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Just checked your profile- holy sh$$$ !!! Yeah I see your point - when you're jumping a 79 ft with 2.5 w.l. even Stiletto would look like a tandem :) I'll be there someday, I believe !
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Hey, I'm not jumping a tandem canopy - it is state of the art PD Navigator 290 we're talking here :) Tandem canopies are like 500 sq.ft. aren't they ?
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whoa, thanks for the tips, guys ! Cell phone, sandwich and bus fare are especially valuable hints :) thanks !
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Okay, points taken, thanks to everyone. Just to make myself clear - my question wasn't about "hey you're chicken if you went tandem before AFF" - just neutral question "why". And to be honest, the main reason (besides that I wanted to do it for "real") I chose to take AFF w/o tandem is because I actually find tandem much scarier. Why ? Do the math: tandem = 2 ppl/1 rig, AFF L1 = 3 ppl/3 rigs. As long as one of the JM is consious, even if I pass out or something, he'll help. Tandem ? One guy - and my life depends on him alone. Another thing (you may laugh) - I believe in fate. If this happens to be that guy's last day on Earth, he's gonna take me with him. Thanks a lot, I better go with my own rig and be subject to my own doomsday schedule :) Again, thanks a lot to all of you ! Blue skies !
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I see. OK, so anywhere ppl on this forum mention tandem experience prior to AFF is their free will choice. Still don't get how come it *saves* me $300 ? Say I'm doing 2 tandems instead of AFF L1 - at my DZ tandem is $160 and AFF L1 with ground school is $280. This is $320 vs $280, plus with AFF L1 you get to deal with your canopy right away without further ado - you open it, you have to deal with malfunctions etc and you have to land it, all in your first jump. Anyways, thanks for your answer and....I'm happy my first jump was NOT made strapped like a drooling baby to his daddy's chest but a real one :) I just used to carry my little one on my chest like this - hence associations :)
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It appears many students are forced to have from 1 to 3 tandems before they can start their AFF course. Why is that ? I never did any tandems, which are just waste of money from my stand point, and started doing an AFF. So, is it just some DZs are being greedy or what ? I know my DZ is USPA member and I know for a fact they stick to USPA guidelines and whatnot and yet tandem is never considered as part of or a prerequisite for an AFF. Just curious....
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Thanks, Mike ! Never thought cold would be a problem here in Calif. even on 12,000 - feels totally fine in free fall :)
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OK, sorry about not being excited with RW :) But it may change - that's why I put that cautious "at least for now" :)
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LOL Believe it or not, even before my first jump when I was looking at pictures ans videos, CReW looked much more appealing to me that RW. Something tingles inside when I see those cool canopy formation. And the RW just looks totally boring - I'm not looking forward to it at all. I know I'll have to do this stuff just because USPA requires this, but for me (at least now) it feels just like a mandatory nuisance I have to go thru. Yeah - those thrilling canopy formations is what I wanna do. Sit on front edge of another guy's deployed canopy !!! Woo-hoo !
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I don't think it would be possible due to a drastic difference in canopy performance - our gurus jump something that feels like a Lamborghini compared to my Navigator 290. By the time I unstow my toggles those guys are already on final.
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Two reasons: 1) I *love* canopy rides and 2) want to practice no-altitude-loss turns, stalls, slow flight etc.
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hm...I didn't think about that at all. Of course all of my 8 jumps I landed on the DZ (we have pretty big landing area here in Byron) - I have never yet practiced any "precision landing". Thanks a lot, Remster ! It just never occurred to me while I was pondering this idea. I think I'll wait until I get more experience it looks like "precision canopy control" is part of the A License req's so I will have a chance to practice that pretty soon. Then I'll get back to this idea. Thanks again !
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Aha ! So here it is: "upper level winds", watch for air traffic and extra padding for the bottom of the harness :) Thanks a lot to all !
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I would like to make several jumps pulling really high - basically right after exit and stabilization which is ~12,000 ft. Is there anything I should know about ? Like some air currents, airplanes, some extra rules applied etc etc.. Thank you very much in advance !
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Same story - gonna go make my 7th jump (AFF L6 because had to do my L4 twice) tomorrow. And it was 3 weeks since my last jump - before that I was going out every week. For some totally mysterious reason I am afraid !!! Tried to talk to myself - tried to find out exactly what scares me and found that it is the walk to the door. The smell of fuel, that warm air from the engines and the door itself. Weird... I am not afraid to fall, nor to land, but I'm afraid to walk to the door. Plus last time my JM already let me exit alone because he was confident in me, yet somehow instead of feeling cool I feel WORSE than before my first time. Thanks a lot to all the gurus - now I know it was a bad idea to wait for 3 weeks and that it is in a way normal.