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    Most people tend to go the other way, a smaller main and a bigger reserve. Why would anyone have a smaller reserve than the main they feel comfortable flying? Kirk
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    Do you mean Sadness part 1 from MCMXC a.d. I think any song from the is great for sex
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    There have been a few threads on this issue, so you may want to do a search. Bottom line is it is up to you, there may be few different things that could happen or nothing could happen. I have had really bad sinus headaches, to bloody noses, to pushing infection down into the roots of a tooth and having to have it pulled. There is also the possiblity of pushing infection to your inner ear. Kirk
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    Well so far it has been 10 weeks since I placed my order and they have started on them but are not finished with them yet. So I would gues lead time is somewhere around 10-12 weeks Kirk
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    Well, I know I have no data to back my opinion. That why I stated, " I personally would not under load a canopy with a formed nose". For me some things come down to how I personally feel about it and I would never fly a Crossfire at a 1 to 1 wingloading because of how closed of the nose is. I am quite sure there are people out there that have and it works fine for them, but I think it is a design aspect that should be considered when looking a wing loading lightly. Kirk
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    I may be different than most but my general philosophy is if I can not run a mile than I have no business skydiving. About a year ago I really sprained my ankle bad see pic, I waited until I could run a mile without vicodin before skydiving which for me was 5 weeks. I am quite sure my doctor would not have approved but I felt fine with it. Kirk
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    This is my own opinion, and only based on that. On a canopy with a formed nose (yes the preformed was a misspelling) I would think that the nose would have the least amount of internal pressure. Going with that idea, I would think that the less you wing load a formed nose canopy the less internal pressure the nose would have and would make it more susceptible to collapsing. Kirk
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    I personally would not under load any eliptical canopy that has a formed nose. I am not sure if the Nitron has a preformed nose but I know the Crossfire 1 and Crossfire 2 do. Kirk
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    I actually ran across that situation the other weekend. In my mind what I wanted to say was spread your leg but I knew that was not the best way to convey the message. In that instance she saw my wedding ring(yes I wear it skydiving but I always wear gloves so I do not see a high probablity of having any issues with the ring) as I was making my other adjustments and started asking questions about my wife at which point she relax her stance and I was able to make the adjustment. Later that day I asked the S & TA what would be the politically correct way to get their leg apart. He told me to state, “ I need to adjust the leg straps now could you please part your legs a bit”. So far to me that would imply the least sexual connotation so I am going with that. Any of these kind of things can help ease the situation if the female student is uncomfortable with the places we need to be to make the harness fit right. Thanks Kirk
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    The looser the fit, the more the student moves around in the air, the less control you have. That was kind of my thought too, but I just wanted to be sure. Thanks
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    Thanks for the suggestions; I pretty much try to put the women students at ease when adjusting the harness. I will start a conversation with them(try to get them laughing or just into a conversation) and then I am careful of wear I am touching and also where I am looking to try to put them as ease with the entire process. In the plane prior to doing my gear check, I will let them know I am checking the harness connection points and will be reaching around. So far I have not had much problems I do not think anyway. I really like the idea of having them put your hands on the chest strap when you can not see it to help loosen it. Thanks Kirk
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    Well I perfer to have the student ready for a skydive (meaning harness fully adjusted) before boarding the plane. What I am trying to find out is if by some chance I am over tightening the harness on the students? or if other TM's vary from it being tight to a looser fit.
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    Her comment was made prior to boarding the plane. After we are under canopy I will let them know if they are uncomfortable that they can slide the leg straps forward to a more seated position, AggieDave, I like that idea of loosening the chest strap under canopy I could see that helping on the comfort level. Kirk
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    I am fairlly new tandem instructor(only 22 live tandems)during the course for Strong I was taught to make the harness fit fairly tight. As a gage you should only be able to get 2 finger under the hardness at the shoulders. I had a female student this weekend make a comment about how tight the harness was adjusted, and I looked it over and it seemed fine, but then I started to notice the other TM's had their harness's adjusted fairly loose. The next day I went over the training material and everything back's up what I am doing. So the question is how tight do other TM adjust their student's harness? Oh just for your info we use Strong Enterpise's Dual Hawk rigs with articulated student harness. Thanks Kirk
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    Well, technically the canopy (fabric plus suspension lines) is holding the weight of it's self too so wing loading is based on your exit weight (you plus gear) Kirk
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    I looked but can not find any info on the Boogie. I would assume that it wil run the entire weekend of May 29 through 31st. If is does I think I can swing joining you guys that Saturday for some wingsuit fun. I will be down in Palm Springs for vacations that week
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    The Sky system's Sidewinder 2. You can call Square one, they are the only dealler that Skysystems will make them for right now and they run $495. You will need a spacer to center the PC105 camera lens in the openning but it fits nicely in the helmet Kirk
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    The Sky system's Sidewinder 2. You can call Square one, they are the only dealler that Skysystems will make them for right now and they run $495. You will need a spacer to center the PC105 camera lens in the openning but it fits nicely in the helmet Kirk
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    Infinity rock’s. I had a minor problem with my rig nothing big (Secondary riser covers went limp). The ballistic material went soft. I e-mailed Kelly and asked if he could fix it. He replied the next day to send it up when convenient and he would fix it. When the reserve was due, I sent the rig to Kelly. Since I have two rigs I told him it would not be a problem with time. Less than two weeks later I got the rig back with a free reserve repack. Kirk
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    Well I personally had a load that was suppose to go to 10000 AGL but turned into a 3500 AGL hop-n-po with my birdman suit. I did a dive out exit fully zip in and track for a few seconds before pulling. In a similar situtuation Manbird went out with wings unzipped, he ended with the bridle wrapped around a wing and a reserve ride. I do not know about anyone else but I personally will not get out below 3000 AGL with a wingsuit and I will ALWAY LEAVE ZIP UP. Play carefully Kirk
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    I would assume by crash he meant sliding in a landing. I personally put my students in jumpsuits if for no other reason simply to keep their street cloths clean. Kirk
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    I think the main charateristic for an ideal main canopy when wingsuit flying would be to fly straight with line twists. That being said, Sabre 2's seem quite popular with the wingsuit flyers. I personally fly Crossfire 2 130 loaded 1:85 to 1 and love it. Kirk PS: I find that on my Skyflier 3 an aggressive throw of the pilot chute helps against line twist. Anyway for me it does. The only line twist I have had on my S3 all had a weak throw of the pilot chute.
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    One last thing if you find a place that will let you jump at your current weight make sure the gear that you will be using is rated for that much weight. While I know harnesses are tested at higher weights they have a maximum suspended weight on them that the manufacture has thoroughly tested it to. Suspended weigh it you with all the gear on. Some DZ may exceed the manufacture limits but I would personally not. Kirk
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    I would suggest calling PD and having them send out a PD143R for you to demo. I think it cost some where in the area of $40.00 and they can get them out to you pretty quick. This would either give you the confidence to down size to it or would let you know you are not ready for it. Kirk
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    Hi: There are several problems you are going to face being as heavy as you are in skydiving. First as stated above you are going to have to buy your own gear in order to skydive. I believe most all standard skydiving gear is rated at 250 lbs. So you will need a special rig in order to skydive and will probably be somewhere in the area of $7000 for gear. The next problem is your going to fall very very fast. This will make it difficult for instructor to fly with you, so on top of buying your own rig you are going to need a special jumpsuit and even then instructors are going to have trouble keeping up with you. Besides all of that there comes the physical fitness aspect of skydiving. It is quite a liability issue for any DZ to take up students that are far from physically fit. Kirk