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  1. meandean
    Rules are not necessarily = safety. There's much less chance of injuries when 1 person lands downwind and 19 into the wind than all 20 downwind. ------------------------------------------------------------ If everyone thought this way, than everyone would choose their own landing direction as they see fit. It would be a free-for-all in the lz. What risk of collision would you calculate that as?
  2. meandean
    your reserve ride back to the DZ while everyone else completes the 20 (19) way box....CRW
  3. meandean
    1/2 a mile....2 doors down from a pizza place
  4. meandean
    ok, in your opinion, is it better to set the "loop" to the inside of the risers, or the outside of the risers? By "loop" I mean the section of the control line below the brake setting,
  5. meandean
    I pull enough extra of the closing loop through the last grommet so that I can put in the pin, easily press the loop against the grommet, and extract the pull-up without any resistance at all. I've only seen two others do this, any more? ---------------------------------------------------------- yup, I've been using that method for years.
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    First time i've seen it. ------------------------------------- thats beer!
  7. meandean
    hey jerm, I've got some pics of your new canopy, & nice video of your landings. If I only knew how to post them.........
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    just a question, not about this event, but....if you had a reserve canopy open that looked like the one in the video, and you had a little more time,(more than a few hundred feet) would you hooknife the zigzag line or unstow your toggles first, to try & clear the mess?
  9. meandean
    I bought a small container of bungees from Home Depot........N.E. region
  10. meandean
    PS: I still do not advocate "attaching" myself to an open (and flying) parachute by any means... ---------------------------------------------------------- not even 3 rings & risers & lines? Oh my... hehe
  11. meandean
    2005 Canopy Formation World Record Place: Florida Skydiving Center, Lake Wales, Florida U.S.A. Date: Saturday November 20th – Saturday November 26th 2005 ----------------------------------------------------------- ...the checkin day is Sat 19th Nov...we will start jumping on Sun 20th Nov and will have through the following Sat scheduled as a jump day as well. -slasher-
  12. meandean
    I don't think I'll mod Kelli's rig. Her reserve works fine and the mod won't improve anything, only makes things worse. ------------------------------------------------------- How does it make things worse?
  13. meandean
    It's what your left with when the pilot jumps out, to do some CRW. (snicker)
  14. meandean
    Thanx Kevin
  15. meandean
    read dropzone.com
  16. meandean
    When doing CRW you want to be open as fast as possible out the door. --------------------------------------------------------- it depends on where you are in the formation. Besides, I still want a soft opening, even if it is a little fast. Depends on what your comparing it to. (sabre 1s haha)
  17. meandean
    Soft smooth on heading openings are charactersitics that almost everybody wants in every canopy ( with the exception of reserves and CReW canopies) regardless of its intended market pro or beginner. ----------------------------------------------------------- Why wouldn't you want soft smooth on heading openings with a CRW canopy?
  18. meandean
    Try getting a unit with PCI Express interface. For those who haven't heard of it, the short explanation of PCI Express is that it's a new interface that can go far beyond the speed of current AGP and PCI buses.
  19. meandean
    dacron lines are thicker. The PD slinks might not be long enough to handle the extra thickness of the lines. I use the PD RESERVE slinks on one of my CRW setups (with dacron lines). The PD RESERVE slinks are about an inch longer than the PD SPORT slinks, allowing more room for the thicker lines. -slasher-
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    why don't you publish them?
  21. meandean
    I thought in the U.S. the repack cycle is 120 days, closer to 4 months?
  22. meandean
    if the "blade is not particularly sharp", then why would you rely on it to save your life? -slasher-
  23. meandean
    less than half a mile
  24. meandean
    www.direct-bag.com/gotcha/ sorry its not clicky
  25. meandean
    check out GOTCHACOVERED in the JUMPSUITS AND CLOTHING section of GEAR selection