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yeah do you think disabling the preview window will make the bring-back-2-tape smoother? It must be if you have almost the same computer as I have. what else do you propose? ctrl+alt+del for unneccesary backgroundprograms? Disabling internet connectivity? It really sucks...now I spend a huge amount on my camera and I don't have the ching-ching for a new pc...

what are the basics to learn a safe swoop-move? 90°-turn? riser-input? body-position? or a combination off all? I'm flying a sabre 120 with a wingload of 1.375 and i have 140 jumps. Or should i stay with the straight-in for a while?

I own a 1.1GhZ notebook with 384mb ram memory. I'm trying to put my movies in pinnacle and adobe premiere which works well but bringing them back to tape gives me the creeps. the preview window plays for example 30frames while the dv-device is recording 4 frames. rendering too heavy for my notebook? A guy told me pinnacle and premiere asks lot of processing and Canopus works fine on his almost-same configurated machine. has anyone experience with canopus?

nice man clean and simple layout and great pictures. I'm planning to make such a site in html when i have a few more pictures worth to put up a database. right now I'm always creating my sites in flash. Only the codec for the divx-movie doesn't load. Anyway, you'll fix that bug oneday. Keep up the good webdesign-stuff and the nice photographs. I'm impressed. greets and have fun. http://www.anthonyfreefly.com

thanks. Now it's about 5hours when I applied the clear coat. The surface is getting harder. Seems to work. Maybe tomorrow its steady as a rock. don't panic anthony... relax... I'll post a picture when its ready! bye.

has anyone tips for a helmet-spraying process? I started to remove the old layer of paint and cleared it from dust and grease. I used heat-resistant spray and finished it with a clear lacquer spray. After a few layers and approx.5 hours later the protective layer of transparent lacquer seems to agitate with the actual paint and is still fragile to scratches. The lacquer is from the brand 'motip' which is used to spray car parts etc. The helmet is made of polyesther-carbon. Has anyone done this yet and so has some usefull help for me? thanks.

My first experience with that 'oldie' was rather good. The canopy has been sold from someone stopped jumping and for long time in a bag. It has a complete reline and the ZP feels like new. I don't care if its made back in the nineties, it flies great! There are better old-timers than my new car I bought back in 2000... To me it was a great deal, now I can sell my pilot for almost the whole price I've bought it and invest it in other stuff.

hoi, de trv 33 heb ik gezien bij actionshop voor 1095 euro de trv 19 voor 795 euro. Maar ik wacht nog eventjes voor eventuele promoties bij carrefour/makro enz.... Zijn ze goedkoper in nederland, dan kom ik graag eventjes tot over de grens. groetjes anthony www.actionshop.be www.vandenborre.be

i was talking about the sabre 1. For you I can also tell you its downsizing too fast. If I calculate your wingload you're way too high. It depends on what you have flied before. Your first canopy? did you jump demo's? How did that felt? where you comfortable with it? For your first canopy dont go too big(it will soon suck) and don't go too small. There is a difference between a fury 220 from the club which I jumped during aff-course and a 150. For your weight I would say 170. But hey its your choice. Consider your choice wisely and listen to other jumpmasters and buddies who saw you flying and landing it. If your dropzone is in the middle of a forest, be aware that landing outside could happen and know your altitude loss under that canopy. Be smart, be safe but trust yourself.

hey man... I just posted a reply to which someone wanted an answer. About the canopy brand-size-wingload, doesn't matter its just the average difference that i felt between the 150 en my new 120. Like I mentioned back here I didn't flew an aerodyne 120 or a sabre 150. so all i'm offering him is my opinion on flight. If someone has another opinion I can understand but please if its not my subject, reply to his subject and offer your experiences, that might help them instead off arguing about that 120. I'm definitely not a wacko who tries to break his neck and yes I have just 130 jumps but I started jumping a 150 almost right after aff-course. In some conditions like the dropzone where I go jumping, you'll have lots of terrains and fields outside the dz big enough to land a 747. Low turns=no front risers =no I feel very safe under this canopy and I don't want to fly backwards on a 150 with a wingload of 1.0 in windy conditions like we always have in belgium. I love to see swooping but i'm definitely not gonna try it unless I have a number of jumps,know my canopy and learn basics. I've seen also some pretty bad incidents happening at my dropzone, and i know its not the right thing to do. I'm a realist.

sorry i never flew a pilot 120 or anything else that small.. but once i flew an electra from parachute de frances and i must say aerodyne feels more like flying!

i jumped the sabre 120 and i was amazed of the difference in flight. maybe it was the size of canopy. i think the canopy (pilot 150) was under-loaded for my 1.1 wingload.;it reacted very slow on toggle. the sabre has a little bit harder opening, a flatter glide and most surprised was my landing. weatherconditions were the same as when i flew my pilot but landing speed in straight flight was almost the same. much more stabile in turbulence and a nice flare. i did a 360 at high altitude and when i came out of the turn i didn't feel a moment of lift. when i came out of a turn on the pilot i created lift and stopped, then back descended which interupts your fun i think. I would say 9 to a sabre and 8.3 to a pilot.

I have a sky-designs helmet with videobox. now i want to remove the box from the helmet because it only fits pc-series. I want to buy a trv 22 or 33 and side-mount it. they're really cheap here in belgium. i do want a cameye system; and i searched all over the web but couldn't find the compability list or a lanc-port located on camera. does anyone jump a trv22/33 and what you find about it? ps the helmet i have is made in belgium. very cheap, hand-made and i think they ship worldwide... www.sky-designs.be

I must say i can agree with all comment and the fact that the variety of landing conditions are important. For ewample: a 180° right turn on a 150square and a 180° right turn after 1/4 brakes and left toggle up on the sabre120 or something like that, is that equal in altitude loss or is the difference in descent rate so big between 120-150 canopies?

cheap helmets and comfortable: gath original for surfing and lightweight. in europe aproxx. 100euros. Spending money on a protec is wasted. this is for rollerblading

thanks for your advice. my weight=163lbs which would make a wingload of 1.375 for the sabre. now with the pilot its 1.1 would this make such a great different in straight landing speeds?

aloha im having 130jumps and I'm jumping an aerodyne pilot 150 since my 26th jump. I had arranged a great deal and now i'm the owner of a sabre 120. Is it smart to fly the canopy or should I wait a little? Anyone which had the same experience with downsizing from 150 to 120? Or flight suggestions? Thnx.

i'm sorry gus that's what i ment. i know editing video with dv-out works but bring it back to tape doesn't. that's why i need a new cam. also the cameye function. any suggestions?

ola, a few months ago i blindly bought a jvc cam for the purpose of upcoming children, which made it possible of using it for freefly&skydive. it's a jvc gr dvx400 and has no dv-in enabled and is not compatible with the user-friendly cameye2 system so editing video with pinnacle is not possible. So i'm fucked. Has anyone tips for buying a reliable and small camcorder? I was thinking of a Sony dcr pc105... or is Canon a better choice? it seems that canon is also compatible with the cameye system...

hi i've bought a wings w 13-1 thats supposed to fit a 150sq/ft canopy though it's very thight. once the bag is in the harness, i'm almost unable to put a quarter loop to place the lines against the bottom of the harness. 2/3 is used by a swift 5-cell(size unknown) so that leaves a small space for my main canopy(pilot 150 aerodyne). Sizing chart for wings proves this is a correct size. Does anyone has tips for that problem or is it just a problem due to new material that has to strech?

To answer your question, Alain, 1.O533.... calculated with the wingload calculator on this site. Seems that 150=good for my weight. Did you already jumed the pilot ? If yes where you happy with the canopy?

Hi everyone only 25 jumps and I had the opportunity to fly the aerodyne pilot 150.(1 canopy for belgium!) Felt scary 'cause I only flew the canopys from the club. Fury 220sq/ft's! I must say everything just turned out fine. I had a little luck for my first jump 'cause there was a little upwind for me to slow down. I have 28 jumps now; aff included and I'm totally addicted to that canopy. That's the reason for buying it. (fitted in a sunrise "wings"harness). Maybe I should jump other canopies to see if they suit me better but this wing has it all for me. It's gonna be a fine summer here in Belgium!!!