear somehow. All in all, a fabulous weekend. 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

Read all about it Here. Truth is so much stranger than fiction, don't you think? 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

I rather fancy that quantum vacuum fluctuations of the electromagnetic field within the cypres unit provide power. That, or it's powered by the radioactive decay of all this weapons-grade balonieum. 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

I wish that were the case. Virtually everything TSA does provides the 'illusion' of security with almost no improvement in actual security against an attack. Among other things, I consult on security, so I have a fair bit of expertise in this area, and it's so much scarier than you can imagine. 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

Cool, I made it my desktop picture. 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

I've actually had an outstanding experience with Aerodyne support over the last month or two, and that was support for an old (1995) used Triathlon. They were very responsive, and performed a bunch of upgrades for free, and redid the steering lines to the '4.0' configuration for a nominal cost and had the canopy on it's way to me the next day. Don't know how you could ask for more than that! 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth