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    Forgot to uncollapse/quarter slider? I had one of 'em last summer. Felt like i'd been hit by a bus and the little stars were doing the 'dancing in frot of eyes' trick. Given my head is still on, i think it was the latter... --------------------------------------- Ex-University of Bristol Skydiving Club www.skydivebristoluni.com
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    Ahhh nooooo! I wish I'd known about that site! £12, Czech (yay!) and simple. I've gone for a 2k cutaway. Arguably the 'best', though not exactly the cheapest! http://www.2kcomposites.com/html/cutaway.html --------------------------------------- Ex-University of Bristol Skydiving Club www.skydivebristoluni.com
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    Yeah, definitely. An assload of work but i image the satisfaction of running it is on another level altogether! Blue Skies, Mike --------------------------------------- Ex-University of Bristol Skydiving Club www.skydivebristoluni.com
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    Well, essentially i did get it. Regardless of technical ownership details, you basically run a DZ and therefore don't have to pay the profit to someone else, but reinvest it - meaning cheap jumps and lotsa gear. Whether you own the airstrip or not is irrelevant, though the fact 'you' (as opposed to uni) own the 'plane/gear/stuff' is very relevant. Raising that kinda money is near impossible unless it's already in place, for whatever reason! You guys are really fortunate with what you have! --------------------------------------- Ex-University of Bristol Skydiving Club www.skydivebristoluni.com
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    All UK university students get ~£3k pa if the want it. Paid back as 9% of yer gross salary once you earn over £15k and the interest is pretty much = inflation rate. That buys 150j a year, but knock off getting your A, BPA membership, DZ membership, gear...and thats not so many. Knock off rent, tuition, 'life' and it's dick all. Probably negative! Stil nice though. 500j a year can only be 'working jumps' for most people. Thats £10k +all not ticket expenses. On new-graduate money, thats nearly impossible unless you eat baked beans on Tesco economy bread all year. Unless you're a banker, but the you never see daylight, nevermind get free time! --------------------------------------- Ex-University of Bristol Skydiving Club www.skydivebristoluni.com
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    money money money. At the age of low20s, nobody can have thousands upon thousands of jumps and have funded themselves through it, imho. Maybe except that geek that did the millionpixels thing and lotto winners - but they probably don't skydive! --------------------------------------- Ex-University of Bristol Skydiving Club www.skydivebristoluni.com
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    Cool. Checked your website and then it suddenly all clicked...you lot own and run a DZ! Crazy! I can just imagine trying to get that one past our student union funding committee! --------------------------------------- Ex-University of Bristol Skydiving Club www.skydivebristoluni.com
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    ...and planes.... --------------------------------------- Ex-University of Bristol Skydiving Club www.skydivebristoluni.com
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    I'd go 2/3. Piping in some bright colour (preferably thats on yer rig/lid too). --------------------------------------- Ex-University of Bristol Skydiving Club www.skydivebristoluni.com
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    F*cking hell!!!! We've been around for over 20 years and like to think we're doing 'okay', but goddamnit!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm turning green with envy! Mike --------------------------------------- Ex-University of Bristol Skydiving Club www.skydivebristoluni.com
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    Some 2+ gen nv units can be mounted onto an slr with an appropriate adapter. I assume there might be some way to attach them to whatever camera thread you have... ...though all that's getting into silly money territory, and not really answering the questions you were asking! --------------------------------------- Ex-University of Bristol Skydiving Club www.skydivebristoluni.com
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    Out of 70-odd static line students, we're lucky to be left with 5 or 6 cat8s, and that's usually through AFF. Not sure what number the 200 interested peeps will boil down to, or how it is with 'student poverty' and jump prices over there, but I'd see what you're left with before buying anything. Maybe they'll all be 6'3 and that'll solve the problem! --------------------------------------- Ex-University of Bristol Skydiving Club www.skydivebristoluni.com
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    I saw that rig at SkyService Prague (Czech Republic)...where they also have an An2. Obviouly that might mean dick, but it was a vector with that exact design and an AN2 in the same place... --------------------------------------- Ex-University of Bristol Skydiving Club www.skydivebristoluni.com
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    Yeah, but chances are that if --I-- do something really bad to someones plane/hangar/house, chances are I won't give two hoots about whether they'll sue me or not as it'll still be in better shape than me! Does the BPA not cover us in that respect? --------------------------------------- Ex-University of Bristol Skydiving Club www.skydivebristoluni.com
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    You can get it for even less if you leave out the included luggage cover and take the 'essential' as opposed to 'comprehensive' cover (reduced medical cover etc, from lotsa million to just millions). Mike --------------------------------------- Ex-University of Bristol Skydiving Club www.skydivebristoluni.com
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    Whilst £200+ is a lot, so is 6 months for AFF! For 2 weeks comprehensive insurance, it's about £20 for 10 days...ample time for an AFF course. I assumed you wanted it for an AFF trip as opposed to months on end! --------------------------------------- Ex-University of Bristol Skydiving Club www.skydivebristoluni.com
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    Ensleigh do extreme sport insurance pretty affordably. When I did my AFF in France, I joined the French 'BPA'. That way I could do PAC as opposed to AFF and get cheaper french student insurance. Both cost savings... --------------------------------------- Ex-University of Bristol Skydiving Club www.skydivebristoluni.com
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    Slightly randomly the Metro published a short trashy article in peeing in pools. Apparently the 'detector dye' is a myth..and it's the pee that makes your eyes sting, not the chlorine. And on that note, erm, i'd best get back to work. --------------------------------------- Ex-University of Bristol Skydiving Club www.skydivebristoluni.com
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    Lol, I knew having two passports would come in handy at some stage! . That and for car insurance... There IS something about the UK that seems to let insurers shaft the insured...it doesn't happen elsewhere in Europe, not to this extent. --------------------------------------- Ex-University of Bristol Skydiving Club www.skydivebristoluni.com
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    I can't see why anyone would want to come to the UK to jump...most of the traffic is going the other way! Given what an assload of money BPA insurance is at the moment, I'd have thought that the proponents of the 'individual insurance system' would have costed the whole thing up and presented their case if it were actually cheaper. Granted, it's a LOT of work to calculate. And the proportion of BPA fees it currently constitutes is less than a night out/2.5 jumps in what's a bloody expensive sport in every other sense... That said, if foreign jumpers DO get equal treatment here whilst BPA premiums rocket, I'll join some cheap foreign skydiving association and be covered by them instead. --------------------------------------- Ex-University of Bristol Skydiving Club www.skydivebristoluni.com
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    I remember reading somewhere that the ProTrack transmits the data using an IR diode. If thats the case, most palms/laptops have IR ports which should, in theory, be able to receive that. Mike --------------------------------------- Ex-University of Bristol Skydiving Club www.skydivebristoluni.com
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    All i want is the graphing, none of this logbook business/expense/cradles stuff. Is there something commercially available (or has someone written an app) that does just that? Or is shelling out a few bucks for jumptrack/paralog my best bet? Cheers, Mike --------------------------------------- Ex-University of Bristol Skydiving Club www.skydivebristoluni.com
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    I assumed it was the build quality? Maybe they'll bring out a firewire HUD monocle that shows all the cool details, height, range and a little crosshair and some useless numbers that rapidly scroll as you look around? I'd get one! --------------------------------------- Ex-University of Bristol Skydiving Club www.skydivebristoluni.com
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    I remember when PISA became Aerodyne. They were selling off their ZP.exe canopies (and all the others too) for about half price. I'm still kicking myself now for not wiring them the cash the minute i found out. Ended up shelling out three times the price for a Sabre2! hell, square1 have tris with 400j and spectres with twice that for $800... --------------------------------------- Ex-University of Bristol Skydiving Club www.skydivebristoluni.com
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    Sorry to dig up a super old thread... @ $700, is the Tri not the steal of the goddamn century? I'm tempted to buy one for my next rig (a good year away) because i simply can't see myself finding a used/new canopy that cheap anywhere, especially as it's a bit more docile than most and therefore ideal for the first few hundred jumps @ 135sq.ft. Any flaw in that plan? --------------------------------------- Ex-University of Bristol Skydiving Club www.skydivebristoluni.com