murps2000

Hey Dude, Watch your tone. Getting mad at someone over the internet is a worthless pursuit. It just makes you look bad. Please watch your tone and your language. Spizzzarko Rules The World!!!*** Hey, I don't see your name in green! Besides, who cares about his tone? He jumps a batwing. Let's face it, why bother using slinks on a batwing? That would be like getting a K&N filter for your Corolla. Ooooh, gotta pull that slider down and get some speed, right?

How many G's do you have to be pushing to have that happen?! *** I really don't know. I didn't have G-meter or anything. Although I wonder myself. It was enough, several I'm sure. It was serious.

Yes, rapid onset of multiple G fom the spin. I guess fighter pilots would consider it negative G. I now fully understand the concept of "red-out". They didn't get that red right away, but that was maybe the 2nd day after.

Yes. Eyes bleeding.

Love your sense of humour! *** I'm sorry not everyone can appreciate it, but it's good that you can. A sense of humor is an essential asset if you're ever in a hospital for any length of time. On the serious side, I've jumped a few crossfires 1 & 2, 1.4 to 1.9 WL range, but I never really wrung them out. It was easy to see that it's an advanced canopy. Like others who have already posted, I think that bringing a solid set of prerequisite skills and some experience to the table before buying it is a good idea. Not only will it make you safer, but you will get more enjoyment out of flying it. Think of it this way, it would be a shame to get that canopy, and just about the time that you start getting comfortable with it, and really want to have some fun, it's due for a reline. Better to wear out the Safire preparing for the Crossfire.

Exited a Cessna 206 with someone attached to the front of me for the 25th time. Went into a drogue side down side spin. Four thousand feet later I'd managed to get us belly to earth and I threw the drogue. As it was her first jump I couldn't let her know exactly what had happened. It's difficult to sound cool, calm and collected when seconds earlier you were sure you were both going to die. *** I've so been there, sister. Did you also worry if you we're going to freak out your student on the ground when you took off your goggles and your eyes were bleeding? That was one of my thoughts, but luckily they didn't turn solid red for a day. Do you also find it difficult to describe to another jumper the forces involved in a real side spin?

I've been jumping 17 of the last 30 years. I was actively reading skydiving stuff during the other years. I've never witnessed a blowjob, and have no desire to do so. The one time I thought I was going to see someone get a nut, I looked away at the crucial time, but, well, he didn't get one (I no longer remember the exact circumstances). I wasn't disappointed.

Hmmmmm. Don't know if you have posted this to stir things up or what. Bear in mind that if i get a blowjob even now at my early stages, it is likely to be a friend of mine. And even if it wasn't i still don't want to see it. I really hope you don't think this.

this has been viewed nearly 100x but only 4 have responded. i probably threw in 10 of those views because i kept reopening to make sure that was REALLY what you wrote. i guess i don't know what to say yet. it's disturbing to say the least. a check list? i hope not! you're making it sound like something you would enjoy.

Thanks! Calculator Converter between DA & WL Hope this works for all the jumpers that can't do math. I'll prissy it up with more DAs and navigation. No, thank you. That was slick. Quantified the answer to one of my undying questions for the past 5 years.

Go for it, and practice swooping with it right away. On that canopy, you will learn quickly what not to do. Get a fast motorcycle, too. And sleep with loose women. And be sure to drink often and to excess. You're good enough to do it now. Go get 'em, tiger. Totally inappropriate response for this forum. I know you guys get tired of hearing the same old story over and over again, but please refrain from being facetious. Seriously... Chuck

That is way cool. You just mathematically demonstrated the answer to a question often needed to be answered by trial and error. Thank you, and thanks to C. in U.S.A. for asking the question. So in order to fly the same as my 2:1 canopy at sea level, I'd need something loaded 1.72:1 at 5K, and 1.57:1 at 8K, assuming the same model parachute, of course. That's a bigger difference than I thought it would be. Do you have reference to a chart that lists slugs/cubic feet (air mass, correct?) for different density altitudes?

The original point I was trying to make was that soft links are not 'better' then metal links!*** That's like saying a Katana is not better than a Batwing.

For both my 100th and 1000th, I was lulled into a false sense of security by cunning women who promptly pied me. *** I so feel your pain.

Ok. Open my eyes! What have I missed? *** Well, I don't know how it is in Finland. Maybe nobody cares if you jump through clouds, so have fun. In the U.S. you're allowed to jump around clouds, but not through them. To stay legal, you need to open at least 1000 ft (300m+) above them and fly around. The thing is, you're expected to be 2000 ft. away horizontally as you descend past them, which means you need to be open higher still. This is the law and it's a good idea. The clouds are for people flying with instruments and a working transponder, so they're visible to Air Traffic Control. Even more than other VFR traffic, skydivers shouldn't be in clouds, because they have no transponder, and no radio. They are invisible to ATC radar, and can take down large aircraft. Any pilot of an aircraft legally flying with IFR clearance through clouds, whether over a dropzone or not, has every right to expect that skydivers won't be there. Now, I've met a pretentious skydiver or two over the years who selfishly felt otherwise. I may have even been one of them, but here in the U.S. we also admit to nothing.

??? Imagine you are the last, you can see the ground and you can see some clouds too. You are not out of spot and the airspace is clear. Why to ride the plane down? This is absurd. *** I bet I would have asked myself the same question, and jumped just like you did. And I bet most people giving you shit about it also would have when they had 200 jumps.

Oh boy, God help us. I hope GWB will make we'll make a well thought out decision on this.*** Sorry, I had to be the first. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHHH! Don't worry so much. Maybe our intelligence reliability hasn't improved much since before the Iraq war. That would mean that North Korea is only getting ready to test an M-80 and some bottle rockets.

If we have no more wars then the planet will suffer from over population which, historically speaking, leads to more wars.*** Well, hopefully the Mars program will takeoff. We can then send some of the population there. There's enough room on Mars that we could go at least, say, 50 years before having wars there.

then he stopped. Side note: This is the same kid that told me the company let him put his parents' pre-fab home on the foundation, using the bulldozer all on his own *** Gotta love the ones that insult your intelligence. I have worked at different times over the years with: a light industrial machine assembler who claimed to be a professional shoot fighter and to have invented an adjustable camshaft for Chevrolet V-8's; an ironworker apprentice who claimed to know and regularly hang out with Shaquille O'neil; and a painters helper who claimed that, in addition to being quite close with all the members of the country band "Diamond Rio" (A band whose members all have mullets. Coincedence?), once on the side of the highway, a sherriff's deputy let him shoot a deer that had been hit by a car with the deputy's sidearm. In fact, as I recall, at every job I've ever had, there's always been that one one guy who was simply... the liar. I've also heard a whuffo skydiver in a bar claim that he sometimes jumps at Washington Dulles Int'l. I've heard enough that anymore I waste absolutely no time in pointing out the lies coming out of the liar's lie-hole. Hey skyhi, check this out: http://www.afn.org/skydive/sta/highperf.pdf

"I pulled my main and it just broke off. They hadn't trained me for something like that to happen." Then lands in power lines. Blames his equipment and bad luck. Looks old so this is probably a repost. *** Yeah, it is, but keep it out there. Every skydiver needs to get a good look at this guy in case they see him on the street so he can be properly shamed. I would so love to overhear this guy talking about his "ordeal" in a bar.

Secondary reason is in case I find myself needing to cutaway below my decision altitude; RSL's can be lifesavers when you're down and dirty.*** Do you vary your hard deck based on whether or not your RSL is hooked up?

Two meters sounds normal. I know one guy that had hesitation problems and got a longer one to help, but he does all hop & pops. Most everyone uses a bridle the same size as yours. I'd take Bill's advice, and look at the pilot chute. You might try cocking it before you put it in the bag, then checking it again right after, if you don't already.

Now I'm leaning more towards pilot chute in burble. I'm really tempted to say it's just that the canopy is too big for the container, but I know that's probably not the case. I've checked the kill line length on my pilot chute and it's fine.*** How long is your bridle?

I'd have to agree with you there. The statistics are bad- but for those of us who fly high performance canopies responsibly, why should we have to pay the price for the idiots of the world? Maybe stronger and harsher penalties would help- maybe they won't- but a wing-loading BSR is not the answer.

and 91.113 (2) A glider has the right-of-way over an airship, powered parachute, weight-shift-control aircraft, airplane, or rotorcraft. The FAA has already ruled that personal parachutes have right-of-way over other aircraft except balloons. *** They haven't. In Far 91.113, parachutists or freefalling skydivers are not mentioned in the pecking order. They should be, but they are not. AC-66A states: "When a drop zone has been established on an airport, parachutists are expected to land within the drop zone. At airports that have not established drop zones, parachutists should avoid landing on runways, taxiways, aprons, and their associated safety areas. Pilots and parachutists should both be aware of the limited flight performane of parachutes, and take steps to avoid any potential conflicts between aircraft and parachute operations." So maybe the FAA would find that it's both the jumper's & glider pilot's responsibility to avoid each other, and possibly the jumpship pilot's as well.