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There is a thread here: http://ww4.web-partners.com/forums/Thread.cfm?CFApp=3&Thread_ID=10304&mc=48 sorry don't know clicky technology... Where paraglider pilots are complaining about the same stuff... Perhaps an alliance is in order. Paraglider pilots have the strength of the USHGA behind them, about 11,000 members strong. -M.
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ok ok- without wingsuit- I saw Andy the Austrian from www.Pressurized.at make it to the road (pulled over the road - with his fancy pants) from the exit to the jumpers' right of the tallest exit in the valley... which was pretty impressive. He had about a 7 second canopy ride though. -M And yes it was Gray F. that was killing it with the S3 all month.
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I watched an American from Eloy with a Black/Yellow S3 consistently and easily cross the far road (that's the road on the west side of the valley) during several jumps in August.
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17 people??? So rad... see yoo there.
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Greetings- Anyone at the terminal wall this weekend in Italy??? An American and a few Frenchies are heading that way, and would love to meet up with some keen company. Best, -M.
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[A person doesn’t know their ass from a whole in the ground at 50 skydives much less know how to jump into dead air doing a BASE jump in front of thousands of onlookers during an important PR event!!! ] It's not that hard, really. You jump, toss the PC, reach up and pull one to make it go left, the other to make it go right. You guys make it sound like flying a helicopter or something.
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I was using a 32" ZP large hole mesh, 15sec delay. I am leaning towards pilot chute oscillation due to the fact that I am now 5 for 5 with violent off-heading openings with this PC. My friends and I have dubbed it the 'mad oscillator' actually, or the pc of death. It's done, I'm tossing it. It could just as easily be me, my bad body position or packing or whatever, but it's in my head now that this pc is not hooking me up, so I have to toss it. The blown velcro on my tailpocket threw me off though, and convinced me to ask here. I will seek out the flap system. treejumps: thanks a bunch for the offer, but I can't send my rig to MD now. I'm on my way to France. I'm new to this forum but I am impressed- it works the way a forum should- nice folks sharing good info. thanks for the help.
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my canopy has about 50 jumps on it, so the velcro is in decent condition... I was actually surpised by how quickly it wore out, but it's not too bad. Dagger 222 in a warlock, just fyi. thanks for the good info. Where can I buy the tailpocket with the flaps? (if it can be bought) And who- although I realize this is a nearly impossible question to answer- makes the best vented pc? I'm ready for a couple new ones anyways.
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Considering the role of line stowing in deployment headings- Much of the video of slider off openings I have seen shows that the canopy comes out of the container predestined to open off-heading before full line stretch. When the packjob is already pointing 90 left (for instance) before it's begun to inflate, could this be a factor of improper line stowage? And for slider up jumps- The other day I had 540 degrees of line twists on a terminal jump. I noticed that my tailpocket velcro had opened about 30% of the bottom edge (more than ever before) indicating a partial line dump... or something... obviously this could have had a lot to do with the line twists... I'm searching for answers form some of the more experienced jumpers out there- how much does line stow technique have to do with headings, and are there any secrets out there for stowing lines incredibly well? Thanks.
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I apologize if this has been covered in another thread- but is there an address and contact name to which we can send letters of support for opening NPS sites?