rasmack
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OK But a list of canopies to run by my instructor perhaps? So far I plan to ask about Triathlon and Sabre(2). Any other canopies I should ask about? Spectre? Stilletto? EDIT: As for the hesitance, I appreciate cautiousness. Epsecially in this sport.
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Yup. Read them
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No disagreement from here. It would just be nice to be as prepared as possible, when I talk to them. I do not like the feeling of not having been able to ask the right questions. Personal experiences would be nice ("I thought the Sabre was OK because...") EDIT: Thanks for the snippet and the Triathlon comment. HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...
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I have begun contemplating what to buy for my first rig, and I could use some advice on choice of main canopy. I have of course had a short chat with an instructor, and I plan to contact him again, but I also plan to be prepared to ask the right questions. I get a lot of "Oh well, for a 9 cell canopy it is quite stable" and the likes thereof. These don't mean much to me, as I have no idea what the general characteristics of different canopies should be. My priorities are to get safely to the ground every time and having fun on the way in that order! I get terrified by seeing what happens to moderately experienced people when they get "lured into danger" by a canopy that was just a little too "fun" to land. I am therefore looking for a canopy that will not tempt me to do stupid stuff. As a student I have flown, Falcon, Manta and Navigator. The most widely used container has been a Javelin. I have never seen the reserves out
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You have a lot of things to think of, when you have to go out that door at low altitude. The wind tends not to make life easier My experience was that I would tumble out, if I tried to do everything at once. I ended up simply sticking as much of my body out of the door as I could, so that I would have the wind against my chest from the beginning. This resulted in a nice clean exit. Just my 2c. HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...
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I see that I should have paid more attention to this thread, but that it has been looked well after by others
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On a side note, if you solve the equation of motion assuming a quadratic velocity dependence and no variation in atmospheric density (not true, I know), you end up with a velocity function that is: sqrt(m*g/k)*tanh[sqrt(k*g/m)*t] m: mass g: acceleration of gravity k: coefficent of friction t: time The hyperbolic tangent goes asymptotically to one, so your terminal velocity is sqrt(m*g/k). Note how an increase in mass leads to a higher terminal velocity. HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...
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Thanks. Is it anywhere nearby? As I said. I do not know the surrounding area very well, and I do not speak (nor read) French. Any first-hand experience? HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...
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I'm a Danish PhD-student, who's very often at CERN, Geneva. In Denmark I am a skydiving student with 24 jumps. I am qualified to jump from 4000 m without an instructor. I was taught through a static-line education. Can anyone direct me to a DZ near Geneva, where I might be allowed to do some training jumps? I have tried Googling around but I don't speak French, and I do not know the surrounding geography too well. HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...