DancingFlame

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Content

    280

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Feedback

    0%

Everything posted by DancingFlame

  1. DancingFlame
    Yes, there is no financial benefit. I would recommend to do AFF somewhere else. When one have 100+ jumps and is not afraid of making 8-10 jumps per day, he/she should visit Kolomna and make 100+ jumps in two weeks saving up to $1000
  2. DancingFlame
    That's why I'm grabbing the risers immediately after my canopy begins to snivel.
  3. DancingFlame
    Oh, I see. That's why you had to buy chips in the evening...
  4. DancingFlame
    I believe in freefall one can hardly hear motor noise
  5. DancingFlame
    It won't be cheaper to learn skydiving in Russia. AFF costs here about US$900-1000. Regular jumps cost less ($10 per ticket). Safety regulations are the same as in other countries. At least, at Kolomna and Stupino. I would not recommend another DZs here in Russia. These two are the best.
  6. DancingFlame
    Corret, first Warrior was designed in 1997. But only in 2002 it began to fly really good. Warrior has a four-cell cross-braced design, very similiar to Onyx (well, I'd say Onyx has design similiar to Warrior). However, Warrior is not released yet. ParaAvis wants to test it before it go to the market. Any minor mistake with such aggressive canopy and pilot will be dead, so no mistakes are allowed.
  7. DancingFlame
    Heh, there is a Russian braced canopy Warrior (made by ParaAvis). Recent swoop competition showed that Warrior can outswoop all other canopies... including Xaos. Well, it was the pilot who outswoop others, but Warrior, I think, one of the best swoop machines in the world.
  8. DancingFlame
    Hi, Sally Did you like jumping in shorts ? Oh, I know you did ! Usually, in august weather is not that good as in July. But it will be big boogies (12-24 august) at Aerograd, and a 110-way attempts.
  9. DancingFlame
    Agree. I would not encourage packers that do their job badly. If he packed a mal (line-over, spinning or other mal) then he should not be payed. Instead, he should pay a rigger for my reserve repack! If the packer is sure he did a good job, and his customer is not, packer should take a rig and jump it himself. If there is no mals, customer must pay for two pack jobs and two jump tickets.
  10. DancingFlame
    I'm trying! (need a 'WIZARD' emoticon here :) Last weekend was too rainy, only 20-25 loads on Saturday and about 15 in Sunday But now, sun is shining and I think 'f...ng WORK DAY! why do I have to sit here when others are jumping there!' // comments from vonSants: 'Girls in Russia are SO HOT! Uhh, I'm gonna stay here for some more time //
  11. DancingFlame
    Nightlife after 6-8 jumps... eeeh, there should be some time to sleep Weather at Empuria will be definitely better that at Aerograd. It often rains at Aerograd in August... you may make 10 jumps one day and sit on the ground all remaining week...
  12. DancingFlame
    I set mine exactly at breakoff altitude, if I'm not going to signal the breakoff. If I should signal, I set my audible 150 ft above the breakoff altitude.
  13. DancingFlame
    No, they still can. After extracting the handle with right hand, it's easy to hit the cable itself (!) with another hand. That's normal cutaway procedure all students study.
  14. DancingFlame
    Angela has already told me that
  15. DancingFlame
    Okay, this Saturday I'll be looking for a yellow pants with freefly dude in them I'm easier to miss, despite of 'Dancing Flame' words written on my grey-and-blue rig. Probably She flies really great! Definitely better than me Yeah, yeah... every time I'm on the DZ I'm so busy jumping a formation, that I can even miss a purple guy... err... rig
  16. DancingFlame
    I want to be the first buyer of this box (for HC-40) ! Can't wait for it to be ready... HC-40 is much better than 20. It has a larger CCD and improved video quality.
  17. DancingFlame
    Ha! Here, in Russia, for $16 only you make jump a round canopy I had some round jumps last year
  18. DancingFlame
    Why use wide box, when narrow one can be used? It will be safer to use a narrox box, I think. HC will be too loose in the TRV-style box. Well, large amounts of foam may help...
  19. DancingFlame
    So far, did anybody find D-Box for the HC-20-30-40?
  20. DancingFlame
    It measures pressure and does some calculations (based on the pressure changes, just like a Cypres, but not that precisely)
  21. DancingFlame
    Uhh... and where is he now? Haven't seen him in Kolomna yet However, Altichick was there! It was a pleasure to make 4 jumps with her (and the whole team of Victor Kravtsov ) In the evening, she looked a bit... umm... tired ('Can't pack that QUICK! next day I'll use a packer')
  22. DancingFlame
    I know at least 4 girls telling this to me every time they have an ass-slide landing However, all of them have no more than 200 jumps. So, you're not alone, it seems to be a common woman's problem.
  23. DancingFlame
    Well, that's a preliminary information on the website, it is subject to change. However, I've found more precise info: Russian 110-way record will be set at August, 22, and there will be training week before (14-22 Aug). And a speed 10-way star competition, somewhere in the August too. 16-17 July - SWOOP competition (with Icarus Team Extreme involved).
  24. DancingFlame
    How did you know that? Well, not a 150, but 110-way. In August, don't know the exact date yet, but definitely in July and in Aerograd. Should I find it for you? It's not a joke!
  25. DancingFlame
    It's a good time to start practicing a 270 approach...