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I disagree. The law aside for what you call 'adult play', teenage pregnancy rates in the UK are the highest in Western Europe... 1 in 10 children are born to teenagers. That's pretty fucked up IMO. A lot of parents over here simply don't seem to care what their kids do - but that doesn't make it OK.
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Agreed... it's my nightmare mal and I spend a lot of time checking my PC, kill line, pin and bridle routing regularly. As much preventative maintainence as possible for this one... I'd rather replace a PC too early in its life than regret doing it too late.
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I've been using my Sabre 135 - I've found that the winds and slope need to be pretty specific to get any good distance possible though. I know what you mean about small hills - the midlands are too flat for any good days out, hence the trip up north!
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Went this weekend in Lancashire - managed to get a couple of launches in before being weathered out. Bank holiday weather sucks!
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Hey all, I've got a problem in Excel I was hoping someone here might know how to solve. I have two columns: |aaaa|1,2,3| |bbbb|3,8,9| |gggg|1,6,7| What I need to do is break the second column up so that each number appears in a new row, like so: (periods are just fillers for formatting on here) |aaaa|1| |.......|2| |.......|3| |bbbb|3| |.......|8| |.......|9| |gggg|1| |.......|6| |.......|7| I was looking to wirte a macro to do this automatically but can't figure out how to do it... Any tips or help would be much appreciated! Cheers
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http://www.icaruscanopies.aero/canopies/Omega/packing.htm These is the one I used for Psycho Packing - I've tried it a few times now and it's always opened well for me, but you don't half get a few funny looks in the packing shed.
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Hey Scoop, I know a load of people are heading out to Seville around that time too. Mass exodus from the UK!
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Cool, thanks guys!
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http://cgi.ebay.com/Skydiving-PARACHUTE-Rigging-W-many-extras_W0QQitemZ200015335029QQihZ010QQcategoryZ106980QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Saw this while browsing and thought someone here might want it.
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After you get some reasonable experience flying with others on your belly. If you rush into FF, you'll end up probably being poor at both FS and FF for a number of jumps, not to mention that when the shit hits the fan, having a solid FS base to work from so you get the hell out of the way is invaluable. In the UK, we have a FS-1 qualification, that covers all the air work needed to sucessfully pull off a flat 4 point 4 way. Vertical movement, turns, slides etc... I don't know what the equivilent is where you are. Once you've got that ability, and have made a few FS jumps, you can start thinking about FF. There's absolutely no rush, and having a decent grounding in FS will make you a better skydiver.
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Hey folks, I'm jumping a Sabre 135, loaded at just over 1.3. No matter how I shift my weight around under canopy, I find it really hard to get any more than a tiny turn just by harness input. Is this normal? Are harness turns only effective at much higher loadings or is there some special technique I've not heard of? Generally I'm tring to turn by reaching down towards the ground with the leg I want to turn into and lifting the other leg up and leaning into the turn. It's worth saying that my harness is pretty small for my frame - could this be a problem? Cheers.
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One of the test questions on the BPA Radio Operators licence form is: "What instruction should never be transmitted over radio?" The answer of course is "Cutaway" for that exact reason.
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From the BPA Ops Manual: 4.5. AFF and RAPS Student Parachutists must be equipped with a radio receiver for at least the first three descents. While you are given an explanation of canopy control and landing patterns in your FJC, there can be a number of students in the air at the same time. An instructor can space you out better than you're probably able to at your experience level and can take account of any variables that have changed while you've beein in the air... However having said that, radios do fail, and the training you have recieved is enough for you to get down safely. My advice - if you can hear your instructor, particularly at your experience level, follow his instructions. If your radio fails, follow your pre-planned flight plan.
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While all students are given a flight plan on the ground, the instructor can use the radio to make sure that you're not in conflict with the other students while you're in the air, or can alter your landing pattern if the conditions demand it. Listen to the radio first and foremost, but after buying him a beer, ask your instructor why the actual flight differed from the plan. Start learning how to fly patterns now and why certain paths are flown and it'll make life easier in the long run.
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Dude, you're under a torn up canopy... A parachute and a freebag can be replaced if needs be. Don't let this sort of thing influence a decision to chop if you need to!
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New UK Skydiver - need some help and advice
yoink replied to johnnycab's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
While learning abroad is an option, the surity you get in the UK is jumping and training with BPA qualified instructors to BPA standards. Recently I heard horror stories of a jumper coming back from an AFF course abroad, 30-odd jumps and a signed-off A-license in his logbook. It turns out he couldn't even fall stable, let alone deploy in that position... It was a 'Pay your money, do x number of jumps and get signed off...' type of course, simply because the DZ offered a 'qualify or get a refund' advert. Really dangerous. If you do go abroad, try and do some research into the instruction you'll get and who'll be giving it. There are benefits to both the RAPS and AFF systems - choose whichever you feel most comfortable with. -
I used to jump 2 PD190s after I got off student status at about 170 out of the door. One was a nice canopy to learn on - opened nicely and easy to pack. It also flew really well in brakes for accuracy approaches or long spots up wind. The other was a hateful thing - it had a load more jumps on it and you used to need to take at least 1 wrap of the brake lines to get a flare out of it. It was finally retired after injuring a number of jumpers on landing. Edit: Personally though, I would have been bored of the flight characteristics of it by 200 jumps though.
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Out of interest JP, then which hook knife would you reccommend and why?
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I wouldn't use your last point as a reason not to buy a rig without jumping it first. Not all Sabres spank open. I've got a lovely Sabre that opens well every time - The only difference in packing it is that I put a few more rolls in the tail than I would do for another canopy.
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Try and get hold of the CAA exemtion letter as well - it's always a useful thing to have kicking around in case the airport security get a bit snotty. You used to be able to get a copy from the BCPA website - www.bcpa.org.uk
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HH, I keep getting an error when trying to post a reply - it's pretty regular. "A fatal error has occurred: Unable to index post: Lock obtain timed out: Lock@/tmp/lucene-b2e41b922170d5c855cd97703116081a-write.lock Please enable debugging in setup for more details."
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yer theory is good, but it's not taken far enough. Why don't we just use yr for both - people can then mentally fill it in as appropriate.
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ah! OK. Light dawns! Cheers!
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Hi Mel, I saw the post about the bumpers keeping the alignment of the lines on the links in order and orientation, but figured that this must be a minor issue - if it's not, why aren't bumpers installed / required as a matter of course on reserves?
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Wouldn't a simpler solution to be for a rigger to inspect the slider gromets for burrs after a reserve deployment and buff them out as neccessary with emery paper? The main drawback I can see is that over time the gromets may become worn, but that should surely be picked up in an inspection and repack anyway?