d_goldsmith
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I do jump for me, but it's still nice to be able to hear other people's opinions on things and continue crafting mine from the information I take in. I'm sure your opinions have changed since you started BASE jumping, due to conversations and obviously experiences.
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I meant 1 and 3. If I'm on a skydive and I hold my toggles to where my DBS are (with one hand) and pull a rear, then do the same from holding the toggles at SBS, will the canopy turn faster. And if anyone knows what will be the difference in altitudes lost from a faster or slower turn, in DBS or SBS.
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Does anyone know for sure if riser turns respond less quickly with deeper break settings?
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I figure you should set the DBS to as deep as possible to inflate without stall, but Do riser turns respond less quickly with deeper break settings? I wouldn't think so. Now I'm gonna have to skydive my BlackJack some more to play with it. Any comments from experienced canopy pilots are appreciated. This is a great example of the good that can come from this forum.
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Your not the first to say that Tom is biased in some way, and speaking of agenda, it seems that you want to be a moderator. Does anyone have an example of Tom's Agenda driven ways, or any example of how he lets friends get away with things that he doesn't let others?
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Any relation to Ray Laird, no offense Ray. If Abbie is reading he'll probably get a kick out of that.
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I don't know NY well. Is it possible that they were landing on a beach or dock near (but not on) the island? Non NPS.
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Congradulations.
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I've personally seen Cheri reading the BASE forum and Tom would use his own login name. Do you guys have enough fun talking shit to people on here, cause your always looking for it. I'm here to read useful information and maybe share some. Speaking of growing up, quit being punks.
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Nothing against Andrew, but good one. That was witty. Personally, I figure if you think he isn't putting in enough effort, why would you tell him? If he's not willing to put in the effort, let him give up.
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Don't forget this forum is available to anyone and we don't know which authorities might decide to review it.
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Happy bday. I haven't had access to the internet lately and just saw this. I went to Moab yesterday ;)
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I use the large tan rubber band that came with my rig from Asylum. At first I only single wrapped it, but Dexter suggested double wrapping to make sure it is secure and said the only downside was possibly having to replace the rubber band more often.
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I did a practice pitch after leaving my PC stowed for about a week and it landed on the ground just like it was stowed. Like a little torpedo. It was a great pitch ;) From now on I will always repack the PC directly before a jump to avoid hesitation.
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Once I gain faith in masking tape, I'll stick to that for line control, and direct control to keep my slider in place (indirect control also of course).
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Awesome. I hadn't heard of priming tape yet, and didn't know that it could get stronger when wet. Thanks.
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It was recommended to me to not use a tailgate while packing slider up because the tailgate could become entangled with the mesh slider and prevent it from decending. If the tailgate was attached to the slider though, why would it matter if it became entangled with the slider? Is it possible that a slidergate could tangle in a way that it would lock the control lines closed and lock the slider in place somehow?
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What do you attach it too? I'm pretty sure the idea of a slider gate it to control the control lines, not to keep the slider up. DirectControl doesn't have anything to do with controling your control lines.
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Do you use tape at the control lines and again at the top of the d lines? If so, if your deep break setting kept the control lines low of the center C's, would you use tape at the top of the control lines, top of the c's and top of d's?
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I've been considerring switching to tape because "tape can be placed closer to the canopy on the lines making the tailgate more effective." I like the other points you made also, especially "dont have to take my tailgate off for sliderup jumps" I have no experience using tape yet though, and am kind of scared that it will cause hesitation. Maybe I should use a fish weight to test the breaking pressure of a single, double, triple rap, ect...
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http://www.basewiki.com/wiki/pmwiki.php/Packing/DirectControl
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What he said, he's the one that showed me ;)
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The way I was shown was to attach a rubber band to a center C line, usually opposite the tail gate. (stick it through the hole on the line attachment point and larks head it). Then when you pack slider up you can take the center of the slider and wrap that rubber band around it to hold it up during deployment. Not sure what people think as far as how many wraps, and I only have 2 slider up jumps.
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Thanks for digging this one up. I probably wouldn't have ever read this.
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I'll be there the night of the 13th, through the 16th.