AFFI

i agree. my spectre takes 800 feet to open....sooooo soft The Saber will open nicely with a larger slider. Call PD and request a larger slider, they will work with you as they have for me in th past due to medical issues, I need a slow opening canopy... Mykel AFF-I10 Skydiving Priorities: 1) Open Canopy. 2) Land Safely. 3) Don’t hurt anyone. 4) Repeat…

We teach students to steer with the main (dominant) canopy with gentle toggle input because it is SIM compliant and mostly for the reason that rear riser control can be more sensitive to control input then when using toggles. Using matched canopies for the main and reserve if one canopy is set in brakes and the other is not, the toggles may need to be adjusted (lowered) until the canopies fly together (which must be taught as well). Naturally as we progress in our skills and understand in skydiving, the practices we employ may evolve from when we were on student status, in this case after an understanding on the effects of rear riser control affects the canopy flight and becoming proficient using them. It must not be the break away video. Mykel AFF-I10 Skydiving Priorities: 1) Open Canopy. 2) Land Safely. 3) Don’t hurt anyone. 4) Repeat…

I can check my log books to get an exact number for you but I do believe that I did not have my first license until I was well over 200 jumps and was forced to get one because I started working at a DZ. I knocked out all 3 tests and my first license was the C. This was a few years before the proficiency card and all that jazz. Mykel AFF-I10 Skydiving Priorities: 1) Open Canopy. 2) Land Safely. 3) Don’t hurt anyone. 4) Repeat…

I have even seen an instructor encourage not getting a pin check to a newcommer to the sport. Sad but true... Mykel AFF-I10 Skydiving Priorities: 1) Open Canopy. 2) Land Safely. 3) Don’t hurt anyone. 4) Repeat…

I beg to differ. I have 1900+ AFF dives and the last 400 odd have been in a pair of Birdman Pantz and a Go Fast long sleeve T. My students have ranged from 44kg (97lb) to 100kg (220lb) and my speed range on my belly from the high 90's to the mid 140's measured on my Neptune. I'm 77kg (170 lbs) and 1.79m (About 5'11") t Which implies the "Dress For Success" idea varies from instructor to instructor factoring in that instructors experience level. I have seen quite a few instructors in freefly pants and a tee-shirt before they were ready, a time or two; I have seen video where that lack of preparation resulted in an instructor not being able to catch their spinning student, or maybe they just were not interested in dressing for success so they could get some freefly time in with their buddy after the student deployment. Me, I am a fatso and only have around 500 AFF jumps so I have to dress accordingly - probably 90% though I use a standard RW suit, 140 pounds or less I have a slow suit and a freefly suit that I will use whenever I can get away with it because it is the most comfortable. I think because of my build, opportunities to wear pants and a tee in the future will be quite limited. Since I am taking on such an enormous responsibility I choose to do all I can to ensure the students I work with that I will be able to perform at an optimum level, which is my primary obligation. The bottom line is to be there for our students, whatever it takes… Mykel AFF-I10 Skydiving Priorities: 1) Open Canopy. 2) Land Safely. 3) Don’t hurt anyone. 4) Repeat…

Couldn't I just stow the released brake back, and use rear risers in this case? Someone want to chime in on the con's of in-air rigging? ...or even how easy putting a brake back in a catseye then stowing the toggle when the line's under tension would be... What could be easier? I mean, what is the worst that could possibly happen?

Couldn't I just stow the released brake back, and use rear risers in this case? Someone want to chime in on the con's of in-air rigging?

Have fun at the tunnel, that is if you dont die on your morotcycle, they are dangerous.

What a complete asshole. If he lives long enough he will discover the world dosent revolve around him...

Thought 1: This is going to be So cool! Thought 2: Oh Shit. Thought 3: Get you Ouija Boards out kids... Mykel AFF-I10 Skydiving Priorities: 1) Open Canopy. 2) Land Safely. 3) Don’t hurt anyone. 4) Repeat…

Careful, if that other toggle hangs up for whatever reason, remain altitude aware, you might place yourself in a position that necessitates EP's. Mykel AFF-I10 Skydiving Priorities: 1) Open Canopy. 2) Land Safely. 3) Don’t hurt anyone. 4) Repeat…

Be careful to not saw lines back and forth across the canopy during any malfunction correction attempt as the friction heat could cause severe damage to the canopy. Good idea you had to check the canpoy out before jumping it again. Mykel AFF-I10 Skydiving Priorities: 1) Open Canopy. 2) Land Safely. 3) Don’t hurt anyone. 4) Repeat…

I would find what the policies are at the particular DZ you are experiencing these issues. When confronting someone, be diplomatic and informative, as to what the policies are at that DZ. When I was learning to skydive with -500 jumps, the DZ where I was preached that “the skydive is not over until you are back in the hanger” (dropping your gear on the packing matt). That being said, the skydivers making high performance landings need to use good judgment as to when to abort for safety reasons. Everyone can try to be more respectful, nicer and if things get out of hand seek mediation. I can totally see where your concerns are stemming from. Mostly making working jumps I am usually afforded the luxury of flying in brakes and give the hotshots time to descend, then when I go into middle aged almost out of testosterone hotshot mode the landing area is usually cleared out somewhat... As Rabbitt would say, “That is all”. Mykel AFF-I10 Skydiving Priorities: 1) Open Canopy. 2) Land Safely. 3) Don’t hurt anyone. 4) Repeat…

Try emailing Larsen & Brusgaard and inquiry.

PM me you’re mailing info and I will send you some video's to check out. Video can be a fantastic learning tool - before I started skydiving full time I spent 13 years in the animation/DVD Authoring/Video/Production constructing educational multimedia and I have developed an interactive training DVD that we use on our students prior to the first solo and during the student progression at the DZ I work at. The particular production I am speaking is still a work in progress and is custom tailored to our program but we are developing one that is more generically engineered toward A License requirements, when it is ready consider yourself on the list for a free copy when we release it. The difference in performance between students that are not taught with multimedia reinforcement and students who are trained via interactive training on DVD is staggering - there is not a better method of learning that I have been exposed to, and not just in the skydiving arena, but in any training environment conceivable. If you saturate yourself with visual and auditory stimulation while you are off defending freedom, then when you get back to the free world you will be a step ahead of the game for sure. At any rate, PM me some mailing information and I will send you some stuff on DVD - might not be exactly what you are looking for but at least it will be entertaining. If you are in Texas when you get back I will make your first student jump back for free, on the house to show my appreciation, I cannot thank active duty soldiers enough for ensuring that we have the privilege to live in a country where we can speak our minds and enjoy the freedoms we do, thank you so much for defending freedom... Mykel AFF-I10 Skydiving Priorities: 1) Open Canopy. 2) Land Safely. 3) Don’t hurt anyone. 4) Repeat…

Did you let the pilot know you were deploying high and did make this jump by yourself? It is best to make high altitude clear and pulls with a buddy in the event of an off DZ landing your buddy can land with you in case there is an injury.

So did you jump or not?

Then what you very likely experienced was simply what I described. A sub-terminal might launch deployment right away, or it might take some time... It might be advisable to break the habbit or "instinct" of reaching back behind you. There has been some debate concerning the pro's and con's of the reach around for the PC in Tow (do a search), I am still not convinced there is a good reason to ever reach behind you and if the bag did indeed strike your hand then there is good evidence right there to support "not reaching back" - what if lines were to take a wrap around your hand/wrist? Then the only bones not broken after landing might have been from the elbow down. Mykel AFF-I10 Skydiving Priorities: 1) Open Canopy. 2) Land Safely. 3) Don’t hurt anyone. 4) Repeat…

Well, according to Bill, Flat Turns are not Braked Turns - So I do not understand the semantics involved between the two or the differences. I will send you a piece of our student manual that describes in easy to understand terms this type of life saving turns and on stall advoidence cuz when executing a braked turn low to the ground you dont want to stall the canopy so it is best to know where your stall point is br practicing up high. It would be a very lenghty post to teach it all online. Common out for Skyfest and we can go over some things if you would like.

How much time did it take from the moment of exit until the moment your PC caught wind? If you had a main out after all that, only 1200' lower I am suspecting that not much time had elapsed between exit and deployment. If you pitched your PC at a subterminal rate of descent, it may not have had enough air speed creating enough drag to initiate your main deployment, once you gained a little more speed the deployment began. It is a neat way to see what a PC in tow looks like for a second, and it is a cheap thrill that will get the heart rate up for sure - I am just glad you did not get your hand caught in any lines while it was behind your back (where some would argue it shoulden't be) or fire your reserve before the miracle of the main started to take place.

They didnt give you a free suit, not if you paid for the first one. Send it back.

No, not at all - I just started reflecting on other areas of my life where I could be showing a different example to others, and to myself…

Good: Everything in this world. Bad: My perspective.

Suddenly I am compelled to take a look at areas in my life that are outside of the skydiving arena…