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    You can get them as stated above from the manufacturer of the container you own. It is also possible to get risers from a different manufacturer. I personally have Mirage risers in both of my rigs( an Infinity and Eclipse). I like their front dive loops as well as how they store the extra brake line( a added bonus with Mirage is that there risers come stock with hard housings). If you call most gear stores (Square one, Sunshine factory, etc) they will be able to get them for you. Kirk
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    My opinion may be limited to the canopies I have flown, so it may be a bit byous. I find that for over all performance and openings the Icarus Crossfire is by far the best. It truely is a great blend of nice openings and great performance especially the Crossfire 2. Here is my history of canopies and jumps. 100 jump Falcon 195, 300 jumps Safire 169, 120 Jumps Crossfire 2 130, 50 jumps Crossfire 1 129, 77 Jumps VX 109, 1 Jump Velocity 120, 13 Jumps Xaos 98 27 cell. I know, I have not jumped either the Cobalt or the Stiletto but just demo all of them and see for yourself. Oh yeah, if you jump a Cobalt you will have to get a smaller pilot chute and dump in a track in order to get that "two stage" opening, that is Snivel, WHACK, shit that hurt. If you do a search on the Cobalt you will find all of the things you will need to do in order to get it to open nice. Kirk
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    Not to doubt your advice but how many jumps are on your current canopy. There is a huge difference between a newer F111 canopy(which would land quite well the way you state) and one that should be retired(which would pound you in if you landed the way you state)? Kirk
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    When F111 material starts to wear out it become harder to flare. The reason is F111 material lets a curtain amount of air through it and as F111 wears out it lets more air through it (making it harder to flare and stop). At 800 jumps I would say for the most part your canopy is wore out and that would be the key to your problem. I have an F111 canopy with over 1000 jumps on it, I have seen one person who can consistantly get great landings with it and others including me get hard landing with it. The reason behind that I would guess is with a wore out F111 canopy you can stop but you only have one real shot at it and you have to flare it all the way and at once to get it to effectivly stop Kirk
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    If you want to learn how much altitude your canopy losses in a toggle turn, do it up high (above 1000 AGL) and look at your altimeter before and after the turn and it will tell you how much altitude you have lost. Agressive toggle turns should not be made low to the ground. Kirk
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    I am not sure if this would be the best ringe sight but it is by far the cheapest @ under $5.00. Beyond the cost I went this route mainly because most all ring sight mounting hardware adds snag points to the camera setup, where this only has one snag point(the same one any ring sight would have, plus none snag point for the mount) Kirk
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    This pretty much goes right along with billvon's advice, learn how much altiitude you lose in every kind of turn. Look at your altimeter before a turn and then after. You should know in full flight how much altitude a 90°, 180°, 270°, or 360° turn will loss. Then again in flat turn. This information is highly important when looking at out's on landing Kirk
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    If you have your main canopy spin up and is twist the risers up too, there is usaully 2 or more inchs of your cutaway cable in the risers. With the risers twisted up your cable can become bound and not be able to be cut away. There is a simple fix for this, hard housings inserts in the risers, so the 2 or more inchs of cutaway cable is inside a flexable metal tube or plastic tube. Kirk
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    In my experience the Skyflier 3 has a much faster forward speed. Steve (Manbird) and I both started out on GTI’s and later bought S3’s. In our GTI’s, Steve could out float me but we had a very similar forward speed. I happened to get my S3 before he did and I could fly much faster forward than he could. As for the S3 being a hard workout, well when you push it, it really is a lot of pressure on the arms due to the arm wings being much bigger than the GTI. As far as natural build your right, it does give you a natural advantage or disavantage. However, compared to Steve I am taller and thinner than Steve yet he can still fall much slower than I. So, I think there is a lot to be said for the honing in your abilities. Kirk
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    You know Glen, all I have seen you do is bitch and mown about the BMI’s. I for one am thankful that Birdman cared enough about the future of wingsuit flight to come up with a program and implement it. Can a nonBMI instruct a student for a first wingsuit flight? Yes. Will it be as thorough as what a BMI would teach? Most likely not. When I started fling wingsuits all I had was the manual and a half an hour conversation with a wingsuit pilot that would occasionally come to my DZ. I made it through the learning curve and lets face it for the most part (when things go right) wingsuit fling is not that hard (now flying well is another thing all together). I would have rather taken a course from a BMI but at that time they did not exist. I am glad now that Manbird has his BMI and can thoroughly teach newbie’s the ropes right. Kirk
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    If you do a search you will find a few post on their suits, also check out gear section there are a few reviews http://www.dropzone.com/gear/Detailed/469.html
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    [replyI also have been on tandem skydives where a spin began.... in each of the cases,, I didn't "make no attempt to dock"... rather I closed on them,,(,we had boo--koo altitude. these problems all started shortly after exit..) and I planted a hand on the side of the TM's leg and helped stop the turns.....A camera person should recognize that part of his/her job is to be an air monitor and lifeguard of sorts,,, should anything unusual occur)] IMO As a tandem instructor I would rather not have a camera man get involved with fixing an out of control tandem. Main reason, one option is to pull and if the camera man is flying in it could create a worse situation. I only have 200 tandems but I would be upset if the camera man came in to fix a skydive. If you happen to see something the tm does not you should let them know by somekind of signal .. Kirk
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    The drogue chute on a tandem does several things, first and foremost is lowers opening forces on the container and parachute system. Some great other advantages are increased stability in freefall and slow you down to around 120 mph (without drogue you would fall much faster). At deployment time the drogue will be release where it will then act as a pilot chute, deploying your main parachute. A pilot chute on a sport rig is use to deploy the main parachute when it is deployed.
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    The pictures look very similar to how my Xaos 98 27 cell will open on rare occassions. On my Xaos occasionally the end cells will inflate and start flying while the center is not inflated. To get the canopy fully inflated just pull down on the rear risers and it will inflate the center. I have no idea my Xaos opens this way on occasions but the way I deal with it is I pack leaving the center three cells exposed with no slider infront of them and put the other three cells each side back so only the center three are exposed. Kirk
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    although I was responding to your post it really was more of just a general statement. I really can not believe anyone would ever consider skydiving high ever. Yes, you are right and I did not mean to direct it at you, but once again I am just appauled that someone would skydive high ever. I am not innocent in high school I was a stoner like 18 years ago. I just think skydiving is enough of it's own high to not need anything else. Plus it takes you to have control of yourself in order to deal with everything Kirk
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    I generally do not care what other people do as long as it does not affect me, however this does effect all of us. Do you really understand if you take drugs and skydive you are in effect putting the sport in jeopardy. We are a self-governing organization, which means the FAA stays out of our business, as long as we deal with any issues before they get out of hand. Do you really think if people start bouncing in because they are high that it would not take long before the FAA steps in? Which this is not the immediate threat, do you realize you are putting the pilots license at risk because he is responsible for most anything you do once you get on his plane. I personally would not even take ibuprofen and skydive. What people do on there own time after skydiving I could careless but you need to realize more is at stake than just you, if you skydive high. Kirk
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    I have been jumping a Crossfire2, now I jump a VX 109. So far it has given me a few line twist opennings but nothing too harsh. Kirk
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    As said before what altitude are we really talking about anything much below 1500 AGL since we sit in the front of the plane(next to the pilots) there will not be enough time to get out on larger planes. For C-182, unless you have some contortionist skills the rest of us do not have climb out(or even dive out_ on a 182 takes a little while(time you would not have that low to the ground) And here I thought we would not agree on anything. I agree, everyone should decide what works for them and plan, prepared, and practice their choisen method prior to needing to implement itt
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    I know you and I believe differently on this, but I would honestly say the exact opposite. If you have an issue leaving with your wings zipped up you should really consider weather or not you should be jumping a wingsuit period. Really what is the big deal you get out deploy(if altitude permits unzip or pull the wing cut aways) and land. Kirk
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    Now, leaving with everything unzipped seams to make sense but what happens if one of the unzipped wings happens to inflate. Since you are unzipped you do not have any control of the wings. This may seam a little far fetch but it is exactly what happened to Steve (manbird) very early in his wingsuit career. I believe he had one of his arm wings inflate and ended up with the bridle getting wrapped around is arm/wing( in the end he deployed his reserve and landed fine) Very early on in my wingsuit career, I had a full altitude jump turn into a hop-n-pop (3000 AGL). I left with all my wings zipped in flu for a few seconds deployed my main, unzipped and landed fine. So in the end it is your choice but I can say I am fully zipped in at 2000 AGL, I know Steve will zip his arms up to the elbow before 2000 AGL. Kirk
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    Nice Steve!!!!!!! I would assume your now back from your trip. Love your new rig
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    I think that would depend on the definition of easier. Yes it is easier to flock with others that do not have S3 because you do not have to fly hard at all. I did a flocking dive with a bunch of Classics and my body position was rather easy and different( I had my arms rather punched out(to control my fall rate) and my legs were almost at 90° (to kill the foward speed of the S3). The S3 if you are flying hard will kick your ass weather your in shape or not. Kirk
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    Students

    TALONSKY replied to wsinsel's topic in Instructors

    I think all students should be trained by qualified instructors. While other jumpers may know how to do an activity it is another to teach it. Instructors have probably revised several time how they teach items ( I know I have) as to not have any miscommunications about it. I have seen unqualified people teaching and what they leave out alot of very important things that they flat out did not think about because to them it was a given. Kirk
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    Look at the SIM under Pro Rating. Yes, it would have to be a legitmate demo jump with all prior approval. You would have to have your Pro rating. The pilot and the DZO and then you will be held responsible if the demo jump is done without all the correct approvals. The Pilot could lose his license, the DZO and you could be kicked out of the USPA for life also. Kirk
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    I know this is not what your after but do you really think at 150 jumps you are ready for a Crossfire 2 loaded @ 1.65 to 1. I would highly encourage you to not downsize and switch to eliptical at the same time, and also not at your low jump number Kirk