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Well, the step was made smaller. Don't know if many people remember what the step used to look like, but you could easily put 3 in the door and 2 on the camera step with the original step design. Then it got changed to the camera step just being that little nub on the back of the main step. I think that people should be doing number 2 but I don't like the idea of moving the bar. It will make climb outs more difficult and it's not what people are expecting. Both things which would lead to string out jumpruns and such. The reality of it is that people need to just not be stupid. When someone shows up at a dropzone for the first time, someone needs to make sure they know the rules of the road. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

What we have figured out is that it mostly is about how the people on the outside of the plane are hanging on. If you have 4 people out and they are all at full arm extension it disrupts most of the airflow over the horizontal stabalizer. That leads to the stall. Our bigger way organizers have taken that into account when they are setting up the door lineup and it has made a difference. The biggest problem we have found with too much weight in the tail is that the plane really jumps when that large group goes and it makes it pretty hard on late divers. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

Yeah, but the people at skyride deserve all of them and any more that ever get started. As far as things go, we all know that ASC and Skyride have done and will continue to do substantial harm to the sport just to make a buck. You guys in this thread should really go over to the farm and jump there. The people there have substantially better ethics. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

For sure we will be open by noon. If people get back to Jim (Raz) and let us know that there will be loads for the morning on Friday we will be open earlier. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

September 24th through the 26th marks the Third Annual Wisconsin Cheese Boogie at Sky Knights! Once again the CRW dogs and pups from across the country will converge over the skies of East Troy. Joined by the POPS jumpers, this event should be a blast. We will have one of Skydive Deland's Super Otters on site for the boogie this year as well! People will be arriving as early as Thursday! Let us know when you're coming so we can plan ahead! Food and Boogie registration is separate this year to help with people who may not be there for every day and don't want all the meals. So please buy both tickets if you want to jump and eat! We'll likely be starting at noon on Thursday and at 8am on Friday, so come on out and get some jumps in! Boogie registration is NOW OPEN! Click here for registration. PLEASE NOTE, everyone will have to pay the boogie fee this year if you are going to be jumping. CRW Hosted by Jim Rasmussen and Mike Lewis Come have fun doing CRW with us: beginners, 2-way practice, larger CRW formations, breaking the current record, and improvised CRW fun!! CRW Two plane shots will be going on Saturday for some of the larger formations and state record attempts. POPS RW Hosted by Fish and Terry Rago The POPS jumpers will be out in full force jumping the Otter and PAC on both Saturday and Sunday. Fish has hinted at the possibility of doing some scrambles or hit and rock jumps on saturday, as well as overall practice for the bigger jumps on Sunday. POPS Two plane shots will be going on Sunday for the bigger formations and to break the state POPS record. Anyone interested in participating in the record should contact fishfalls_at_hotmail.com jump_at_skydivemilwaukee.com to let us know that you are going to be here. Pre-Registration entitles you to the following at the boogie (Pre-Registration ends Sept 7th, Food Registration ends Sept 18th): Boogie Bag (Includes one T-Shirt so specify your size when you register, NOTE: THIS T-SHIRT IS DIFFERENT THAN THE "CRW T-SHIRT" THAT YOU CAN PURCHASE SEPARATELY) Boogie Registration at the door includes: Jumps with organizers. Some dropzone provided beer. Jumping from the Skydive Deland Super Otter at normal jump prices. Any questions can be directed to jump@skydivemilwaukee.com Non-jumpers, tandem students, and observers are not required to pay the boogie fee unless they want a boogie bag. Volunteers for the boogie do not have to pay the boogie fee, but do need to pay for any meals. There is a volunteer sign-up sheet in the Sky Knights office. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

Hasn't been a lot of activity on this thread, you guys all have your own email list or something right? Well, we posted pre-registration today. There is a cutoff date for if you want a t-shirt. The pre-registration includes a t-shirt that is more boogie orientated and there is a seperate CRW shirt. Boogie pre-registration ends September 7th and food registration ends September 18th. All that information is here: http://skyknights.skydivemilwaukee.com/the-news/213-cheese10-boogie-details.html ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

I did an introductory flight cause I would like to actually learn how to fly at some point here. The instructor who was up with me was shocked I could even point out the airport. I was able to fly around and locate landmarks, do turns on heading, maintain airspeed and look around for other people. Take-off was a bitch, got t be more things than i could think about at once. I was able to fly to the intended points and line up an on center landing, basically first try. He took over at actual touchdown, but I flew the plane basically down to the runway. I think there is some awareness crossover and just being comfortable up in the air. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

I have had a hard time deciding what my opinion about this is. As an AFF instructor I have seen some people do some really dumb shit and the only reason they got away with it is because we were there to help them. I am not sure where to draw the line between telling someone to disregard what I'm saying if they think they know better. How can they know better? (really, it's a question not sarcasm) I have thousands of jumps and have radio'd quite a few students to the ground safely. I have also watched a lot of people disregard or not follow directions and end up in really bad situations. I have also watched (and made a few) mistakes happen in terms of radio commands given. So, clearly it's possible for that to be the case. At least for me, I have a pretty good idea of when "I can't help this person anymore" and I will tell them so. "I am no longer in a position to help you on the radio, find somewhere safe to land in half brakes with a good PLF." Then they are on their own. If I haven't said something to that effect, i really would rather have them follow my instructions no matter how dumb they think they are. It happened with a student just recently that the radio operator was giving a command and the student disagreed with it and almost was hurt. If he would have followed the command to the T he would have been ok, but he decided that the instructor was nuts and did his own thing. Who's fault is it then? ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

Do I have to buy the scripting stuff from somewhere, or is it freely available? ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

I only have about 900 velo jumps but I'd say you have the right idea. I've had openings spin me 360 degrees because it inflated asymmetrically, but I've never had the canopy fly itself into line twists. Yeah - try to keep your hands off the risers on a Velo... It just causes problems for the most part. I will kick to tr and momentum with the canopy if it is trying to spin faster than the momentum is being transferred down to me in the harness. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

prodad doesn't work with 64-bit vegas. Boris doesn't work with 64-bit vegas. I could really use anything that could process an AVCHD clip for steadying, standalone or part of vegas 64bit. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

Is there anything that works with vegas pro 9 64-bit? I am looking for something decent. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

I don't know that anyone really follows this to a T or not, but the general idea of the progression is here: http://tunnelflight.com/pages/flyers/flyerProgression.php ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

Part of that question should be "Do I want a lense that shoots in HD or not", cause as far as I can tell, the royals don't look nearly as nice as the newer HD stuff. The Opteka 37mm .3 doesn't vignette on screen on a cx100 but you can see a little bit of it on the computer. Also, I pretty much zoom mine in a little bit anyways so I don't see my goggles/nose. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

E F S - sleeping is overrated ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

use priceline and bid on a car, can get a good deal. Though half the problem is taxes. You can also catch a bus from the airport here to ohare for like, $30 or something. You can also take the train into the city of chicago if that helps somehow, but the train station is about 10 blocks from the airport, don't know if there is a shuttle. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

Fair point, but any good dropzone will take someone who has that much tunnel experience and tailor the program around them. There are still a handfull of major skills that you can't learn in the tunnel. Canopy Flight - Static line is prolly gonna be the best here and if you can find a dropzone with a decent program, the cheapest. Tracking - I haven't seen any SL programs that have a strong emphasis on tracking and group work. Altitude Awareness and Overall situational awareness - Dunno, I think this could go in favor of aff or static line. With a few hours of tunnel time, there is going to be a learning curve to develop the altitude awareness cause in the tunnel you just wait till the lights flash then miss the flashing lights then the tunnel rat reminds you "its time to get out." Skydiving you don't have that luxury. AFF doesn't have to be expensive either, if he has all of the other air skills then there is no reason to do a long AFP style program that teaches turns and levels and docking and that stuff. At the end of it all, the focus is going to be on surviving a skydive, dealing with the canopy, malfunctions and learning how to track all while staying altitude aware. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

My understanding is the articulation is mostly a comfort thing. Honestly, I think it just causes the harness to be too easy to move around. I'm ok with hip rings but the fully articulated chest rings drive me nuts. I have also heard too many stories of people not being able to find handles because the rig was so twisted around on their body cause of all the articulation. I bought a brand new vector3 and skipped any articulation. I also don't like the stainless french hardware either, but that's cause my damn leg straps slip sometimes when I'm swooping and unload half the harness. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

This problem is solved as simply as buying a new set of risers. For the most part, you can even use risers from any manufacturer with any rig. Look around at your dropzone and see which design you like best then ask your rigger if that design will work with your rig. Pay money, get new risers in mail, have rigger hook them up (or do it yourself and have a rigger check your work) then... Problem solved. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

How about you qualify your answer a little better. "Maybe" is a much better answer. It depends on the dropzone. Call the one you might be thinking about going to. Depends what gear you are trained on, what gear they have, what the entries in your log book looke like, what proficiencies you have proven to instructors and also often the ability of the dropzone you are visiting to get in touch with someone at your home dropzone that knows you. Till you have a license, no one has fact checked your "log book." I put that in quotes cause some people are dumb and try to do dumb things like change dates on an old log book to start jumping again w/o going through class. As an instructor we have to check into that stuff somewhat to be sure things are safe. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

These threads are pointless. It's like beating a dead horse. Vectors are the best because that's what I jump and why wouldn't I jump the best gear possible? Seriously, it's true! ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

Yeah, see, you aren't really getting it. He paid for something, he should be getting it. They have no excuse to make you sit around. If you were on the schedule, they should have staff there to jump with you and they shouldn't push you out of the way to do tandems. Now, if you are just showing up at the DZ and saying "hey I want to jump today" that might be different. At my DZ we do the best to get people who just show up wanting to jump in the air, but sometimes it takes awhile. If they schedule a few days in advance we are able to make sure we have enough staff to get them in the air in a timely manner. I'd also suggest that you inform them adequately of the problem, explain why it's bothering you and what your course of action will be if they don't fix it. Or keep getting pushed around, it's up to you. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

Yeah, there is a guy at my DZ using this for tandem video. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

Then you have to use your brain. The reality is that I could come up with hundreds, thousands, of situations in skydiving where something or another has gone wrong and you have to react to it in some way. What if: You altimeter breaks, then you lose your goggles and cant see anything and both your arms get broken at the same time, and you have no aad what do you do? See, it can get kind of ridiculous. This is one of the reasons that we try to teach critical thinking when we are teaching someone how to skydive. We can provide the answers for some of the things that happen most often or are the most common problems but you have to be able to react and figure something out when a situation you have not planned for or thought about arises. One of the few reasons that I will turn someone away from AFF is if they show to me that they are incapable of thinking on their own. If I have to give them an answer to something (beyond the standard skydiving education) for them to not get killed it makes me very uncomfortable. Also, for what it's worth, I can tell from your posts that you have never really ended up "low" in freefall. The reality of this is that at some point the ground starts getting closer and you will almost certainly notice. it has happend that people don't (4way team cypress fires for example) but you have to work pretty hard to not notice the ground coming up. it's a visual thing. Really you need to stop trying to bend this question around and realize that all the people saying "use your eyes and look at the ground/horizon" are giving you the answer that you are desperately seeking. That's my $0.02 ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

The reality of things is that you haven't included all the available options. If im on a group skydive of any sort I will use the altimiters of the other people im jumping with in combination with the fact that I most often wear a dytter of some sort and am capable of jumping w/o an alimiter. I have had it happen a handful of times that someone on the plane forgot their altimeter and who would need it more than I would. So I have given them mine to use and just jump without one. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka