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This is the recent law pasted in Switzerland at the end of Feb 2007. Note speedflying According to the federal Office of the civil aviation (OFAC), the speedflyers are sailplanes of slope of the parapentes category. Their use is consequently regulated by the Ordinance on the aircraft of special categories (OACS) RS 748.941. - read Legal provisions: Only A right to use a speedflyer · that which has an official licence (delivered by the FSVL) of pilot of coasting flight of the cat. parapentes (age minimal: 16 years) · or which, if it did not obtain the aforementioned licence yet, flies under the direct monitoring of an instructor of coasting flight for the parapentes category. It is moreover obligatory · that the owner of the apparatus concluded, to cover the rights to repair of damage caused with thirds on the ground, an insurance civil liability for a guaranteed amount of a million CHF at least. It must carry the certificate of this insurance on him lasting the use of the speedflyer. · the speedflyer must be provided, on the lower face of the airfoils, with a quite visible distinctive mark (figures a 40 cm height), mark which must correspond to the inscription appearing in the certificate of insurance civil liability for the owner of speedflyer (Article 11 has Ordinance on the distinctive marks of aircraft (RS 748.216.1 - read). Rules of traffic and exploitation (Article 8 OACS) · the take-off and the landings are prohibited on the public roads and on the ski pistes · the gatherings in the open air, the buildings, the roads public, the ski pistes, the installations of public transport, in particular the railroads, cable cars and ski-lifts, as well as the powerlines or other cables are flown over or circumvented at a sufficient distance. Code of conduct for pilots · Pratique only after having received instructions by a qualified person · Evaluation of pilots own capacities (training step by step) · Inform the local owners · Consult the opinions of avalanches · Eviter the zones of protection of the Recommandations from the FSVL · Voler only in the zones delimited for the practice of the speedflying · Casque/glasses · Back Protection For more infos: Swiss federation of coasting flight, Seefeldstrasse 224, 8008 Zurich 044 387 46 80, www.shv-fsv.ch, info@shv.ch

Under what circumstances do you propose it is permissible to complete a high performance landing on a freefall load? I agree with Tonto is his evaluation of when the time is right (after an AFF Load, wing suit, or hop n pop). I have to train with hop n pops, I try to take a page out of the RW crowd. Plan the skydive, mental rehearsal (over and over again), then skydive the plan. I have found this to be the most effective, safe and therefore most economical method of training. Granted I started high performance landings at a King Air dz, moved to a large dz where I found the traffic to be a definite challenge. However, after I started committed swooping I lost the enjoyment of holding other men's hands in freefall.

I hope that these types of rules become unnecessary some day. However, this problem is simply not going to go away by our small community hoping that people stop having mid-air collisions, resulting in the administration of such rules. I think we can all agree on the causality of the problem as we have all read\ debated over the past months as these incidents continue to occur. Being able to recognize the source of the problem is half of the solution. Now that March 10th (Safety Day) has come and gone, what have we done as community to improve/ promote proper landing pattern procedures? Have we tried to change the education, and enforcement of such procedures at the dropzones that we so fondly call "home"? Or are we destine to continue discussing the problems on these forums, but make no attempt change our own environment, essentially leading us down an inevitable path. That being said; what solutions specific or general do people propose we do at our "home" dropzones to rectify this? Did your dropzone address this issue at safety day? Of the four causalities Grant listed we can only ever eliminate one. People are going to continue to fuck up, with global growth rates at ~1% the skies are simply going to become more crowded, if they take away the fast canopies...well fuck it, I'll quit then.

I don't know if it will drive out the pilots as I would assume that most the revenue generated for these instructors is from freeflying. As to a remedy for the problem, definitely not. No more than a 180, says "I can do a 180 turn." So we are faced with the same situation of converging flight patterns. Instead of a right and left hand pattern converging, now it is up and down wind. I think Grant has hit it exactly on this one, the big uglies; Litigation, and Liability. Education, restraint, and active piloting is the only solution to this problem.

DK was tearing it up with his big 720 turn!

Here are the Results for the first SoCal CPC event at by Perris Valley. This event had people travel in from Arizona, Utah and and as far as England. Thanks to all the competitors, and volunteers this event went very smoothly with only a couple of bumps along the way. The speed rounds started the event and were dominated by David Hatfield that had a speed of 2.53 followed by a 2.50. After this the distance rounds began and so did the wind. The wind appeared to be handled well by all competitors, but was shifting from a cross to head wind. Travis Mills and David Hatfield shared the honors in this event with runs of 337 and 354 respectively. Zone Accuracy proved to the challenging event of the day, as we saw only 6 competitors score in both rounds. By this time the crosswind was predominant and may have been a factor to some. Patrick Kaye was victorious in both ZA events scoring a 76 in each round. At the end of the Day; Danny Koon scored well in every round and took home first place!! The next event will be held April 7th at Perris Valley at the pond, first load will be at 8:00am that day. Hope to see you all out there!! Rank Name 1 Danny Koon 2 David Hatfield 3 Travis Mills 4 Patrick Kaye 5 Jeromy Payne 6 Kai Wolf 7 Adam Durbiani 8 Luis Hermosillo 9 Gonzalo Sanudo 10 Keith Colwick 11 Brian Stroup 12 Nick Blackshore 13 Noam Ktalav 14 Jeff Calesa 15 Reg Green 16 Shane Murphey 17 Steve Albright 18 Richard Bishop Curt Swanson (Guest) Bundy Taylor (Guest) Greg Chopiuk (Guest)

Clint Clawsen (Contact the Canopy piloting school), Duane Hall (PM me)

My JVX 77 fits perfectly on with my Velocity 84.

Bundy Taylor has been working his ass off promoting the events locally and ensuring the pond is tip top shape for competition. He had all three courses set up one week prior to the event which allowed people to get some practice well in advance. This was particularly important as we had a Saturday comp. More details will follow...again the results will be up shortly.

We had a terrific attendance; 18 competitors and 3 guests, we are currently putting everything together (photos, results....) they will be up shortly. Sorry for the delay...

My JVX 77 fits on top of my Velo 84 (almost exactly), however, it flies much more aggressively. I went to a x-braced wing at ~1100 jumps.

As per Bundy Taylor's request; here is the information for the 2007 SoCal district competitions: March 10th Perris Valley April 7th Perris Valley May 5th Perris Valley June 2nd Perris Valley July 14th Perris Valley Competitions will be held on Saturday, and the Sunday of that weekend will be used for a weather day if needed. Competition will commence at 7:30am and will be held at the Perris Valley pond. Good luck to all competitors and I hope to see you there. Greg

This brings up a very valid point. Recall; accuracy describes the nearness of a measurement to the standard or true value. Precision is the degree to which several measurements provide answers very close to each other. So the more important concern is the precision of the instrument; so with a precise instrument we can truly determine if a technique improves or hinders the dive speed. Also does anyone know the operational limitations of the Viso, in regards to decent rate? This type of info should be in the owners manual.

Send me the dates you are going to be here bro, it will be good to see ya again

I think JC's rig is for a 170 or 190(he has a 100+, a 119 potentially), so student rig will do.

What size do you have? My old 83 (full sail) fit in my Mirage M0 (max is a 135ft^2), a good friend put his 85 in the same container. Mind you; my 77 does go in with much less effort.

I am looking for Patrick Niederberger originally from Switzerland lived in Canada from 99 to 2001 then moved to France and returned to Switzerland in 2005 (I think). He is an old team mate of mine that I have lost contact with. So if anyone knows him and/or has his contact info. if you PM me it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance Greg

Very true, but this law/ rule/ BSR seems to be a bit excessively controlling on such a small market.

So what are the ramifications of jumping a "non-certified" canopy? This seems like a rather inefficient system. Wouldn't it better to have certified manufactures if the governments want to add more red tape?

Are the results for this event on-line anywhere? Catch ya later bro

Bundy Taylor will be there with his JVX 96. Good luck to all that are going, be safe and have fun!!!

After completing a superman I got my legs underneath my torso and planted my left foot on the ground. My foot placement was less then optimal to say the least as I placed it in a sprinkler indentation. The end result was a spiral fracture of the fibula, a bimaleolar fracture of the tibia, and a torn piece of cartilage/ bone from on the talus at the tibia/talus junction. Resulting in 7 screws and a plate in the posterior fibula, a vertical screw in the tibia to reconnect the medial malleolus, and a glucose pin in the talus. Total surgery time = 4hrs I spent 6 weeks post-op in a non-weight bearing cast, I was suppose to be in a boot for month (lasted about a week). I am currently attending PT 3 times a week. Lesson learned: Examine your landing on a regular bases, know where all the potential landing hazards are no mater how small. Date; Oct 2K6 Location: Perris Wing: Velocity 84 WL: 2.2 lbs/ft^2 Turn: 450 Altitude ~1K 1000+ jumps on that canopy Expenses: Ambulance, 7mg of morphine, 3X-Rays in emergency, 2 shots of dilaten = $2000 Surgery = ? post-op care =? Cost me $35.00

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A symmetric airfoil only has lift at positive angles of attack. This is the definition as defined by NACA National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.

The camber in aerospace engineering is the asymmetry between the top and the bottom curves of an airfoil.