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10 I hope.. I am a safety freak.. Does jumping a smaller canopy drop a couple of points automatically? LOL Blue Skies .....
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True.. The Diablo at 1.7 drops a hell of allot faster than a Xaos at 1.7.. Jumped a crossfire109 today at 1.7.. It compares to the Diablo only better on the bottom end.. It dives a bit more too.. Very nice!!!!! Rhino Blue Skies .....
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Falcon220 Falcon210 Sabre210 Sabre190 Sabre170 Spectre160 Sabre150 Triathlon150 Saphire149 Sabre135 Omega134 Splatwing134 or 129? Triathlon135 Sabre120 Diablo120 Fx114 Diablo110 Xaos98 Crossfire109, currently jumping Blue Skies .....
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I put 3 jumps on a crossfire109 today. The canopy was on the mod list and had 250+ jumps on it. I must say I am impressed.. Turns fast.. Dived hard.. Bottom end is excellent.. It was a windy day 10-15.. This thing flew right through it. Nice canopy.. Blue Skies .....
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I would have stayed with the Diablo for a while but I really started to like the whole surf thing.
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Here is the photo.. sorry.. Blue Skies .....
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Quite often we ask ourselves "What is a son-of-a-bitch?" In this photo, the guy on the right is a member of a bomb squad in the midst of deactivation training. The guy behind him, well.....he's a son-of-a-bitch. Rhino Blue Skies .....
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WAAAY over?? I don't think so.. I am hitting the Diablo110 at 1.6, 1.7 with 10lbs of weight.. I'm 175 out the door.. The 110 had NO problem setting me down in straight in landings even with weight on.. I have seen people load their Diablo's allot higher than I am loading mine. And no I'm not suggesting that anyone do anything that is beyond their skill level flying a canopy. If you haven't flown a high performance canopy at 1.6-1.7 ish than I would suggest working your way their if you are interested.. I started with the Triathlon, Then a Diablo120, then a Diablo110.. Landing a highly loaded Diablo is a different beast than say a Stilletto.. The bottom ends tend to get thin, so unless you are use to walking on the sweetspot of a seven cell I would suggest progression and practice.. Even an overloaded VX-60 is safe in the hands of a good pilot.. Rhino Blue Skies .....
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I can pretty much assure you that I could hit a higher top speed diving the Diablo110 than the Xaos98. You can FEEL the speed, you can hear it. For all I know the brake lines on the Xaos may have needed adjusting. But I'm telling you the Diablo is a bad mf.. Especially when loaded. It is extremely high performance especially for the person that likes to play high and it's ability to land and shut down in small places is excellent. If you haven't tried a Diablo at 1.7 you might want to just to understand just how fast and hard that thing dives and turns. And I am not sure the Diablo would be classified as a conventional design or not? I would put it in the high performance class. I don't think I was loading the Xaos98 enough for the performance I wanted. I am simply not willing to load anymore than 1.8ish.. That is my limit for the next 500 jumps minimum. Rhino Blue Skies .....
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Congratulations!!!!!!! I knew you would make it through this.. You da bomb!!! Blue Skies .....
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Be the bigger person.. Be there for her with the strict understanding it is as friends.. Me personally.. I have a tendency to believe all that stuff is mind games to I tend to be a bit cold about it. If you have it in you and you believe she is sincere it might not hurt to help her out. After all Karma is a bitch. Rhino Blue Skies .....
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ummm... LOL Blue Skies .....
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LOL, Bastards... lol Bush 101.. That's good :) Blue Skies .....
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Also, On my Diablo110 I could hang in double fronts twice as long as on the Xaos98.. I have no clue as to why that is. Rhino Blue Skies .....
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One more thing.. Start a small business of any kind.. You get 40+ tax writeoffs that the non business owner doesn't get.. Mileage, business expenses, portions of your rent from your home based business, losses... You allways make out on top.. Blue Skies .....
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Allot of people I know just forgot to remember about the credit when they did their taxes?? I can't remember if I got mine or not?? Blue Skies .....
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True.. It is very easy to adjust the closing loop.. Blue Skies .....
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That's their way of making money... Write more tickets knowing everyone would rather pay a fine than have to deal with it.. Blue Skies .....
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Determine if it is my main or reserve over the tail. If it is my main, cutaway, skydive, track, and pull my reserve. If it my reserve over the tail, take out my hook knife, cut the risers, skydive, track, pull my main. There is a saying.. The one time you need a hookknife and you don't have one will be the last.. I second that... Rhino Blue Skies .....
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Not to mention the simulated safety nazzis would come out of the simulated hangar and give you an simulated ass chewing.. LOL Blue Skies .....
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I've seen allot of questions regarding what size canopy will fit in my container and allot of questions on pack volume. I a bit curious as to what everyone's rig was built for and what have you had in it. I have a Racer that was built for a pd143 reserve and a Triathlon150 main.. In that Dbag and container I have had the following main canopies fit with no problems.. Triathlon150 Diablo110 Diablo120 Fx114 Xaos98 Crossfire109 I haven't had a problem with any of these... Rhino Blue Skies .....
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Wouldn't it be nice if they could get the wing loading accurate.. I'd like to simulate flying the VX46.. See if I could land it without killing myself.. lol Of course a simulated hook into the city street at 46mph would be cool standing up in front of the simulated crowd saying BEER!! LOL Blue Skies .....
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A hook turn simulator would be cool.. Actually suspended from lines with toggles in your hand. In a multidirectional wind tunnell that could keep the wind going in whatever direction necessary for the hook.. High tec virtual reality goggles on for the visualization.. It would be interesting if someone could get it to work. We have every other type of simulator? It would be interesting to see someone come up with a state of the art canopy flight simulator.. Blue Skies .....
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Deciding "This Canopy is Not For Me"
rhino replied to Jumperpaula's topic in Swooping and Canopy Control
Paula, The Diablo or the Triathlon is EXCELLENT in wind and turbulence.... Sounds like you would like the Diablo better though. Rhino Blue Skies ..... -
Maybe I said it wrong... This is the fastest turning canopy I have ever jumped