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    Quote35 average skydiving deaths out of 40,000 skydivers. approx 1 in 1000. 15.5 deaths per 100000 people in traffic casualties (1999). I really dislike the 'safer than driving' argument. reply] You only measured how many deaths out of how many skydivers...not how many jumps. Lets say on average that each of those jumpers did an average of 200 jumps per year, that makes 8 million jumps per year. So... 35 deaths makes one out of 228,571.43 skydives a deadly skydive. So...if your stats are correct...the chances of dying are one in almost 230 thousand. Pretty favorable odds if I do say so myself. Cheers, Travis
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    Well, lets see...tandems, tandems, and tandems...and some tandem videos. So probably about forty tandems and ten videos. Still fun, quite profitable really! Season's slowing...more time for fun jumping now!!! Cheers, Travis
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    Opening the chest strap will not make the canopy less suceptable to harness input. It will actually make it moreso. I think what you are thinking is that if the chest strap is opened wider on opening, the canopy is less likely to spin up and you have MORE control of hte canopy because the risers are spread further apart. When the canopy is open, by spreading the risers apart, you are actually decreasing the distance between your laterals and your canopy because its a straighter line. when the chest rings are closer together, the main lift webs, the risers, and the lines create a more angled vector rather than a straighter line. Anyway. Long story short, opening the chest strap helps the canopy fly freeer, more responsively, and if wider on opening, more control of your openings. Cheers, Travis
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    Derek has a lot of bitterness for the sport. I think its jealosy really. He's getting defensive because he's not jumping hte smallest highest performance canopy in colorado now. If he was still jumping and didn't compete, and this thread wasn't around, he would probably not even bring up the fact of not standing up landings as his reason for not competing. He would find another excuse. Cheers, Travis
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    Heck ya. My canopies feel like mashed potatoes at sea level. Once you get high...you never want to come back down. If you know what I mean.
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    I think that after jumping in Colorado, everyone is just going to be so confused by density altitudes, horizontal and vertical vectors, lift, drag, wind, velocity, distance, setup points, entry gates, verticals, egos, water, dirt, beer, and trailer rides that they all forget how to swoop and the poles of the canopy piloting world are going to reverse and the "cool new thing" will be landing on an accuracy tuffet with a parafoil 252 wearing a bright red, practically painted-on skin-tight style suit. Oh ya, and I heard the Wonderhog container is going to make a comeback too! We'll see how accurate my hypothesis is after the comp.
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    You can still put small rings on large type 8 risers. Either or. Cheers, Travis
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    actually, not really. A psycho pack, the tail is folded/wrapped differently and this one is not rolled like sleeping bag, its just rolled to curve the topskin over like an s fold. If you ever see a velocity and see how short the cocoon really is, you'll understand why a "roll" is really just a fold in the cocoon. Cheers, Travis
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    Shit zen is my middle name...at least it was gonna be...damn hippy parents. Just kidding. I kind of tried that. I'll have to try harder I guess. Gonna be out this weekend or labor day at all? i'd be interested in seeing you put your velo into the bag. Cheers, Travis
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    I have a velo 96 and its still giving me trouble. I packed a 103 with the two s folds. Who knows Cheers, Travis
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    I just bought a use velocity and its still pretty slick. The thing has so much fabric and is so short in the burrito that I obviously cant double s fold it, as most velo owners know. The packing suggestions say to skip the first s fold, but I just can't get it down neatly into the bag. Any suggestions would be great. I'm trying to be extra careful bagging it for openings sake. Cheers, Travis
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    If you could pull the parachute apart by your hands...then I think a 120 mph wind could pull the canopy apart. And if the nylon WAS stuck together...it may have been damaged and shouldn't have been jumped even if you did fly it like a kite for some reason. Cheers, Travis
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    Actually...you can iron the fabric on a low setting. This has sometimes been used by riggers to flatten scrap of fabric that have been stored for a while. Cheers, Travis
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    Been there done that, Didnt do to well the first go around. Was there from '97 to 2000 and loved it but from what I heard things have changed big time. I"m not sure if you're talking about Brush or Colorado in general, but if you're talking about brush...It didn't even open until 2000. And as of now, Brush is no more. Cheers, Travis
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    This is funny. But in seriousness, the wrinkles will have no affect on flight characteristics when suspened and loaded. Like all have said, they will go away. Wait until your main has 700 or more jumps on it and it is unable to get and hold wrinkles anymore...then you'll miss the crispness that you have now ;) Cheers, Travis
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    Can you explain a little about how its done? I'm curious. I'm also curious as to how much you would charge me to do it. Its on an odyssey rsk1. I'll put a picture up on here. Cheers, Travis
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    I absolutely would...thats not a task I want to take on by myself, but I do feel comfortable doing it with some guidance and suggestions. I would just send it back to sunpath and let them deal with it, but I would probably be waiting all winter to get it back. Cheers, Travis
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    I am possibly buying a used odyssey in great condition, but the fabric used on the side flaps of the reserve didn't hold up to the UV very well. its faded pretty good. whats involved with replacing those flaps. Any chance of me being able to overlay cordura so that the seams are all hidden under flaps/pop top? I think it would be totally safe, but i'd be interested to see some photos of this done before and I have heard it has been practiced in the past. Cheers, Travis
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    Oh ya. Duh. It was early. I've got a new motto...don't post while still tired. :) What the hell was I thinking. Cheers, Travis
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    I would not reccommend a saffire 2. There are many better canopies, in my opinion, now days that are big improvements. The sabre 2, the lotus, and the spectre to name a few. A 190 would be a good size though. Cheers, Travis
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    I've seen premature reserve deployments taht could have been prevented by using a soft handle. It was a head down jump and my friend transitioned to a sit and as he did it his hand caught her reserve ripcord handle. THat probably wouldn't have caught it if it was a pillow. I know I shouldn't get into "coulds and woulds and shoulds" but in my opinion, doing a lot of freeflying begins to warrant a higher need for a pillow. A high number of people who are going to tell you to use a silver handle will use the reason of wanted to grab through something for a better grip in a spinning mal to give you more pull force during G's, but keep in mind that many of those people are jumping larger canopies where that isn't even that likely. Dont think i'm bashing on classic ways, its just that for anyone doing freeflying, and RS as well, a d ring is much easier snagged than a pillow. My 2 cents. Cheers, Travis
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    The problem is that if you dont put enough bulk of the reserve in the ears of the molar bag, the reserve pilot chute doesn't have any depth for the spring to compress in and you can be left with a pilot chute that protrudes from the outside of your rig. Its a lose lose situation. And if there is too little bulk up there, you also get more wrinkles around the top of the reserve container. Cheers, Travis
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    Right now I have a crossfire 2 97. I have a velo 84 on the way which should also pack up similarly. I figured the 126 would be too tight, but I didnt know if anyone had experience with that. Thanks for the input guys. Cheers, Travis
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    I have a PD 126 and wondering if anyone has experience putting it into a Javelin RS. I've put one in an NJ before and it wasn't too much trouble, but the RS is a bit smaller. The sunpath website reccomends a 106-120. I can pack my 106 in there fine, but i'm tryin to build a second rig. How about a PD 126 into a Mirage MXS? Any thoughts or experiences would be beneficial. Thanks. Cheers, Travis
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    Samurai 105 signature series for my primary rig and a jedei 120 (always signature series) in my backup rig. From time to time I jump off the roof with an umbrella as well. Cheers, Travis