d_goldsmith
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It seems like that slider up opening was a little slow. Does anything think that the slower decent rate (since he was in a wing suit) delayed the deployment? I've seen faster slider up deployments that would have pressurized much more from that pitch point.
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Personal attack. 6 month ban or go live with Mick Knutson for a week. Your choice big boy. Oh... and Dave wins a prize for getting to read this before I deleted it. Edit to add: What's my prize?
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Wow, that's crazy. I'm pretty sure in the BD case the bottom skin helped a lot.
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Damn. Slider wasn't down at all.
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Anyone that doensn't know him, or know for a fact that he wasn't current shouldn't speculate at all. This is a public forum and the news might start saying things about his currency (that might not even be true) just because people were saying it on here. I encourage anyone who said anything about him being uncurrent delete their post ASAP. For all I know he's made 10k skydives and 2000 base jumps and is more current than anyone there.
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I just heard on the news that he was rushed to the hospital and later died. I think they might be mixing the stories, but are you sure the WS pilot is alright/alive?
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"No more parachuting of any kind for six months or getting into any other trouble"
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I read that jumping continued
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No, but it's good info for the future in case I run in to sand or blood issues.
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This shit is awesome. This is what this forum is all about. Thank you. This is very valuable information to me.
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Making a base jump is taking a risk of infringing on them though, not directly infringing. And them saying I can't do something, because their is a chance I might infringe on them, is infringing on me.
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I added the word shape in there because if someone thinks the PC pulls enough to change the angle of attack, it would pull the center of the canopy back and change the shape a bit.
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It sounds like your saying that the stall's are because a lack of forward speed? Do you think that the PC effects the trim noticably?
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The PC's inflating because it's being drug through the air, so the angle of attack is the angle that the PC's being towed. Since it's attached to the center of the canopy, I assume it would pull the center B lines back a bit, but I don't think it would change the angle of attack noticably. I figure there's probably a lot more force on the suspension lines, keeping the canopy's shape and angle of attack togethor. Consider when the PC is off to one side or another. If the force is strong enough to change the angle of attack, wouldn't that be like pulling down on a front and rear riser on the same side (maybe it is). I'd love to hear more thoughts on this. Or referenced video if anyone has a good example.
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Why did it say BASE jumping?
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I thought about saying this in this thread earlier, but figured it wouldn't really help anyone. Freedom is the right to do anything you want, as long as it doesn't infringe on someone else's freedom. I think that's the fest way to look at it.
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If you know how to use MS paint you could edit them in under a minute. just cut thier faces out and save as jpg.
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What was the joke printing?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KITzUrOTi_o That's amazing. I had no idea the things they could do.
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How many leagues are there?
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http://www.bubblebox.com/play/sport/124.htm
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I think it's also possible that someone with 100 skydives could have better canopy skills than someone with 500, depending on how they used their time under canopy.
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That's pretty fun. It's a low pull contest.
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I jump a blackjack with 5 lines. I set the toggles on skydives and then ended up moving them up about an inch after BASE jumping it because I was coming in kind of hard. On skydiving I was using a tiny PC and most my BASE jumps are on a 42. But I've also used a 46 twice and didn't notice any difference at all. I've never stalled it and my flairs on both PC's give me very nice soft landings.
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I don't see how a pull on the attachment point (in any direction) could cause a change in the angle of attack. Can you explain your reasoning?