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What would actually be the danger in that situation? I'm trying to figure it out in my head and it seems the cutaway system and RSL would still work right, but I'm guessing I'm overlooking something? www.WingsuitPhotos.com

What are you trying to say? www.WingsuitPhotos.com

OMG!!! I asked Missy for that pic like months ago and she never replied. I gave up hope and forgot about it. Do you have a larger version? I will frame it and put it on my wall in every room and then on some other people's walls too and then maybe on some telephone poles on the street... I really like that picture! Btw, for everyone else's benefit, I was about 30 feet from the fire and my back was HOT. I really couldn't get any closer and no one else was as close as me. I had to move after about 10 seconds, it hurt... www.WingsuitPhotos.com

When you draw the line at something, is that the line you won't go past, or the line you won't go to? www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Hmm... I'll think of something. I think the truth has more to do with the percentage of DZ.com PW's at Sebastian. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

When I suggested this I said to secure your rig to a post or something somehow... the risks associated with wearing the rig should be obvious (well, actually whether or not it's risky depends on the result of the test, I tend to think it wouldn't be risky). But... another thought has come up. Suppose that those who say the reserve would inflate are right. So your rig is tied to a post and the reserve is fully inflated and all the lines are under tension. Now what? Do you sit there all day and watch your rig get dirty, or is there some graceful way to recontain your reserve after it's inflated? I'm guessing you could just walk up to the topskin and bearhug/collapse it, once you get it under control you could stuff it in your shirt or something and detach your rig from the "post" or whatever it's secured on. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

What exactly is it about Sebastian boogies that generates so much forum activity? I remember the Bytch Boogie thread being huge, but at least that was a DZ.com boogie of sorts. There are tons of other FL boogies that get announced on this forum, and those threads die after 5 replies. But the Seb threads never die!!! Not saying I mind. Maybe the threads are so long because Seb boogies are the most fun. I'm already stoked to hear about the July 4th boogie... I'll just be getting back from Costa Rica, so you'd better not make it any earlier than that! www.WingsuitPhotos.com

While we're on the topic of common misconceptions seen on DZ.com (and those real-life dropzones)... The fact that a constant wind does not alter the way your canopy flies. Flying into a steady headwind does not give you "more lift". You don't "dive longer" in a turn with a steady headwind. But then again, I'm not experienced enough to know if this is actually a big enough safety issue to warrant serious discussion. The misconception is wrong and is a pet peeve of mine (and one I see very frequently), but I don't know statistically if it's responsible for many incidents. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Requiem for a Dream has some amazing music that fits the mood of the film. All of PTA's movies are so much about the music it's ridiculous: Magnolia - He actually wrote the movie to fit around Aimee Mann's music, not vice versa. Punch-Drunk Love - I've known many people who can't stand the music but there's no denying its overwhelming role in the film... to quote a friend - "The music is so powerful it's like another character!" The Mad World cover in Donnie Darko is pretty awesome too... Oh and I just watched The Graduate this weekend, Paul Simon was perfect for that... www.WingsuitPhotos.com

I didn't. You have no idea what it is. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

That is a very good point. If 120mph wind takes 1000ft to open it, how would 40mph wind (I'm hoping you're not jumping in more than 40!) open it up on the spot? Even if the freebag was pulled off I somehow doubt the canopy would inflate. Maybe next time you're due for a repack, you can wait for a really windy day, tie your rig to a post in a field, and pull the ripcord. See if the winds are even strong enough to pull the bag out of the container... www.WingsuitPhotos.com

On a side note, something I've helped design at work (Lockheed Martin), which I can't describe due to confidential nature, can *literally* be called a flux capacitor because of its design. Kinda funny... www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Somebody set up us the rocket motor. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Try kissthisguy.com! www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Def Leppard! Em, that's just totally at the moment though. A more serious and well thought-out response would probably be Led Zeppelin, maybe not my favorite as in I ever listen to them anymore, but probably I consider them the best. Most people on here that have good taste will probably list bands from the past, but I have to say, the Mars Volta rank up there for me. They're very recent in case you haven't heard of them, but they recall the prog-rock sound very dinstinctly and somehow remind me of Yes, without being too derivative. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Ok, your explanation about alti lag in freefall vs canopy makes perfect sense. I have Pro-Track graphs of all my jumps and just looked... on most of them it is very obvious where I started slowing down, and lo and behold, you're right, it was dead-on about 500 feet (!) for all of them. This does seem low for a Spectre but keep in mind as I pointed out earlier, when packing I do everything possible to try to make it open fast. Another thing I noticed is I speed up 5-10mph before every pull, I can only assume that's from reaching for my hackey... my projected surface area decreases so my fall rate increases? www.WingsuitPhotos.com

I spent several solo jumps doing the following, in attempt to eliminate any sources of error. Short of video (which I'll admit I haven't done), I think I was pretty accurate. 1) At 4.5k, shove my alti in front of my face, grab my hackey tight, arch hard, and stare at the alti intently. 2) At 4k throw quickly. Like I said, the hackey was already in my hand so I can't see much lag happening here. I actually literally pulled slightly before 4k, trying to time it so my hand was letting go of the hackey just as the needle hit 4k. I returned to stable boxman immediately and kept staring @ alti. 3) Fully seated, look alti right away (yes I'm aware first priority should be airspace, but on these jumps it was small loads where I exited last with long delay and opened higher than others, so I felt it was okay to take 1 second to glance at alti before grabbing risers). My results varied from 2800ft to 3200ft. Usually was around 3100. Which equates to an opening range of 800-1200ft, average 900. All that said, you are still right, instruments and senses fail us, video would be the ultimate proof. I'm kind of curious when the deployment process is measured as "starting". Like I said, I tried to time my attempts so the hackey left my hand at 4k exactly. Well what if it's 200ft before the PC inflates? Do we count the "pre-PC-inflation" as part of the deployment? Obviously it's all semantics, for your own personal situation you just need to know when to execute your deployment procedures and when it will seat you, but for discussions like these we like to say "deploment takes xxx feet", and as such we need a clear defintion of deployment... EDIT: Ok, so you did say opening is the time from pin dislodge to slider stop moving. So... out of curiosity (I have not watched many deployments), how long after the hackey leaves your hand does the pin dislodge? www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Screw you man, I'm taking pictures next time you wear a rig in Wal-Mart and sending them to a modeling agency. I disagree, btw. That tool's got nothing on me. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

You mean you landed in the peas. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

I have no experience and won't give advice, but I think there was a very similar thread to this recently, where someone landed on a barbed wire fence flying backwards... and I'm almost certain the common consensus among several replies from experienced jumpers was that you always need to flare, because stopping your vertical speed is much more important than keeping your backward groundspeed low. The example used was that motorcycle racers (among other things) routinely crash at very high speeds and walk away without a scratch... horizontal speed does not kill you if there are no obstacles. Vertical speed will always hurt when you run into the ground, and you always need to slow that down. This is what I remember... I wish I could find that other thread... EDIT: Found the thread, thanks meltdown... www.WingsuitPhotos.com

I never roll the nose on my Spectre. I actually do the opposite, I open the 3 center cells up slightly, if that even makes a difference once the tail is wrapped. I "bias" the slider away from the nose, and I barely wrap the tail... still get 800-1000 ft openings. www.WingsuitPhotos.com

I read her post and didn't find any "tips" in it... am I wrong? Looked to me like she was just describing her own learning experiences, a bit like a "journal". www.WingsuitPhotos.com

Sebastian (taxiway) and Titusville (runway) too... www.WingsuitPhotos.com

I agree, to some extent. And cut those one-liners out of your posts or you're banned! www.WingsuitPhotos.com

I agree that the current definition is kind of fuzzy, for me at least I see threads that haven't been moved that don't relate to the physical act any more than ones that did get moved. I'm not trying to knock your efforts, Chuck, I'm just saying to me the lines are still a little blurry, which is more a knock on my own understanding that your moderating... www.WingsuitPhotos.com