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Any update WRT my subscription? 2 weeks since this last communication and still nothing. Sending email doesn't appear to work. Message on Facebook doesn't appear to have worked... guess I'll try this thread again. Owned by Remi #?

Did he say that was his hard deck or his lowest opening altitude? 3000' seems a tad high to give up on a malfunction. Owned by Remi #?

56 and i thought it would never end.... Owned by Remi #?

From Welsh in Ohio... Sut mae? Post video. Lots of video :-) Owned by Remi #?

That's great stuff. I love the t-shirt art and the pc assist from the monitor the most. Thanks for sharing that! Owned by Remi #?

I have a cloth loop handle and am very comfortable with it. As others have said, they aren't floppy and don't tend to bunch up. I suppose it is slightly more likely to fold under the main lift web than a pillow, but its also easy to hook fingers through it to reduce the chance it will slip out of a gloved, cold, or injured hand. By its nature, the "peel" part of the cutaway happens almost naturally with grasping the loop. As far as using a regular reserve handle on the right side....I guess I would rather have different tools with different feels for the 2 jobs. The loop lays flat and isn't as rigid or heavy as a metal ring too. Owned by Remi #?

You've stated in clear terms (in my interpretation) that you are choosing your gear configuration on the assumption that you won't be able to attempt anything else. You appear to think that an AAD will help you if you cutaway low, and that an RSL is more of a hazard than jumping with questions about your ability to deploy on your own. Most people here haven't questioned whether or not having an AAD is paramount, or having as RSL is paramount, but almost everyone has reacted to your process by suggesting that given the concerns that you have, your decision to not wear an RSL does not make sense, Just consider that one point.... Owned by Remi #?

I'm trying to sort out your point of view and am still having a really hard time wrapping my head around it: You don't use an RSL in general because they have a minimal snag / entanglement possibility, But... Because you consider the risk of losing the use of both of your arms a reasonable concern due to health / fitness issues, you feel that having either an RSL or and AAD is important.... Let me try to get this another way: You won't risk putting a little piece of nylon lanyard with a snap shackle on the end of it on your rig because it might fail.... But... you don't have a problem taking 2 arms that you don't trust into freefall as long as you have either an RSL (that you don't really trust) or an AAD that might help you if you cutaway low and can't pull with either of your defective arms... except that's not such a good idea... Suggested reading here: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=4068945;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread Am I getting this? Please reconsider some of this. Owned by Remi #?

There is no "reserve arm" that's why your reserve handle is on your main lift web where you can see it and reach it with either hand. I'm guessing that you don't mean that if your life depended on it, you wouldn't at least try to make the 18 inch journey across your chest to deploy your reserved with your right hand. Right? Owned by Remi #?

If you think cutting away low like that is a good reason to wear an rsl you should consider wearing one regardless of having an AAD.... assuming you can cut away at 1000 feet, reach expert AAD activation speed, (assuming that's what you have) and then counting on having a clean pilot chute launch, line stretch, and reserve deployment in the couple of hundred feet you have left, with time left over to avoid dangerous obstacles and maybe get a chance to flare....well... seems a tad optimistic to me. At those altitudes you already don't really have an AAD, even if you do. Owned by Remi #?

Yeah, all the time. Owned by Remi #?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-id4GKsaQk Audio NSFW Owned by Remi #?

thanks, Kolla. I will send you my info tomorrow. I would much rather have the magazines than a refund. Owned by Remi #?

Chuck, I intended 2 things when I said that. The first was to abstain from public criticism of the instructors because I'm not qualified to judge an AFF jump. That doesn't mean that I'm behind or that I don't have a personal opinion or an understanding of how I was taught to handle being on my back with a student. It isn't what was happening in that video. I took (and in case you're wondering, failed) a "new school" AFF course and practiced that problem many times. I was taught to release the high grip to get myself back on my belly, then roll the student, just as someone else mentioned in this thread. It worked well for me throughout the course. I failed for other reasons. So, the second thing I intended when I responded to you was to challenge the idea that "new school" AFF training was the problem. I don't know when those guys were trained or who trained them or whether they were trained differently or what else was going on. I'm willing to bet that there are bad "old school" examples and good "new school" examples. One of the guys I took my course with kept insisting on trying to roll over with the student as a piece like that and subsequently pissing off the I/E who was teaching us. FWIW, I failed for releasing my grip on the reserve side too soon after the main deployed on one jump, and for coming back in to dock too aggressively at pull time when I was on main side on another jump. Nothing spectacularly crappy, but enough to hold me back. I don't feel like I got kid gloves or extra warm fuzzy treatment in the new school course I took. Owned by Remi #?

Nope. Owned by Remi #?

There is nothing "new schooll" AFF about anything I saw there. Criticize all you want but modern AFFI training still includes instruction on the best way to deal with that situation. At least the training I had did And I am in no way saying that instructor did anything wrong because I have no idea what stresses or torque he was trying to deal with. I'm just saying that its a tad SC to try to characterize all AFFI training like you did. Owned by Remi #?

To make it final: I definitely was confused and had a cameye and not a cameye 2. Ordered a C 2 and it works perfectly with both cameras. The C2 I just received has a bright blue light, a logo, and the low profile connector. Another word about chutingstars customer service is in order. Mike went way out if his way to make sure this worked out, including sending me a second adapter to try, no charge, while we tried to figure this out just in case the original adapter was defective...at his own risk and expense. I won't be buying anything from anyone else online if Mike sells it. Owned by Remi #?

You're right and I will admit that what I said was snarky. I apologize for that, but I'm still a bit annoyed with the level of communication. Its not difficult to reply to an email even if you're preparing for or at PIA, and if you run a business and have so much going on that you can't correspond or deliver on a payment, it makes sense to be up front and suspend taking payments until you have time to make good. Owned by Remi #?

Dill or Bread-n-Butter then? Seriously, when I consider a good pickle sammich, I'm a lot more focused on what kind of cheese needs to be applied. Sourdough with a spicy sweet pickle and a warm brie spread is awesome. Does the chicken place have that? Owned by Remi #?

Random revisit to discover an oddly specific point of view. Is that white or wheat? Owned by Remi #?

First... welcome. Be sure to report back here after your first jump. Second... your question is hard to answer. Skydiving isn't likely to be a viable career option until you're a really experienced skydiver, but... If you learn to pack, be a rigger, be a videographer, or learn to teach, it's entirely possible that you can combine a weekend of work with a weekend of play and break even, though. Owned by Remi #?

Perhaps not the best advice here. If he wants to freefly and wants to consider a second-hand rig, he needs to make sure that the rig is suitable for freeflying. Glideangle's suggestions are a good start, but don't include some other considerations for freeflying like appropriate riser covers, solid pin and bridle protection, etc. Not all second hand rigs have all that. Owned by Remi #?

So... I renewed a subscription about 6 weeks earlier in this thread. So far I have no magazine and no answer to my query about 2 weeks ago asking why I have no magazine... I know you're busy running marathons and being edgy but I'd either like to have a refund or a magazine or at least a response indicating when I might actually expect a publication, honestly. Bringing this to the public this time because this is the second time I've bought a subscription and then had to make an effort to get what I paid for beyond simply paying for it.... Owned by Remi #?

Probably the same way many of us end up with a 1/2 pair of shoes. Owned by Remi #?