rhino

Welcome to the club.. I'm a lowtimer with over 300 jumps..

So much for BAAAAAMMM!!! And God created the earth and the heavens.. lol Rhino Blue Skies .....

Actually 99 percent of the people that win the lottery go bankrupt within 2 years.. Blue Skies .....

Get the Triathlon.. It is an excellent canopy!!!!! Blue Skies .....

The Diablo is a fun canopy.. A very fun canopy.. It was made for people that want to have fun up high but still want to be able to STOP their canopy quickly. It is not a swoop machine by any means but is is allot of fun to fly. The moment you get above 1.4 ish you start to walk the thin line as far as the landing sweetspot of the Diablo. The Diablo comes in very steep.. Especially the higher you load it. Unless you know how to do a smooth staged flair you could hurt yourself. You could hurt yourself on any canopy for that matter but you really have to pay attention with the Diablo. I loved mine. I would like to think that I transitioned in a smart fashion. I found personally that the higher I loaded certain canopies the easier they were to fly and land. I had to get used to a surf type of landing instead of the flair and stop landing like I had on my Triathlon150. I think surfing and a normal landing under a bigger canopy are 2 different animals. Right now I am jumping a crossfire109.. It compares to the Diablo in virtually every range of flight and I would dare say outperformes the Diablo110. I have 6 jumps on the crossfire109 in the last week and am very impressed with the glide, turn rate, stability, and response time of the canopy. It can fly very fast or very slow. Very impressive actually. I have a new crossfire97 coming soon. Just be carefull.. It's o.k. to test yourself just do it smartly and systematically. If you are willing to accept the risks you also get the enjoyment that comes with it. You don't have to load the Diablo to have fun with it. If you aren't confident in your ability. And I mean truly confident then go big.. It is o.k. to wear weight when your experience and confidence builds. Rhino Blue Skies .....

You can still do it with a dialup it is just slow as hell and you have to stay dialed in.. Blue Skies .....

Sorry dude.. I did add it in the subject line as soon as I thought about it.. I VPN in from work to home so I don't actually look at anything at work.. I can show you how to do it if you want. As long as you have a broadband connection at home I can hook you up.. Rhino Blue Skies .....

You said in hand BOIOIOIOIOIOIOIOING!!!!!!!!!!! LOL Skymama you beat all those chicks out hands down Blue Skies .....

I think I would just stand there in the middle of all those horrible dirty pillows and cry.. I would say my prayers.. Dear God.. Thank you!!!! Then yes.. My tongue would get very very sore.. LOL

If I was in the middle of this firefight I wouldn't know what to do?? Blue Skies .....

My eyes hurt again... LOL Boobies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Blue Skies .....

OH SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!! LMFAO!!!@!#$!@#~@%~@#%#$@ Blue Skies .....

Where are all the pictures of these burnt boobies? Blue Skies .....

I won't argue with skybitch on this one. I would assume she has seen you under canopy and knows what she is talking about. When in doubt go big!! Rhino Blue Skies .....

Zennie, Where are the pictures?? Rhino Blue Skies .....

Psycho pack it..... Blue Skies .....

Someone cut away at the dz I was jumping at this weekend for the same sort of thing. Couldn't find the pud so she chopped it.. Blue Skies .....

Jfields, cool.

Why bother?? I would rather have faith and be wrong than not have faith and be wrong.. I simply choose to have faith. It is something I had to mature into.. I didn't have it right off the bat. Rhino Blue Skies .....

WOW!!! That is cool!!!! How big is that canopy?? Blue Skies .....

1:5:1 Blue Skies .....

Damn.. My eyes are hurting.... LOL Blue Skies .....

Newbie.. Are you trolling? These are basic, elementary questions you are asking that every skydiver learns in training.. If I had a problem with my canopy down low.. say 500 feet or less I would deploy my reserve while under the main and attempt a canopy transfer when the reserve is 45 degrees and rising behind me. Just yesterday I practiced hookturns up high simulating a line breaking and pulling the reserve while in a hook.. If a line broke at 300 feet in a hook turn knowing how to deploy the reserve or at least having practiced it could save your life. Blue Skies .....

I have a Kbar that I could carry.. I could just cut the tail of the plane off?? I would go for the lines too.. I wouldn't count on being able to cut through risers.. Rhino Blue Skies .....

I left work 2 hours early to go jump. DZ is 75 miles away!! Long ass drive but I got 3 jumps in on a Thursday! That was cool.. I know what you mean though. I go on call today for the next 2 weeks so I'm chained to a pager! grrrr... But it's good to have a job. Rhino Blue Skies .....