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What the hell does that mean If means that some things just don't translate. If I translate it back to Dutch or even my best Flemisch it still doesn't make any sense ciel bleu, Saskia

It's legal, because he's not a Dutch jumper and it's not a DZ, he doesn't have to follow KNVvL regs. Maybe he has to follow his OWN regs, but otherwise, no "hassle" like a minimum pull altitude, and rules against jumping a BASE rig out of an airplane/chopper.The BR and BVR are not "laws", you only abide by them if you want to keep your Dutch license. If something bad happens during one of these stunts (last time Felix opened very low above a crowd too) guess who'll take the blame though?! KNVvL. ciel bleu, Saskia

It can be cold, and it probably is way more windy too. Also, it's fun We sometimes do canopy formation from 12000ft, except some whiners think that's too high If you want to open higher then normal, be sure to ask your instructor or later manifest if that's ok, due to other aircraft, other jumpers, the weather, local regulations ett it may not be. If you're allowed to open very high, make sure the other jumpers realise this, and you will probably be last out. ciel bleu, Saskia

That's what I'm doing. Usually I jump a Spectre 135 (WL 1:1.15 with no lead). Now I'm demo-ing a Vengeance 135. That canopy is way more fun to fly and is plenty fast, feels faster then my Triathlon 120 for sure. Except for the $%^& openings I love the Vengeance.... ciel bleu, Saskia

An easy way to get some canopies into linetwists is a sharp turn one way directly followed by a sharp turn the other way. ciel bleu, Saskia

A good pilot for me would be someone who: Knows how the GPS works (a mile is a mile is a mile, or not...) Knows about different disciplines/groups or is willing to listen (give green early if there's 3 newbie FS4 teams, let me out on a looong spot since I have a wingsuit, stuff like that) Makes decent turnaround times but not at the cost of the jumpers Will smile/geek for the camera for tandem video etc Is very safety-conscious of course Knows how to find the holes Will give us extra alti whenever possible ciel bleu, Saskia

Exactly my thoughts! And I did have a 2 out once, and even with a 230 main and a 256 reserve they downplaned eventually. So I just get a reserve I trust myself with, regardless of what I'm jumping as a main. I got into a discussion on a different forum with a guy who won't repack a rig if the size difference between main and reserve is too big in his opinion (30% or more), both ways, unless the main is very small. ciel bleu, Saskia

I'm really pro-rsl, but I personally don't use my rsl for wingsuit jumps, and since I also fly camera and do ocasional CRW, I leave mine disconnected even for the rare FS or FF jump. I also have had 4 "real" cutaways and 2 intentional cutaways. Does anyone here use an rsl for wingsuit jumps? If so, why? If not, why? Like I said, I don't, and I tend to tell people that are experienced enough (IMO) to leave it off for a wingsuit jump, but if they are not, te keep it on if they feel better about that. ciel bleu, Saskia

I contemplated landing with just the brake lines or rears when one time I found after a birdman jump my toggles wouldn't unstow at first. Turned out my packer had looped the slack (I lengtened my brakelines so there's a lot) around the keeper tape a couple times, instead of folding it in Usually I set my own brakes, but for some reason didn't that jump. I had opened high so had some time, because of the very high winds (I spend my entire wingsuit jump from 16 k to 5k above the freeway, widthwise!) I didn't really want to chop it. I got first one then both my brakes yanked loose (the tape got yanked all out of shape but it stayed on) before my decision altitude so I'll never know, but right now I'd prolly not chop, and not cut the lines either. However I'd then like some wind to land into... and preferably both brakes should be stuck ciel bleu, Saskia

Hook up with a birdman instructor, he or she can answer all that, and can also say if you're ready to start birdman jumps or not. ciel bleu, Saskia

See http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1669651;search_string=exit%20atmonauti;#1669651 ciel bleu, Saskia

How does it give lift? My camera suit is almost entirely ZP on the front, wings and all. I need the smooth ZP for speed! This is a tight suit though. ciel bleu, Saskia

Hmm according to Section 5 we now need only 3 judges for a swoop record, 2 of which have to be FAI. We still don't have 2 FAI swoop judges here, but that's only a matter of time, hopefully

He may have had a good reason for this. On a lot of the older Cessnas, there was a problem whereby the seat could come loose from it's track attachment on the floor and slide all the way backwards. Of course, when this happened, the pilots could no longer reach the pedals or they jerked the wheel backwards with them. It killed quite a few Cessna pilots on takeoff... We had one of the students (I think, not sure) ruin one of the small airplanes (I'm thinking C172 but could be wrong) from the flight school at our DZ that way: after fueling he taxied away when the seat shot back and he couldn't reach the pedals and hit the airport jeep, which was parked (luckily) in front of the airport restaurant terrace next to us, where people were sitting outside... I missed the hit itself but after the bang I saw pieces of jeep flying through the air... The pilot then immediately started the engine again! The jeep was fixed but it had a lot of ducktape on it for a couple weeks. Don't know about the airplane... ciel bleu, Saskia

Oh btw, I didn't mean to say that a verticalled score would count as a record in any way, official or not. It would've been an unofficial world record however had he not verticalled and made it, since we do not have the required 16 FAI swoop judges for an official world record! We have exactly one in the Netherlands. We do not even have 16 FAI swoop judges in the whole of Europe, I think. I know Germany has only one, too. How many are there in the USA? I think the IPC rules are somewhat overdone on this one! ciel bleu, Saskia

This kind of comment really annoys me. A vertical earns you a score of 0 for a good reason. It's not "almost" a world record or an "unofficial" world record. As far as I know Jonathan Tagle still holds that title and he earned it by going through the gates. True, but in this case it was not a case of 'just' coming in too high, he just pulled his legs up a split second too soon, is what I meant. ciel bleu, Saskia

I used to wear mine on the inside of my pro-tec, secured to the helmet by 3 elastic bands tied together (the middle band goes on the outside, feed the top and bottom bands through the holes and put your pro-track - or neptune or whatever - in the 2 loops on the inside), this way I wouldn't drop it when walking back to the hangar etc. ciel bleu, Saskia

It is Jay, and this is not even hislongest swoop, he did 2 like that. Unfortunately he verticalled them both because he kept pulling up his legs just before the gate Otherwise, new unofficial world record ciel bleu, Saskia

Think you'll have better luck with this in the camera forum. ciel bleu, Saskia

Held in down-under Seppe, with coaching from Jay Moledzki. Movie: http://www.12000ft.com/video/17.html ciel bleu, Saskia

It's helpful to reduce the size of the picture first, then the quality, leaves a higher quality file though smaller in size than this one. Although this one is not so bad really. ciel bleu, Saskia

Ok I can see that but it then becomes a more of a speciality shot type of thing..... I can thinkof a few fun shots as well but still not an every jump thing.. Scott C. It saves your neck, since the weight of the camera is on your belly. CaTo at least is jumping one full time, she even has two so she can switch viewpoints in flight .

If you put atmo out first in an upwind jumprun what would their flightplan be? If they go 45o or less upwind they may run into a FS member, if they go 90o or more they may not make it back. We run multiple groups (of whatever moving kind) like this: one goes left, one goes right, one goes left, etc. This works, as long as no-one crosses jumprun on the way back. This also works with the occasional high puller that wants to pull at 7 or so, stay on your side of jumprun. I still prefer just one moving group; I find it easier to keep an eye out for more stationary groups or solos, but with all the birdman and atmonauti hype you can't expect that all the time... ciel bleu, Saskia

No not even in IE. In firefox all I get is Vladi. ciel bleu, Saskia

50 I think, but was on the SL a long time and wasn't in a great hurry to get my stuff signed off. ciel bleu, Saskia