phoenixlpr

I think you missed something. IMHO theres to reason carring weights in RW: -balance your upper and lower body -adjust dive so for RW and not for landing or swooping purpose. Please correct me, if I turn to be wrong.

I dont think so. You are the one who knows everything better. I would enjoy talking discussing with you before youve got you experience and strong judgement about everything. Dare to talk about 9/11! Or is it a tabu? Ive just wanted to point that badluck can reach you anywhere. I dont think that dieing in a terrorist attack is a common thing in US. Or which is more possible ? Havign a plane(commercial) crashed or having a 2out mal with a not so classic AAD? Try not to take it personal. I dont think it is strictly about skydiving. Its about trust. If you dont trust it, dont do it or dont take it. With my number of jumps I might used gears that you wont willing to even try, but I dont blame you for this.

9/11??? Yeah, I know under 200 jumps I cant have even my own opinion. I have not signed up to test the latest catapult seat. Just consider buying something less than 5 years old...

We/they had it before too. But since than its more emphasis on the angle on the exit. Im sorry Im not a native English.

me too. Ive ordered mine, Im waiting for that :)

What are you looking for? Pilot is a quite general term. Name the manufacturer and model.....

Hey man! Dont downgrade! And you better gather experience before start even downsize.

Ive received some documents from FXC. Well, they were quite fast. http://spidernest.ath.cx/~phoenix/Model_12000_Manual.pdf http://spidernest.ath.cx/~phoenix/Model_12000_Service_Bulletin.pdf

After that fatality practice jump with the door imitation has been specified in details. Students drop themself ona soft ramp. I hope that it wont ever happan again.

Remember you are risking your life even typing those words........... Life is nothing without luck.

You are free to stick to the good old prooven stuff. It may cost more, but you are safe.

Thanks for all the answers.

Or you may pay the price of being conservative or even snob.

I was taught that way too.

Hiall! Is there user manual on the net? Is this device has a mandatory service/inspection period? Where can I find info about it?

This is not ST forum. If you have something to say about similar things do there. Hello to everyone. I have been visiting this forum for a long and I must say it is excellent. It provides many answers to the questions, which I believe are common all around the world. At least to the people who take part in this sport. I must say the falling through the lines of deploying main is the situation which is supposed to be the most dangerous of all by S/L student jumping. We had such cases but everything ended relatively fine. Years ago there was even the student on his first S/L jump, who fell through the lines of main, cut away immediately (;should not as he was taught; - but the main by luck slid off his leg) RSL opened the reserve and he fell through the lines of deploying reserve too. He landed in the wild spin half head down. He was hurt, but not too much and in few weeks he was fine. Through the time we learned, that the plane should fly very slowly, at least by side-exit (An-2). In this case the air resistance is not too strong and does not possibly roll the student too much. Even by bad exits the students hardly come close to the deploying lines. But the danger by S/L side-exit is always present. We learned, that the most suitable planes for the first S/L jumps are therefore C172 and C182. The things you know for a long already. The problem is very low space between the wheel, where the student stands with left leg (the right keeps hanging) and the wing. The student is in the position, (when he drops), from which he easily falls backwards and rolls. And here we go again. It is more or less the matter of the awareness of the student, whether he/she arches from this position or not. Many do, but many just stay in contracted position and roll. (Some have even fallen between the wheel and the strut.) You may help them to concentrate on arching by putting the sticker on the wing and order them to look in it. Therefore I found the idea of hanging from the strut excellent. Is this common (when you do it from Cessna) method? Do you have any extra handles on the strut? After how many jumps the S/L students usually start to exit from the step? What do the pilots say; do they oppose due to the possible balance disturbance? Many thanks for you answers.

Thats not so simple. It depends: midair or grounded.

on need-to-know basis so only thing need to know to aviod power lines

Ive just bought my gear after 120 jumps! I dont say that do the same, but I would wait 30-50 jumps before buy anything.......Im not sure that WL 1.1 on a ZP canopy would suit you now, but it would be good in the future..... Thats the reason to wait.

Hornet != Pilot

I use Z1 fullface. Im satisfied with that.

Triatlon is in production, Hornet is not anymore.

Hey! Slow down! If I were you I wouldnt buy anything yet. Ive just bought my own gear. Ive tried several. Can you say the same? Anyway whats to point to buy something if you are going to sell it in 50 jumps?

Hey! Come on! Dont listen anyone ! Trust your instinct. You know it better!