phoenixlpr
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I'd rather choose some other color for the center cell, something dark. The center cell is the one touched by every packjob.
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A suit is not a complement for weak skill.
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Having more time and focus with aerobatics than tracking or a safe pull...
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We had a practical joke of the same kind. We used powder for preventing the material of the round canopies to stick to itself. My friends prepared a rig with a decent amount of extra powder and they were waiting for a "volunteer". He suppose to have a static line jump and powder in his/her neck. The wind has spoiled our fun and blown the powder away on opening.
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I'm wondering why don't you want to jump blind folded? You might need all of your senses for jumping.
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How was it working?
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You'd better sing instead.
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Sure. If you can stall just one of them by toggles
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Ok. So what can we use leaves a visible trace and no fast chemical reaction involved?
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I can fly my Pilot150 in full brakes as long as I want without stall.
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6 or more feet under.... ?
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I was wondering we have a steady airflow in freefall or under canopy. Can we you just some kindda colored powder as cold smoke?
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Sounds like a pissing contest.
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I live in Europe. I don't think those smoke canisters can be air-mailed.
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HiPer Nitro and Altair Cobalt are made from that glevenor fabric. I love my Cobalt. Diamonds are forever! I hope my Pilot wouldn't be jealous.
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Old pack volumen chart is here PD-170 432cci
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There is a specialized smoke for parachutist too.
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I have found this
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Good question. I have a feeling that some suits are more prone for flat spin. I have flown Phantom only. I had jumps where I was flying dirty or even tumbling. I have released tension and fly some seconds a bit dirtier and back to max-out when I felt getting unstable.
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Oh, You should know that, because you read it in a book.... Are you going to demonstrate? Your chances are lot bigger to spun up or make a lineover on your canopy than fall into. You can not even stall most of the canopies with toggles without wrapping break lines on your fist. I could see the horizont over my canopy after an abrupt stall, but it is still far away from falling into it.
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So? Did he write that you have to fly all canopies exact same way? I have and read his great book anyway. There are some things I did and I still would do on a big, 260+ sqft canopy with a spring loaded PC, but would not try with any of mine with kill-line collapsible PC. That looks like a good point.
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I have started flying sqare canopies in year 2000. My first and favorite canopy was a PTCH11, 9 cell 300+ sqft F111 canopy. I had lots of direct bag static line jumps from 1200-1500m I was told to play and stall my canopy all posible way over 600-800m, so in safe altitude. I had the same question about falling into the canopy. I was told that a full loop should not be possilbe with a skydiving canopy. If it is possible that canopy should be grounded and redesigned with shorter lines. BTW do you know if that can be done with a paraglider? I don't think that falling to our own canopy is a real issue with todays all around or highly loaded canopies. It is not ususal to play so abrupt with a canopy. So if you play hard and uload your canopy, lines you should not what you are doing.
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Thanks.
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It has a short(er than Sabre2) recovery arc. E.g. I had a not planned 90 turn around 2 smaller trees. The top of the trees were level of my canopy. I had a soft landing after all. Pictures are here. I have started to fly my on WL 1.2-1.3. It is an amazing canopy!
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I was told that should not happen. That could be a deadly wrap. If it could happen that canopy would be grounded.