velo90
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I think the only senario where you would have time to aim for anything would be when you jump without a rig. The other times you would be pulling all the handles until your googles filled up with blood. So, if I jumped with out a rig, I would either aim for the nearest skydiver and ask to borrow his (he made need some persuading here . Or, if I was on my own, I would aim for that big pile of cardboard boxes the stunt men has just built on the new james bond movie set.
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I have four helmets. Full face - for Team RW-4 jumps. No need for wind in my face rather protection from feet in the face.Frap hat - for fun jumps.. Wind in the face is fun.Pro-Tec - for CRW jumps. Need to have the ears free so I can communicate under canopy.Camera Helmet - Dunno what this is for If you are undecided, buy a pro-tec. It's cheap. You can always use it for CRW later.
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For competition, droping weights is prohibited. But, you could always change your canopy for one of those para glider things.
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In the winter I tend to keep the exit height down as well. It's not as cold at 5000ft as it is a 14,000. Beware of the visor on full face helmets, more than once during track I have had it totally frost up. I could not see a thing until I had pulled and flipped the visor up.
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Dead easy to get a pro-tec on backwards. Seen it a number of times (this year). Never seen a frap hat or a video helmet on backwards though.
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Interesting post and have seen this problem often enough. Just a few thoughts from me...... Lintern is abviously pulling and pulling at the right time
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and you forgot... 2 camera suits (large and small wings) freefly suit. 2nd Rig (for back to back loads) Ring sight for camera helmet Cameye II Computer to mix all the videos you make
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Also, I believe it is important for instructors to jump student gear every once in a while, just so they will remember what the student is experiencing. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I am not sure why jumping student gear should help you remember what a student is experiencing. Students generally don't think "wow this canopy is reeeaally Sloooowww" when they jump. Students don't usually think "better not go for the 180 degree hook because of a student cypres". The only way to remember what a student is experiencing is to think back to when you were a student. Even that might not work, every student is different. just my 2 cents worth.
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More than a 1000 jumps and the nerves still have not gone away. I just don't worry as much about being nervous these days. A thought that often pops into my head during the climb to altitude is "you gonna kill yerself doing this one day".
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I prerer the VX to the Vengeance (what I voted for) but assumed the VX was a 27 Cell canopy