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There are enough drawbacks that all non-student and non-tandem Atoms with factory-installed RSL/LOR2 systems I've ever seen here are modified to onesided RSL and 1 reservepin. I've had that explained to me once (I had a modified Atom like that for a first rig) but I can't remember why the mods are apparently routinely done (locally at least) so I won't repeat it here. I very much liked the result with the 1 pin though as it's a 9-shaped pin with the RSL directly attached to it instead of the more usual guiderings for the reserve cable. However one point of interest of the French 9-shaped pins are that they prevent the ripcord to pass through the reserve housing and it is thus possible to lose your reserve ripcord if it slips off the pin after a cutaway and you already let go of it, although mine stayed nicely attached 3 times ciel bleu, Saskia

INSTALLED? Here it's USD 750 for a safire 1 lineset ciel bleu, Saskia

Some where around 350-380 jumps. Did a lot of CRW jumps starting jumpnumber 100, BMI made me do some 20-30 freefly before my FFC. Did OK if I say so myself, awareness was good and performance too. For jumping with others however more FS/FS4 type jumps would've benefitted me greatly I'm sure. ciel bleu, Saskia

Nikon is absolutely fine. The more expensive models are excellent to jump. The Nikon starter models however do not have a wired remote (D40, D40x, D60) so if you want a starter camera (ie, low budget and lightweight) you need to buy Canon. From D80 and up the choice is yours. Remotes for nikon are no more hassle than remotes for the prosumer and pro canon cameras: some switches for these cameras can be bought ready-to-go, some need buying the right remote and using the plug from that. The remote for the canon starter cameras are the easiest as most switches can be bought ready-to-go. After buying Canon's piece of $%^ 300D I was very displeased as I loved my previous Canon D30, I promptly made the switch to Nikon, and I now happily jump a D80 and a D200 ciel bleu, Saskia

When I got my horse's license (don't know if you have an equivalent, it's so you can rent a horse and people will know you know what you're doind and you need it to compete outside of small local meets) I had to do basic first aid, both for rider and for horse. I thought it was a good idea. It was very basic indeed but atleast you get people who stress out less when something happens, and who have a better idea how to behave themselves when more knowledgeable people get to the scene (ie, help if needed and not get in the way) and stuff. Mostly it's about recognizing symptoms and staying safe and how to best inform the medics and stuff. If you keep it to that, no one is going to sue you and yet you can make a difference

Of course he will I haven't jumped in a country yet where that would be a problem. Best part is, he will not have to comply with the USA repack cycle should he go there if either main or reserve is not tso'd, a big plus in my book ciel bleu, Saskia

Not everyone shoots topmount. What about the sidemounters? Or anyone using helmets made for specific camera's? Everyone just needs to buy a FTP and new boxes? Maybe have to buy 2 new cameras each? And new switches probably too... Adds up pretty quickly. But I'm more concerned about national organisations not going to buy new equipment anytime soon. And have the people to use it too. Our judges, no way... If the FAI mandates anything else but firewire, we cannot handle it. Not now. And we're likely not the only ones. Sure in a few years time, but for now, this year we had 1 guy show up with a cx6 at nationals, just one. So, not really a big problem here, yet. Most people have their trusty older cameras or hc5, newbie flyers buy the cx6. But those newbies are going to film teams, well some of them, so we'll have to deal eventually ciel bleu, Saskia

And how do you suppose that works in the real world? We used to judge using composite video, using VHS. Now we have dvd burners and input firewire SD quality, 4:3 or 16:9 we don't care. We require this, so FINALLY no more old camera which only have composite (and yes someone wanted to use one for Worlds CF ...). Now if you show up with a CX-type camera (which wasn't allowed but as a backup, in an emergency, ...) you are going to have to dub using composite which is less resolution than SD so more difficult to judge and may cost you points. WHAT do you propose we use for AVCHD and all it's variants? Buy lots of quadcore computers to use for dubbing? With what software? Buy lots of licenses of premiere pro cs4? Are you kidding And then what, we require ALL cameraflyers to deliver the same format? All Sony AVCHD? There's only a small percentage of competitive cameraflyers using those, so far. At least here and for the CF worlds there was NONE. BTW the region agnostics isn't entirely true, you're still dealing with framerate differences which may very well be used to cheat (been done before) so that'll have to be checked. I think the skydiving world isn't ready to make the switch yet. Maybe in a few years. ciel bleu, Saskia

Also don´t forget to check your video on a computer not just on a tv, as the computer will show quite a bit more on all edges and it is really amateurish if people play your DVD on a tv screen and suddenly see dark corners bouncing around or the inside of the lens or top of the stills lens. Also very very annoying if someone has to edit video like that and still make it look good I tend to excuse sidemounters with a .3 or .2 lens that show some goggle though if they fly AFF or coach jump inside video and are not getting paid for perfect video just for debrief video. But then I won´t fix their footage for the daily videos either ciel bleu, Saskia

Okay, I'll bite ... what is a "phi" this is a phi ciel bleu, Saskia

A max ratio of 1:1 is what most would advise, yes. You´d be loading a 150 at 1.15 however if 150 lbs is your body weight not your exit weight. A 150 is a high performance canopy just because of its size so as a medium- to lightweight jumper you want to start off on a lighter wingload than a heavier jumper would. ciel bleu, Saskia

I jump a D200 with one of Lazlo's plugs, no need to go hacking yourself. Although this particular remote isn't that hard to wire, easy to get off-brand cheaper ones and they come with a 90o angle always. Would love a D700 but, $$$$ You'd need a 16mm to get the same angle as with the 10.5mm, not a cheap lens although the sigma 15mm may work too but I haven't seen that one used on a FF camera yet. The D700 is a lot of camera though compared to the XT and the D70s, it's way better quality wise but way heavier too. If I'm doing 8-10 jumps a day next season I'm not sure I'll jump my D200, probably have go back to my D80 to save my neck/back ciel bleu, Saskia

They're collector's items. Also, aside from the fact that (old?) military rounds are not something most people would even want to jump when the canopies are in good condition, the lines got cut for a reason. At best they were in good condition and surplus, at worst they were unjumpable for some reason. ciel bleu, Saskia

Cool huh Now go make some more ciel bleu, Saskia

He wants to edit AVCHD Which those programs CANNOT do. ciel bleu, Saskia

LOL well all fakes of the Nikon usb-type remotes I've found so far are MC-1 copies, so all will work for both D70s and D80. ciel bleu, Saskia

Haven't seen any "fake" D90 remotes yet, on ebay or anywhere else. Will probably not take long though for some to show up ciel bleu, Saskia

What do you mean by Verticled ? Scored a vertical? Ie, missed the gates so got a 0. ciel bleu, Saskia

Do the crossfire1's and 2's scale this way as well? Thanks. No just safire 1 and omega. ciel bleu, Saskia

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Which is why if you do see stunts like playing with the drogue, atmonauti tandems and so on, they're generally done in not-so-lawsuit-crazy-Europe ciel bleu, Saskia

The few voodoos i've seen here (what the heck is a real voodoo? are there fake ones? lol they're kinda hard to miss), not all looked that well and the ones that didn't didn't have their original canopy size in them. Also spoke to a rep when I was shopping for my rig, got the same story: if you switch canopies (sizes) around a lot don't buy a voodoo. I think this is worse for the smaller rigs than the bigger ones, as the sides of the rig come in too far over the reserve container for my comfort when the canopy is on the small side. There's not that many voodoos around here as they're expensive, most are a few years old maybe they've changed something recently, wouldn't know. Just telling you what I've seen and heard. ciel bleu, Saskia

I've had from CRW Storm 150 with dacron lines to eliptical 120 with skinny lines in my VooDoo sized for a 135. It is knowing how to stuff a container. It's easy to ruin the lines though, a voodoo looks "bad" pretty easy if canopy size is off, and a too-small main esp. on a small rig makes the sides come in over the reserve a lot, that may have more consequences than just bad looks. Like I said, a voodoo wouldn't be my first choice if switching canopies around a lot (which I tend to lo a lot of LOL), most other rigs work better for that. ciel bleu, Saskia

A .9 wingloading on a Vengeance? Wonder how his openings are..? That canopy is not made for very low wingloadings infact my 135 is already too big really at 1.2-1.3, leading to slow inflation of endcells leading to occasional assymetrical openings. I find a V120 @ 1.4 opens much better for me. ciel bleu, Saskia