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Thanks for the thanks. I was skeptical until I put a few jumps on it myself but it has worked like a champ for me and it has even stopped my canopy's little habit of diving off to the left a bit on opening. There was one hell of a slammer on my canopy this weekend but it wasn't me jumping it. The DZO wanted to put a jump on my Sabre 210 after being grounded for over a year due to knee surgeries and so he could get in on his friend's 1000th jump so I loaned him my rig. They go out from 12K and start an intentionally vicious linked spin and he dumped just a few moments after breakoff giving him, oh, maybe 3-seconds to decelerate. The fact that I have a slider-pocket, roll the nose and I psycho-pack sure didn't help him when he dumped going well over 140mph. :) I cringed watching it explode open from the ground and he ended up pulling a muscle in his leg from the opening shock. Moral of the story kids, : Slow before you dump. Kris
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LOOK GRAB (both) ARCH PUNCH RIGHT PUNCH LEFT Seemed to work pretty well for me last December... Kris
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Freaksis, no offense, but why do I get the impression that you're the 'diet-coke' of evil? :) Now, true evil would be me uploading the video I'm digitizing of the amazingly sliderific landing that you had out here in Oklahoma a few weeks back. Remember, it's flare at 10-feet, not 25-feet off the planet... Kris (Damn, I'm bad. Bring on the pickles and my Sun-God[tm] robes!)
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I prayed but it involved Cthulu, broccoli, a trapeze set and the midget cast from 'The Wizard Of Oz'. Kris At least it *worked* for me. :)
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Heh, I've tried not stuffing the nose in the center cell, and regretted it. The PD guy I talked to at Quincy said if it works, use it. :) Ooohhh, I can't wait for my elliptical...! Kris
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I didn't see the "Gold Wings Exemption" on the list. Is it an unwritten rule, BS or just upheld by a few DZ's? I've got a friend at the DZ who may be trying to weasel out of some owed brewage... Kris
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Yup, that's it. Keep it up, giggles.... You're going to get it this weekend. Kris (rapidly inserting subliminal messages into the video I'm copying for Pammi's kids...)
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I used to flake every piece of fabric on my canopy to the point where I could have pulled out an iron & some spray-starch and no one would have looked at me funny. Then, a couple of weeks ago, I was running late for a load I had to JM and the DZO came up to me and showed me the way: 1. Run the lines & shake the canopy well. 2. Put lines over right shoulder 3. Rotate canopy 90-degrees right and go to town on your nose doing whatever you need to do. (roll 4+4, etc...) 4. With the whole nose firmly gripped in your left hand, firmly shake the canopy towards & away from your body while moving your left hand up as high as possible. (Think moving your left hand out on a 120-150 degree arc starting from your hips and going up while you bring your left arm to full extension. This is important and you will have to work on it but if you do it right the A, B, C & D lines will be flaked. If you didn't give it enough 'oomph' only the A & B lines will be flaked. 5. Bring your left hand back down so it is where you started from, still grasping the nose. (You can look in the canopy here and you will notice that everything is flaked) 6. Flip the left hand away and then back to you so that you put the nose between your knees. If you do it right you should be looking at your center cell when you look down. 7. Assuming it's a 9-cell canopy: a. Clear & flake the three stabilizer pieces on each side b. Clear & flake the stabilizer on each side c. Clear & flake the three tail pieces on each side d. Remeber on flaking, it's lines to the inside, fabric to the outside... 8. Quarter the slider 9. Pull the tail up to coccoon and throw it on the ground. 10. S-fold it, psycho-pack it, what ever it is that you do then throw it in the bag and stuff it in your rig. Personally, I psycho-pack. 11. Enjoy the beautiful opening on your new "shake to flake" pack job. 12. Land & grab beer. This has cut my packing time to almost 1/3 of what it was before and has resulted in some of the most beautiful openings I have had in a long, long time. From start to finish I can have my rig done in about 7-10 minutes and that's still checking to make sure I didn't screw anything up. Just for reference, our DZO is a senior rigger with several thousand jumps & pack-jobs under his belt. As always, YMMV. Consult a rigger or someone qualified. Kris
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Take off every zig!
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I guess it's nice to have a turbine porter all to yourself as well. Kris Hello, welcome to the only DZ where you can get your D-license in to days. Bwahaha!
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I went IAD just like Pammi. For me, I can't remember anything until after my canopy opened on the first four. On the fifth I remember exactly where my foot was on the step (poised exit) and I guess I remembered something else cause I landed the main (it was my clear & pull). From there on I just kept rembering a bit more until about jump 10 and I've been pretty good ever since. Oddly enough, I never really had sensory overload after that, including my cutaway, until I JM'd a student for the first time. I think I spent so much time trying to concentrate on what he was doing that I think my brain misfired and lost half of it. Good thing it was only a 10-second delay. :) Now I seem to be okay (no jokes Pammi) again. Whew. Kris
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Pyke, Another thing to keep in mind (besides the margin of error you are giving up and an increased wing-loading) is that ellipticals generally aren't worth it until you get to higher wing loadings. The crossfire was on my list of canopies to check out (until I found out about the HeatWave & the Cobalt) so I called Icarus and the guy I spoke with (Ian?) pretty much let me know that the Crossfire doesn't start getting into Icarus's desired performance area until about 1.4:1 and right now 1.25:1 - 1.3:1 is where I personally feel most comfortable. I don't know your canopy piloting style, experience or anything else so make sure you also check with someone knowledgeable and trusted at your own DZ to help you with your canopy selection. Good luck with the canopy search, Kris
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Hmmm, I wonder who that was? For a moment there I thought we were going to have to draw straws to see who was going to jump the table first to lay a spinning, 360-degree, full-on, 'Dragon Style Kung-FU(tm)' pimp-slap on his ass. :) Aww, Pammi... You know we always got your back. Kris
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Your not like the other kids, in the trailer park
Kris replied to cyberskydive's topic in The Bonfire
AHHH, FREAKSIS! You just got bonus points!!! Push the little daisy's rocks! Between this and Pammi showing up with the Flying Dog I now know who the cool girls are. Kriszilla -
Whoa there, Merrick. I may just have to start pretending that I don't know you when I see you in a public place. Kris (Now if it had been broccoli instead of hot dogs... Damn, I'm a sicko when it comes to the veggies.)
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This is where having a bridle extension on the top of your canopy really helps if you are going to psycho-pack. Kris
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I saw one of April's landings, heh. It was a pretty good one, Pam. April, you asked about the bridle extension. When you psycho-pack, everything is the same as a pro-pack until you lay the canopy on the ground. On a psycho-pack you flip the canopy 180-degrees and lay it down (the tail is up instead of on the floor). From here you just roll the tail tight, squeeze the air out, fold the canopy in thirds to bag-width and starting from the top you roll it up like a sleeping bag. The bridle extension comes into play here because since the canopy is rolled up, the pilot chute attachment point on the top of the canopy is no longer touching the ring on the bottom of the D-bag. With the bridle extension you can snake the bag attachment point to the bottom of the bag to make sure the canopy strips out of the bag cleanly on opening and doesn't have a chance of burning the canopy on the way out. Packing it without a bridle extension also becomes a real nightmare when it comes to keeping your pilot-chute cocked. It can be packed without a bridle extension but it takes more time and finesse. Kris
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Freaksis, I was the exact same way as you, but worse. It started after I got to my 30-second delays and I had real problems with spinning out of control. I learned how to get out of it but on every jump after that until about 10 jumps off of student status I didn't think I would make it. I would hang around the DZ until someone else manifested me on a student jump or later, on a 2-way or 4-way. It got to the point that during the plane-ride up I was convinced I was going to quit or sell my gear after this jump. Once I left the airplane, I was golden and was able to enjoy myself but the ride to altitude was murder on my soul. Then one day I just showed up at the DZ, went and manifested for the next load and we were half-way to altitude before I realized what I had done and I just broke into a big grin for the rest of the climb. To anyone else who has this problem, you can learn to overcome your fears, it just takes time. I still get a bit nervous on the first jump of the weekend but it's just the voice telling me to do a full gear check, know what I am doing, know what the winds are doing and to have fun. You never really let go of the fear, and you shouldn't because that is dangerous. But you do learn how to make it work for you instead of against you. Kriszilla
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Pammi, Merrick... You guys rock! I mean that, really. If you two only knew the kick I get out of watching you progress. I really am truly happy for the both of you and here's a big congratulations on all of your accomplishments this weekend!!! Kris
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Hey guys, if the troll wasn't even man enough to post their real name, it isn't worth getting fired up. If Mr. Anon really wants to prove he's got cahone's he can come to my DZ and I'll take him on my patented "we're going all the way to Allah" bullet-to-earth freefly. I'm 5'8" and 230# and believe me, I am a human ROCKET in a head-down. Seriously though, we're all human beings and it's high time that the vast majority realized that fact. I treat people the way I would want to be treated myself. High-school is over but I was a geek in high-school and I still managed to go out with the pretty girls, hang with good friends and had the respect of my peers. Kriszilla
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How did that "Shake Flake" pack job I showed you work for ya'? So far I've put a few jumps on it and it's worked for my Sabre. The "Shake Flake" has easily cut my packing time in half. The only difference is that I psycho-pack and you pro-pack to finish it off. I used the exact same method I showed you on my canopy over the weekend and it gave me the best openings I've had in about a year, perfectly soft yet firm. (That one's gonna get me in trouble in the visualization department). I almost felt sorry for you when you had to stuff that pro-packed monster in the bag. If you would have had a bridle-extension on your canopy I would have finished it off. Blue ones, Kris
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Kirils, Thanks for the advice. I've been jumping my Sabre 210 at about 1.3:1 since last summer with no problems but I am losing a lot of weight lately and I want to keep at least that wing loading. I want to try the 190 just to demo and when I am ready to buy I will be looking to purchase the Heatwave or a Cobalt in a 170-ish size to keep the same wing loading I am used to jumping. Thanks again, Kris
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I've actually talked to Henri Pohjolainen who is the owner of Sunrise Rigging (makers of the Wings) and is also the designer of the Wings (and the original Javelin) about the sizing as I wanted to keep my reserve as big as possible. Sunrise will custom make a Wings that will hold a VX69 main and a Raven Dash-M 249 reserve if you want it. It may not look good, but they'll make it. The people at Sunrise, including Henri, were very nice, answered all of my questions and were very interested in making me as happy as possible. I was going to go with a Wings but being a DZ rat has it's privileges and I'll get my new staff Mirage this July at a price I just can't pass up. I like the look of the Wings, especially the patch-pattern option, and the design but money talks. Kris
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I wish you'd given that advice to Freaksis before her jump today. Hope your knee is alright April. ;>
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Naw, you have to stick with the mushy stuff. Remember, women are romantics at heart. That why I always use the sensitive, politically correct line which goes something like, "Nice shoes, wanna' f*ck?" Kriszilla (Uh-oh, I can see the ladies lining up with baseball bats now... Gotta go.)