DZBone
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Pammi, I hope you aren't referring to what I posted on the other thread about you having your procedure, and others having theirs. My point exactly is that what you have drilled, are comfortable with, and will execute quickly and correctly is way more important than the marginal differences between generally well-accepted techniques. It is because you have thought it through that it is right for you. If later you decide you want to change, or your gear changes, you will reprogram your "instinctive" reaction, then that will be the "right" one. It's all good. Just make it back, and always learn. Carl
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CJM, who are you and why haven't you been posting here until now?
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Dont you mean 4/35000?
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What I think only matters for what I am going to do. The textbook procedure is as you describe it, but if she is going to be more reactive to do it her way, that is how she should do it. If you would rather break it down and add the decision point, that is what you should do. All things being equal, not cutting away should be safer (less freefall time, higher reserve deployment), but when you add the human factor, everything changes. She will be safer pulling both because that's how she does things. You will be safer pulling only the silver because you will go quicker through the decision process than the time it takes to cutaway. Me? Who knows. We'll see if/when it happens. I drill to just pull the reserve. If I "screw up" and pull both, who cares? Carl
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One thing to keep in mind (whuffos won't hesitate to remind you) is that your risk of death increases over the general population because you skydive, unless you can show that because you skydive, you drive less, or are less likely to be out in a thunderstorm or something. Of course, the increase is less than if you had taken up SCUBA (and dive alone, go below x ft in open water, etc.). Oh, you aren't passing batons are you?
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I'm guessing he didn't want some farmer getting his freebag and pilot chute.
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I'd rather die living, than live dying. Ooooh, deep.
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If we run the whole set of experiments, will Square One sponsor the "research"? hehe
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That's wierd. Did you have enough time to make sure your altimeter(s) worked?
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Glad to have you back, man. Your posting will save lives. Carl
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Yeah, we suck! Sorry about that, Chuck. It would have been great to meet you. I guess we figured you were hanging with the big dogs, and spending your downtime in deep meditation, preparing for the events. Any plans to be out again? Carl
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Yes, but try the same experiment between one canopy in quarter brakes, and another pulling down the rear risers a few inches.
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Also read through the CYPRES Save Reports. They are much sketchier, but they have some first-person information that the others lack. It will give you good insight as to what might be going through the minds of some of our brothers and sisters who have been in freefall through 700-1000 feet. Carl
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This is how I have always understood things. Using the brakes reduces the efficiency, killing lift, increasing fall. The other thing that you can do is use the front risers to gain speed, to get you better penetration, but you sacrifice altitude. You have to decide the trade-offs. Mainly, you would need the speed if you are in high wind but near the landing area, and distance if you are far from it. If you are far and there is a lot of wind, well, seek an alternate. No amount of jiggling the risers can overcome the laws of physics. Carl
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Doh! I thought he was talking about a freeflying thing!
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Michele, have you seen some of the drivel that gets published there? You should definitely submit it. What are they going to do, say no? If they do, submit to Skydiving. This is great stuff. Hey, you already made the front page of dz.com. These dead tree and rag publications are second-tier! Carl
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Dan, without the visual indicators, how do you know if you are really in level flight, or what pitch angle you are at? This seems like it would have to be a matter of "feel", which you probably have developed over years of flying, but which most of us are still deperately trying to learn. Are there some tricks we can use, like apparent angle of the suspension lines, or something, that will help to gauge this point? My fear is that what we think is level flight may vary with the harness, altitude density, canopy design, whatever. Carl
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Go for it, Alex! Where in NJ are you? There are some really great places to go in the Garden State, depending on what is convenient. There are a few different programs you should consider. Some are better suited for a one-day outing to see if it's your thing, and others are better if you intend to stick with the sport (oh, God. Mothers don't let your sons grow up to be skydivers!) In any case, you shouldn't hesitate to take a trip out to a local dropzone and see what is going on. Talk to the people there, see what various people are doing, be a pest. Then, when you turn 16, you will know what you want to do. Also, check out Omri's article at the front of this site. He started flying in a wind tunnel when he was four, or something, which made his training really progress quickly. Welcome!
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Mmmmmm, lunch at the Bomb Shelter. drooool
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Thank God for heads-up friends. We should all be so lucky.
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Let's put it this way. I pulled a main out of its container after six years, and the stoes weren't broken. A little gooey, yes, but not broken.
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Hmmm. Getting a similar error clicking on "Classifieds" in the main bar: A fatal error has occured: Unable to auto-create user: HASH(0x8358f24). Reason: The column 'Email' must be unique, and already has an entry 'carldunham@home.com'. Please enable debugging in setup for more details.
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Is the harness too small, or...
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Actually, I was there on business in '92, and we had strangers come up to us to help when we were lost, even though we could barely communicate. It was my co-workers who were the obnoxious assholes (some anyway), but that's a universal truth, isn't it! hahaha!
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Too bad you can't get these tix and use them in January. That's when it's a great place to be!