Reginald

Rember both of the DZ are tandem mills. That is what they are set up to do. Don't expect them to have rental gear that is approperiate for you. It sucked but when I went there I carried my rig. My opinion is suck it up and carry your rig.... "We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." CP

Wish I would have seen that one! "We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." CP

Trust me you don’t want to make your decision based solely on money. It's like saying you want the cheapest brain surgeon you can find. "We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." CP

I've seen it done in steady 30mph winds, on a smaller canopy than that, and, he stood it up if I remember correctly. Our Italian friend? Naw when I’ve seen him take down winders above 25 MPH he had some less than artistic slides going on. "We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." CP

Did you ask him where he deploys or where he opens. I've never heard of tandems deploying below 4,500 which could get them open in the 3300 foot range (1,000 m). Hell a tandem Cypres would get scared on a regular basis with a deployment at 3,300 feet. "We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." CP

I harp on this. If a person is afraid to land downwind than they need to upsize. Flat turns are great and everyone needs to know how to do them but if one can't land downwind then they are on the wrong equipment! "We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." CP

Well the obvious problem is that you are putting your feet on your ass even if ever so slightly (and backsliding) after you take grips. Thus the tension and moving apart when you release grips - so stop it! There should be NO tension on grips! The reality is this is a very common problem for people early in an RW progression. You should have slight positive pressure during grips so that you can release grips and stay relative. A basic drill to help fix this problem is taking and releasing grips and just flying relative for a few seconds and then taking grips again, etc. "We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." CP

QuoteHow is SkydiveAZ? Quote Well their wind tunnel sucks. I gave up after 3 hours one weekend it was so bad. And I hope you don't like 4 way cause I don't even think they do any there, although I did hear they have a rookie team "Airsomething." As for the weather it's too much blue skies and sunny weather for me. And the effort one has to put into choosing which type of plane to jump...oh, the drudgery of it all. Just give me a 182 so I don’t have to choose between an Otter or a Skyvan or CASA. And to make it worse they run planes every 10 or so minutes all day even on weekdays, you wouldn’t believe the pressure of it all. Can’t we just all slow down?!?! You know the worst part of it is the spectator stands. I mean who wants a bunch of old folks applauding you when you come off the landing area after every jump even if you biff in; they’re just happy you lived. All the applause gives me headache… All in all I’d go spend few days watching reruns of Star Trek on Spike TV instead. Okay, seriously it will be great! "We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." CP

I gotta disagree here. Some basic upper body work helps a lot particularly with serious RW. I can’t tell you how many people come out of a wind tunnel totally whipped because they don’t have some upper body tone. That really sucks when you have 2 or 3 more hours booked that weekend. Additionally, good exits while doing 4 way or 8 way will require you muscle around your partners. Shear strength has saved many an exit about to funnel. And if you are doing 10 training jumps in a day you better be in shape! Massive “body builder” strength probably is near useless for skydiving but some strength and good tone is crucial. For skydiving weightlifting typically people say “low weight with lots of reps” "We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." CP

Student and A license 3,000 B 2,500 C and D 2,000 SIM 2.1G "We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." CP

How about "skydivers" should make a point to continually learn and review well after their license. "We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." CP

LOL! "We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." CP

Just because you like an opinion does not make it right. I know a number of serious swoopers all with 8,000+ jumps. They won't even start talking "swooping" with jumpers until they hit 1,000 jumps. That said learning how to fly a canopy, things such as accuracy, etc. ARE the basic skills that swoopers build on (as previously mentioned) so you have plenty to do until the time is right...whenever that is either 300 or 1,000 jumps or more. "We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." CP

When you don't feel the need to be cool or show off. "We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." CP

Hmm, I gotta go with "Bravo!" That was a tough situation. Only change might have been to pull your reserve instead of main. Ya know there's a deployment handle within reach of both hands for a reason. All in all though you handled a bad situation successfully. "We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." CP

That's just flat ass embarassing! Freeflying should include flying on all axes, including belly. Tell them to learn, it'll do them a world of good. They don't need to be Airspeed, but basic belly skills are fundamentals. And a hybrid only requires, basic belly skills as far as hangers and stingers go. I gotta agree! How sad someone can't dive to a formation. How the heck did these people get a license much less learn head down? Honestly, I have the same problem with some FF'ers at my DZ. I laughed at them too. "We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." CP

QuoteHe's guessing 100k. Quote LOL!

It does look like you caught a dust devil or other bit of funky wind. Glad you are doing okay. That could have ended much worse. It appears, unfortunately, that you caused some of your own problems however. It appears you reached, to brake your fall, with your right arm causing a good portion of the turn and impact. Immediately before you are visually against the tree line (and it becomes difficult to see) you have your right toggle down where you are pulling the brake to almost full extension. It is difficult to see the left arm but it appears to be asymmetric to the right. This is a perfectly normal reaction but a perfectly incorrect one too. I have some great video of myself doing the same thing and it ending about the same. You must fly your canopy all the way to the ground. A better reaction than reaching to break your fall (and hence speeding up your turn and impending impact) is to continue a symmetrical flare; at lest the wind issues won’t be exacerbated. "We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." CP

Because student have BAD body position on deployment! You can train them all you want but when it comes down to pull time they torque their body and dip a shoulder. I watch it up close and personal on every AFF jump. My personal opinion is that any elipitical is a bad idea for students; they are just not forgiving of poor body position. "We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." CP

Good job! I repeated a few levels in AFF and now I teach AFF, funny world. Sounds like you’re doing fine. BTW: I’ve been on a few higher jumps where I was little more than feet from a student and they had no clue I was there until they finished their performance objectives and I few in front of their faces to give them a big thumbs up.

No, how fast can you run with ankle support? Jumping rounds people wore ankle support, jumping modern canopies people tend not to wear ankle support because they have to "run" out the landings. There are a bunch of threads on this topic, try doing a search and you'll find a whole host of discussions on it. "We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." CP

Where's the option for "grab your other rig and make a 20 minute call"? "We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." CP

Did you pack the line over or did you pay someone to do it for you? "We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." CP

I think as a group we need a little review. SIM 4AH 2. Both parachutes deployed: a. Biplane (1) Do not cut away. (2) Steer the front canopy gently using toggles. (3) Leave the brakes stowed on the back canopy. (4) Make a parachute landing fall on landing. b. Side-by-side (two alternatives) side-by-side alternative one If the two canopies are not tangled, cut away and fly the reserve to a safe landing. side-by-side alternative two (1) Steer the dominant (larger) canopy gently using toggles. (2) Leave the brakes stowed on the other canopy. (3) Make a parachute landing fall on landing. c. Downplane: Cut away the main canopy. "We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." CP

OMG! Seeing him flare with one toggle from the outside of each canopy is SCARY! "We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." CP