bob.dino

She is a TM .

No Sydney? That sucks. You can't live with me then . Melbourne has Nagambie, flying a 750XL. Perth has Skydive Express @ York, flying a Caravan.

Try to claw it free. If that fails, get the reserve out anyway. Some fabric is better than none.

Us. You, me, & everyone else on the DZ. If it becomes socially unacceptable to downsize faster than the chart recommends, very few will do it.

I was. Most of the folk my size on my DZ - probably the largest in the Southern Hemisphere - stay on 180-200sq ft parachutes well past 200 jumps.

Wrong. I did 150 jumps with my team last year. Break-off was 4k and I was pitching at 3k. 4-way break-off is about obtaining sufficient separation, not about going as far as possible. An efficient track & an appropriate choice of direction means you don't have to spend 1500ft obtaining the separation. I agree completely.

If one of the risers hangs up, I don't want to fire the reserve into my malfunctioning main. Ergo, check beforehand.

The forum rules also specifically allow crossposting, if it's simply a link & brief description of the other thread .

Doesn't that apply to almost all the threads? You end up with "this is a 2,3, 6 thread"

Way under. Wingloading = Suspended Weight (lb) / Area of parachute (sq ft). So, a 200lb guy + 25lb of gear = 225lb suspended weight. If the parachute's 290sq ft, then your wingloading is 225:290 or 0.78:1, or just 0.78. It'd be a good idea to wear a jumpsuit until you've got your landings down pat. It'll save you from lots of scratches! Brian's books are for sale here. You definitely want The Parachute & Its Pilot, and if you're interested in psychology, pick up a copy of Transcending Fear as well.

That's some good thinking you're doing there boy.

Nothing planned for the day, but the weekend before, I'll be at the oldest boogie in Australia: Black Death.

The way I drill it is cutaway - check right riser - check left riser - deploy reserve.

Don't do this. People have died leaving their breaks set too long, and it really won't help you get back vs. other techniques. Can anyone expand on this a bit and explain why it is a potential hazzard? Fatality at Perris, 05 Nov 2005.

"He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence." - William Blake

They're already running some of the components at 120% of their design lifetime. That's a quantifiable risk that increases - probably exponentially - with the age of the device. Yes it is. Which is why they never said it. They said that they couldn't guarantee correct operation of the device beyond the 12yr lifespan, not that it would suddenly & magically fail. Self-tests can only test so much - each Cypres doesn't come with a built-in pressure chamber that never needs calibrating. So the fact that a Cypres passes its self-test doesn't mean much more than the battery is charged and none of the cables are broken. Which is the reason you need servicing - to check that all the sensors are still operating within design tolerances. Airtec's reputation is based primarily on the fact that the Cypres fires when it's supposed to and doesn't when it shouldn't. If they allow out-of-tolerance Cypreses to be operated until they fail, they'll destroy their reputation. I'm sure there are plenty of commercial considerations at play for Airtec, but absent those, there are still a number of sound engineering reasons for a lifetime on the Cypres.

If it was less sensitive to the turbulence, then it wouldn't have been in a markedly-steeper-than-normal dive, now would it?

You were broken up. This ain't Friends and you ain't Jennifer Aniston.

Must be receiving grants for producing these units .

To the best of my understanding: if there was wind shear involved the canopy would not have continued on a smooth flight path; the abrupt change in wind velocity & associated turbulence would have felt just like flying through turbulence. If that was absent, you likely succumbed to the illusion alluded to by ntac & JP. There's an excellent description of the effect in Brian Germain's The Parachute & Its Pilot, and I won't butcher it here. If you don't have a copy of the book, PM me, and I'll try to explain it for you... edit to add: Wind Shear is the name for the boundary layer between two masses of air moving at different velocities. This boundary layer is usually characterised by turbulence, including downdrafts & other nasty beasties. For anyone interested in the subject, I'd highly recommend picking up Understanding the Sky, by Dennis Pagen. It's not incredibly well-written, but it's the best reference available for the likes of us.

Yup, that it is.

I'd much rather be 5'2" than 6'3" on a long haul flight.

What you did last weekend: humps, or some other significant number : jumps : owed

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