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My teammate Joe just got his SkyU rating and will be working with Molly, He's been working with Val and Elisha. If you're interested in 4-way, might want to work with him a littl also.
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Is it fishing season?
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wrongo - I have jumped with Airspeed, FX, and PD Blue& Gold. Only in rare cases do they wear weights. Weights are used to compromise for a higher surface to mass ratio, not to pick up a blistering fall rate. The mantis (or whatever you want to call it) actaully promotes a slower fall rate. BTW, the wind tunnel in Orlando maxes out at around 120 mph. I do agree that a 30 mph difference in speed will make a differance in your arm out the window, but a 5-10 mph difference in fall rate, doubt it. The "conventional" wisdom once was fall as fast as you can. Today's idea is to get a comfortable jump suit and fall in a relaxed position giving a much better range of motion and control. (FWIW, a couple of years ago an FX member convinced our point person to remove his weights) Dave
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yup, 6'2" 225 out the door. Surface area has a lot to do with fall rate as well as where your weight is carried (a beer gut is a natural wind deflector), plus where you are in your progression. We took a 50 jump guy on an 8 way - about my size, but he still had the AFF arch going, I had a very hard time keeping up (er, down) with him. Luckly, we were all turning around him. He did buy Corona that night for us, too. Dave
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Urban myth. it's not how fast you go, it's what you do with the wind. I've jumped with a few of the top team members in various training camps and fun jumps with no alteration in flying style, so I'm going to assume that we are all falling at about the same rate. If you're using a Pro-track, make sure it is set to SAS so everyone has the same baseline. As an aside, I was in the base for some fun formation load stuff and we were setting the rate at around 125 out the door, but I was in a pretty hard arch. The dudes on the base for the world record were screaming (I wasn't there, BTW, just heard)
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I agree.... it seems like (unfortunately) that also happens ("that" being: innuendo and half truths - or changing the story part way through -- the Safire and Crossfire are totally different in design and target audience) from at least one manufacturer here :) Besides, then what fun would it be.
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I'm also 6'2" 225 out the door, but my fall rate is pretty mid range and I am using supplex body, cordora booties, and spandex arms. Our fall rate on our 4way team is about 115 mph.
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Dan, it's OK to support and promote you product. And I think the Cobalt is a fine canopy, but without any product development knowledge, I suggest you not make claims about other manufacturer's products that you can not substantiate. I have jumped the Colbalt, it's nice, I've jumped a crossfire, I bought one. Dave