elias123

*Drool* "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

Awesome dude. "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

I think the jump reccomendation is at 50 jumps for PF tracking gear. "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

I fly an Atom Classic. Has worked fine for me for 200 jumps now. And as stiff enough to properly stay closed. And as Dragon2 says, I always make sure the last flaps etc. are stiff enough to properly stay closed. "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

My apolliloggies to you Scotty, I didn't mean for this thread to get so off course

I didn't made a search. I mainly just heard what Sangi himself told me. And I fully agree with you on the V3/loaded handgun comparision. Again, I share my opinion with you on this one. I don't see why someone would get offended by that. Just to be clear, a skygod for me is someone who has just made like his 500th or something, can go HD and starts saying to instuctors at the DZ with 1000's of jumps that their method of teaching is wrong and that they should listen to them. The skygods you are refering to are, in my opinion, not skygods, but guru's :) Those are IMO the people who don't have the ego's and have all the knowledge and will always be opeen to help other people become safer in the sport. "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

Woot!

Absolutely true. But the website IMO does have something to do with it, be it indirectly. Some remarks that people make (and I'm not specifically talking about anyone) are quite rude. I hear people saying how they'd love to get more people in the sport, but how is that gonna work if some of the experienced jumpers on DZ.com keep 'dissing' them, being basically rude etc. It demotivates people to continue jumping IMO. And that I find really sad. Agreed. Well, I'm not saying that it's the skygods who are to blame for this, definitely not. You're right, it does seem a bit offbase to say that. It's just that people who have more experience, and act like they know everything (a.k.a. some skygods, not all of them, actually I shouldn't have said the word skygod, that was wrong on my part, it's just some people who think or know that they're the shit who give him shit I think) who acted condesending towards him. That I would not know. I can't read Sangi's mind

That was at a time when Sangi knew next to nothing about BASE and just started to get interested in it. What prompted that question why the suits didn't "blow up" is because he presumed that base openings are such mega slammers that this might be a damaging factor to a wingsuit. (Edit to add: Sangi meant the following: "I just meant how can the bodies withstand the severe opening shock of the canopy opening") Giving advice with zero experience is just plain wrong, I definitely agree with you on that one! What is strange about that? There is only one elias123 as well... If your talking about other people who act like Sangi, then I presume that those guys just got so fed up with bullshit condesending remarks here that they just left this site for what it is and actually went to do some real skydiving! That I do understand, and is something only Sangi himself can resolve, if he wants to. "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

As a matter of fact, yes, you are missing something. I know Sangi personally and he's actually a really nice guy. The reason that he post the posts that he posts (quite negatively loaded usually) is because when he was new to this site, and asked questions, he always got smartass remarks from the ''oh-so-experienced" skygods who dissed him alot. I guess that's why he now has a more 'bitter' approach to the posts he makes. It's because all the reply's that Sangi got in the past from posters that are plain rude, that he is becoming rude as well. I'd say, people reap what they sow. I find it realy sad to have to discuss about this stuff, and while you might think that Sangi is the biggest dickhead on this site, it is actually this very site and some of the posters on here that made him this way! So I don't think those guys should be bitching about the way Sangi acts on these forums now. Always when he asked a skydive related question he got bullshit remarks, never a straight answer to his question... And that's what I kinda have a problem with. How the hell are you gonna learn stuff here if half of the time people answer like they know best, you know nothing, and communicate that in a patronizing way. Btw: I thought personal attacks like "Sangi is the biggest idiot on this site" were not allowed ... Great moderating guys... "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

Sounds like you handled that situation and everything after that perfectly. Nice job man!

Hey, that's me in there! Woot woot Very nice video buddy! "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

Thanks guys!

"In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

Here's a little somethin' I put together last night. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mxTaRpPzwI "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

Nice, rodeo jumps are awesome!

Very nice looking suit! :) "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

Scott, May I ask you something ... ? I've seen the same question asked 4 times already. Do you have any actual wingsuit water landings? Any hands-on experience? There's a lot of writing, yet not a single answer... Blues! "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

Wow Man, That 3D video is really cool! I can't wait to see your future projects! Keep up the good work and see you on Sunday for some fun flying! :) Eli "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

Just out of curiosity Scott ... You seem to know a lot about wingsuit water landings. How many actual waterlandings in a wingsuit have you actually done yourself? Eli :) "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

And those who can't teach, teach gym. "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

lol "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

You thought right. "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

Hmmm, weird. I'll have to ask my rigger to take a good look at that issue then I guess. Still sounds safest to me to change the battery's when the Vigil will be installed in my buddy's rig, just to be on the safe side. Thanks for your input! "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

It sure does :) I was thinking something along the lines of 800 USD (650 EUR). Since the battery's life span is 4 years, it has six months left. Also because, like you say, it's a Vigil 1, I'll knock of some dough for that, and also because I'm selling it to a friend. But at least now I know that the amount I had in mind is not at all unreasonable and that I'm not ripping of my buddy :) Thanks for your reply dude! "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"