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  1. Loonix
    One of the lines for cocking the slider got loose in the packjob, and caught lines on opening. Half-cocked in opening, tension-knotted up good enough to render the canopy not controllable enough.
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    Speak for yourself I know plenty of skydiving nerds, me included. And I'd like to know what mr. Eagle has to say. So, how about introducing your idea right here, Eagle?
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    The comments on youtube mentions a wrongly installed skyhook, and that being the reason why the main wasn't cut away by it. Do you know anything about that?
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    From where do you have this number? 20,000 is a lot. I am surprised that I haven't heard about it if it's actually true.
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    Had to buy mine, but I got my sabre I at around 50 jumps, and have so far put about 250 jumps on it. I specifically like the openings. It opens when I pull, instead of sniveling for 1000 feet or more.
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmotlurx0EM Here's another
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    CMAS is the best http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confédération_Mondiale_des_Activités_Subaquatiques
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    I'll have to agree with this.
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    Devices with a harddisk does not like high altitude. Ask my old mp3-player.. Perhaps it is something similar, in case you have one of those fancy new phones. I prefer my old brick Nokia, it survives most abuse I expose it to.
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    Lots of people use their computers online without anti-virus software installed, without any problems. Such as me, and I've always used windows. I'm what you'd call a computer nerd, and I've never used any antivirus, and I've never had a virus infection.
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    Interesting! Happen to have a link to show? I read about it on a forum some time ago as well, but the people there weren't convinced.... But if it really works, I'd like to try it as well
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    I suggest you try... The student progression is done with only instructors there, and then you'll be on your own for a while until you get your A license. This period will be fun either way, and if you then decide skydiving is boring, you had a good time till then at least, or maybe you find that you're not a loner any more, and continue to jump with new found friends.
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    I also noticed that 2012 part..
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    http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20127001.300-space-storm-alert-90-seconds-from-catastrophe.html?full=true&print=true A solar storm may fry our powergrids and leave us without electricity for months or even years. This may happen at any time, although one of this magnitude has not occurred since 1859. Time to prepare?
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    I guess that, that works for you because you have been doing it for so long that it's second nature.... New fledglings need a bit more information though. "Look where you want to go" always worked for me as a student at least, be it on my first freefalls (look for the plane) or while tracking.
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    I wouldn't worry about that, I have three browsers installed myself. Just keep all software updated (particularly windows itself!)
  17. Loonix
    I think you are onto something. Nylon and sharp objects goes particularly bad together when the nylon is tensioned, such as during opening.
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    Loonix replied to Loonix's topic in The Bonfire

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7v8QAw_8Rs Thought I'd let you pervs know...
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    There was a person at the DZ with maybe 30ish jumps. In one of his first few pack jobs he gave himself a nice line over. He felt he was still flying in the general direction he wanted to go and made the decision to not cutaway. He ended up coming in like a lawn dart and really hurt his leg. Many people came up to him to tell him he was nuts for not chopping it and he did the wrong thing. He agreed but I could tell he was not convinced that he should have gone to the reserve…or the “unknown” as he called it. I know in skydiving, and in life for that matter, you tend to do what you practice. Maybe next time he absolutely should chop and will ride it in again. A neptune would've come in handy to check his descent rate to see if it was really landable. Or if he would've had another canopy that he knew flying beside him to gauge his descent rate. I wouldn't try to land a mal without either of those. I'd say a lineover is a pretty good indication the canopy isn't landable, in itself.
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    I've thought the same, and wondered how I'd react in that situation. Well, it happened on my previous jump, and I did all according to training. Even tossed my cutaway handle, as I was taught to do, but always thought I'd keep in a lowspeed mal... I had also imagined myself taking a bit more time trying to fix it (and I might, next time), but didn't get much further than "is it there? yes. is it square? no!" ...
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    Mine is known as the YMCA canopy. It wasn't named by myself though, but it MAY have something to do with the rainbow-colors on it...
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    Sounds like it's for you. Your description of yourself reminds me of me. Go for it
  23. Loonix
    Common courtesy is something you leave at the ground. Skydivers lean on each other AND fart at the same time.
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    Same as mine, better to jump without one, than to sit on the ground. Now that I do have the money for one, I'm buying one. The safest thing would be to quit skydiving, you know.
  25. Loonix
    4 years and counting.