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    PM sent Cheers, Travis
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    check the profile. I currently am on a velo 96. do you have msn or aol messenger? this forum is annoying Cheers, Travis
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    This was my first summer at Mile Hi Skydiving in Longmont, CO. I used to jump mostly at Denver Skydivers In eastern colorado. I jumped/lived/worked at Skydive Idaho for a bit this summer. Cheers, Travis
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    I think Rook Nelson got his rating at 16. I just talked to a guy who has his rating that is 18. I'm 19 and i've got mine, but obviously that's not the youngest. Cheers, Travis
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    I think i'm gonna compete next summer too. I wont be in the top ones, I just want competition experience. I skydivie full time during the summers. Cheers, Travis
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    THere's probably a bunch of sky gods watching this laughing to themselves at the kids bragging about their measly 1000 jumps. Well, recently...lots of work. Tandems and video. WHen I'm not working I am usually swooping now days. I used to free fly a lot. I rig at home part time. I'm a college student at CSU. Cheers, Travis
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    I got mine when I was 19. I had a friend who was 18 at the time he got is, but I think he's 20 now. Rook nelson was 16 I think. But theres a chance you are. Cheers, Travis
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    fuckin A man. I kind of look back at when I first started, its crazy they let folks jump young. I'm still young and trying my best to stay away from arrogance, but my bro is the age I was when I started jumping and I can't even imagine him skydiving. He would get so damn cocky and hurt himself. Cheers, Travis
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    My following posts were deleted by myself because I realized I was stupidly consuming this thread adn that I should have been PMing. Sorry for annoying those who are reading this. Peace. Cheers, Travis
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    I would recommend buying your own gear as soon as possible after student status. Rentals are expensive and you will always know you have a rig to jump, what its been though, and when it was packed. Pretty much all container manufacturers now days are comparable, its a comfort and personal preference issue. Check out the sabre 2 or spectre for your first main in a larger size. Cheers, Travis
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    I'm not saying the people in Honduras are less capable of sewing than we are, nor is the reserve inferior. I just never knew the reserves were made in Honduras as well. And I wanted some background on this. Cheers, Travis
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    I recently bought a used PD 106 reserve and in the process of packing it, I noticed on the label it said Made in Honduras. I think the canopy is a 2003 model. What the hell? I'm sure it will fly fine and I inspected it well, but it was a bit startling at first to think that my reserve was made in a third world country. Anyone have any info on PD outsourcing or anything? Cheers, Travis
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    Quote*** It is tied in a "figure 8" fashion that is to be used for the Dacron.(i.e The wrong version) That Toggle can come off the way it is tied now. It needs to be tied the other way. Also do not cut the excess yet! *** Its hard to tell from the photo, but I believe its tied correctly in an overhand knot. Either way, his rigger should inspect it. I recently found a couple rigs with the figure eight knots tying microline to the toggles and as I was taught, they could slip right out. Fixed that one quick. Pretty scary. Cheers, Travis
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    That actually IS how the PD manual demonstrates the connection to the toggle. Fab simply needs to run the loose end through the other side of the grommet and fingertrap it. The person fingertrapping the loose end should make sure the end is cut on a bias and NOT singed/burnt/cut with a hot knife. As long as the line is fingertrapped, its not a problem with unraveling, but a hot knifed end of the line inside will eat up the line from the inside and should not be done. But definetly take it to a rigger and have them check it out. Cheers, Travis
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    THere was an incident related to this. The snap came open from a hybrid grip. They are also very important to keep in good maintenence so they dont stick shut or so the spring doesn't fail. Cheers, Travis
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    Here's to you Mr. The smallest plane i've jumped out of was a caravan guy. You're two way and solo jumps are too hard to do from a king air or smaller aircraft. Hop and pops just aren't worth it to you unless you are with 25 other people getting pissed at you for having to make an extra low speed pass for your low jump. Cheers, Travis
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    No canopy is truly "fully elliptical." Canopies are tapered and can be called elliptical. There is no set standard on what defines these different terms. They are all just marketing words from manufacturers. They also CAN help a person guage how aggressive a canopy is though. While they aren't completely accurate, nor standardized, generally a canopy that is called "tapered" is less aggressive than one labeled "semi-elliptical" and the same for "fully-elliptical." crossbraced is not the planform, its the cell construction. Cross braced does, however, signify that it is more agressive than any ordinary nine cell canopy. Cheers, Travis
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    True, they definetly should demo the canopies themselves, its not hard to get your hands on a sabre 2 demo and an original sabre from someone. Buy why would PD build a new canopy with less desireable charactersitics than an earlier one that it is replacing? Cheers, Travis
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    Sabre 2's have much nicer openings. Sabre 2's are also tapered and the originals were completely square. Recovery arc on the 2 is much longer (thats a good thing). The front riser use on the sabre 2 is much smoother. Faster. Stronger flare. Not as ground hungry. A whole new animal! Cheers, Travis
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    I'm wondering the best place to find 24 inch risers. I like Javelin risers, but i've never bought them after market from them..and on their price list..they are like 160 bucks...holy shit thats a rip off. Any suggestions? Prices? Manufacturers? I want stainless and with hard inserts (preferably plastic inserts like javelins rather than metal). I dont care about the way they stow. I can fix that myself if I dont like it. Cheers, Travis
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    So lift is created by speed. Cheers, Travis
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    >The speed is also directly related to lift . . . Nope. If a skydiver has a 190lb exit weight, their canopy generates 190lbs of lift over the course of their canopy flight, whether it's a 3:1 elliptical or a Manta. Then why can a parachute while swooping or one that flies faster gain more altitude when coming into brakes/flaring quickly than a larger slower parachute? Cheers, Travis
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    Hey Mikie. Hows it goin? Are ya'll gonna be in Brush at all late in the year? If you are, i'm gonna try to stop by. I'll bring all my gear and i've got a bunch of video that can be used. Cheers, Travis
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    Whoever that is is a frickin idiot. I watched the first two videos and was thinking to myself "wow...that could really bite him in the ass." and sure enough...video number three...skydiving is not idiot proof. Cheers, Travis
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    He was fully flared and held it all the way to the ground. Cheers, Travis