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  1. freeflydrew
    it's when your knees are bent and your body is pitched at a steeper angle but your maintaining your flight with the track group... it's a gret way to fly a little bit above and in front of a track jump and video below and behind you! I'll look for a picture... The above shot is a mild example of this body position... you can go much steeper with your body than this... The second shot as an example of the angle of video, with the knees visible...
  2. freeflydrew
    I agree... Any time you participate on jumps with larger groups of people, Discipline is extremely important... Flying in a specific area of the formation, recognizing when you're not a part of the formation and breaking off early, breaking off in the right direction, clearing your air space, safely negotiating your airspace under canopy with all the other people, entering a pattern to land, and bringing your canopy to a stop... Actually flying in the track position is really easy. It's participating in a track jump where other factors come into play. All that aside, tracking is super fun! Practice your technique at the end of every single jump that you make and you'll dial it in wicked quick.
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    It's good footage, but something is lost with the compression... it's still good , though. By the way, the first shot with the airplane is passing straight in front of a track jump, it's just not totally clear after being compressed. Turn the volume down a bit... Click Me The music is from the city of god soundtrack...
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    I've got it! I have it from a dvd.. it's on vcd, and a 702MB avi file...
  5. freeflydrew
    Thanks Ian, I'm definitely one to check out all the options before buying, and velo is definitely up there with the xaos.
  6. freeflydrew
    I actually tried a 107 Katana out and wasn't too excited about it (Demo-ed two weekends ago for the weekend)... i wasn't getting the greatest openings, I wasn't able to stay up in deep brakes (which is super important at the Ranch), and i didn't notice much of a difference in the swoop. I guess that it's not for me... although Kolla has suggested to me that i try out the 97 Katana, so maybe I'll check that one out sometime, I really like the Stiletto...
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    right on Tim, Jeffro has been trying to make me a switcher, so if and when I do go Xbraced, it'll be a Xaos 27... The other thing about the Xbraced is that I'm not a full time jumper and I know how important being current is with the high performance,
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    i get asked that a lot... For quite some time I have thought of switching to a cross braced canopy, but I just love the way the Stiletto opens flies floats, cruises, and lands: consistently. I'm just not in a rush to make the switch!
  9. freeflydrew
    ohhh planform! I get it... I've also heard wonderful things about the 89, and seen the shit flown out of it in Eloy. I love the 107, and found the 97 to be a little faster but not much different than that... I think the 89 is where I'm heading
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    i find that the 107 (1.9) and the 97 (2.1) are both great... all the flight characteristics arenicer on these sizes then they were on the 135 and the 120 What was better or worse on the 89, and what do you mean that it's a different platform than a 97?
  11. freeflydrew
    I'm wondering how it compares to the 107 and the 97 and what the wing loading was. Thanks drew
  12. freeflydrew
    http://andrewgillies.spymac.net/movies/7wayeloy.mov Enjoy Other Stuff
  13. freeflydrew
    Buy Beer
  14. freeflydrew
    I actually didn't get above the canopy during the dive so the arc was not too major... The recovery arc is def greater than the 107, 120, and 135... Definitely the 135!
  15. freeflydrew
    So, I demo-ed a Stiletto 97 this weekend (Loaded at 2.1)... It was super fun. Here's a landing from my perspective http://andrewgillies.spymac.net/movies/97_better.mov (Lower the Volume on your computer if you're at work) Enjoy Other Stuff
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    Phree's hosting a vid for me... It's 19 MB and is footage from jump 20 to 1000... Check it... (A bunch of DZ.comers are in the footage) http://www.cajunchickens.com/files/the footage project.mov
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    Can't upload to Skydiving Movies because there's some mime plug in that i don't have on my laptop... Still lookin for another host!
  18. freeflydrew
    diablopilot enters the room...
  19. freeflydrew
    And the door opens again...
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    sent... But please, anyone else who wants to host, please chime in!
  21. freeflydrew
    I think that Levin had put a lot of this together... Maybe he, or someone who knows the details of it will chime in about it...
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    oh great... hopefully there could be a couple of hosts, as not to overlod anyone's bandwidth...
  23. freeflydrew
    Anyone wanna host a freefly vid... it's pretty good! Please let me know... My site provider isn't providing today! Thanks drew
  24. freeflydrew
    I think Omar may be leading them also (maybe be flocking though)
  25. freeflydrew
    History is His-Story... Get it? All someone's perspective... We all learn parts of history from our own cultures perspective, not a global one.