SethInMI

Why would it matter what color the handles were if you could not see them? I would think the situation you are implying would be if you COULD see your handles and due to disorientation and harness shifting and because they look identical you decided to pull the wrong one. (I have dual color coordinated pillow handles btw) It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

I literally lol'ed. Need a plate of goatse cookies to go with the coffee! It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

Nice to hear from a lurker! I was just paraphrasing the website, so the comparison on recovery arc is nzaero's, not mine. I am interested in the xfire3, so if you get a chance to jump one come back here and give a review. Seth It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

In both cases, I read it as they are comparing to the previous generation. The xfire 2 has a longer recovery arc that the xfire1. The xfire3 has a longer recovery arc than the xfire2. Seth It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

This one fell flat for me. My dad retired O-6 and he was never late for work. I just can't imagine some one could get to flag rank and have trouble getting to work on time. (or want to work at walmart) It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

Yeah, Cubs fans know how it feels to lose 3-1. That 2003 LCS loss to the same organization (Marlins) was burned into the our collective memory, especially game 6, the Bartman game. Since the Marlins won the resulting WS in 6 games, cubs fans believe that they would have too. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

you may also look into rigs that will fit you with one modification, either changing the lats or changing the MLW. Even with the modification cost it should be less than a new container. Seth It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

https://youtu.be/RtjS3KN162s Dan deacon. Learning to relax. This track has been in my workout list for a while now. Love the video too, hypnotic and fun. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

Why is that? If you are doing CReW, you don't want a foot (or anything else) wrapped up in someone else's bridle. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

to balance out the USPA bitching that occasionally pops up here, I want to thank Parachutist in general and Annette O'Neil specifically for the 18k jumpable days series. Keeping a specific sport magazine like ours fresh month after month can't be easy, and reading about the old timers is a great way to bring new stories and content to us. I laughed out loud at least once reading some of those stories, as we all know there was some crazy shit that went down, and at least a little bit more has now been shared. After 10+ years as a member, I don't open the mag to see the boogie and specialty jump pics, I want to learn something new about gear, about the sport, or the people who made it what it is. Lately Parachutist has been doing a great job with that, with Tales from the Bonfire, the Profiles, and features from history. So thanks, keep up the good work. Seth I do appreciate the place for pics though, having got my little face in the mag years ago. :) It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

Thanks for the reply. When I said "hand deployed" I meant using your hand to start deployment by pulling the ripcord, not the clearest choice of words. I agree I totally misread the chart and mentally doubled the number of jumps to split them into standard deployment (for peaks) and 10+ sec drougefall deployments. So to clarify, all the non-AAD initiated launches had two steps: 1. pull the ripcord to launch PC 2. pull the "drogue release" to initiate deployment after waiting the 10+ seconds. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

Interesting. I assume that this was created in part to address John Sherman's criticism of Bill Booth's PC design? Observations/Questions: 1. If I called up a manufacturer, could they tell me what letter they are, or is there a NDA on the data? (I assume the manf were told what letter they were). 2. The sample sizes were small, and there was a lot of variation, but there are some clear differences. The highest sustained drag was about 1.6x the lowest, not as much as the 3x John mentioned in a post a few years ago http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=4286259#4286259 3. Also interesting is the fact the terminal AAD fired deployments drag measurements were lower than the hand-deployed terminal deployments. This was true for all manufacturers. I assume the hand deploy is tipping the body and getting the pc in the airstream faster (no burble). 4. Would be really good to have documented the time for deployment too, and alt loss, at least to bag extraction or line extension, but with just a load cell for testing that would be challenging. Seth It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

Luke's interview starts at the 53:30 mark in the podcast. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

[thewarisover.gif] edit: I did it as a joke, but I can't stand that. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

Yes. Why that? Because it shows Gary is a smart man that has a backup option? Just like a free solo climb is more impressive than the same route done as a trad sport climb, operating without a backup shows a very high confidence in yourself, and it's only foolhardy if that confidence is misplaced. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

I would say +/- 1" for torso length (MLW) You are much skinnier than he was, and so the lats are going to be long and the rig a little too loose I would think, which is a bigger deal if you are backflying or sitflying. You can always get the MLW and lats changed, but that adds cost. I would budget for a lat change, but others may feel differently. Seth It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

Like sammilieu said, normally you check your own measurements against the recommendations for the rig itself, not against the rig owner's measurements. This is done because you may not know who the rig was originally built for, or if the owner has changed in dimension (gained or lost weight) or if the owner liked the rig to be slightly larger or smaller than recommended in a certain way. Seth It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

Links in the above 2 posts point to the same youtube video. Video Cliff Notes: the video is H. Cloth discussing the operation of the WS cypres device. 1. It has two modes (wingsuit and canopy) 2. It switches modes automatically. 3. When it does, an audible in the helmet sounds a 10 second long warbling tone. That is it for details. No information on what parameters govern the switch, or how the device may be "fooled" (the reason for the audible). It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

Interesting thinking about this the past few days. Obviously you really don't want it switching to canopy mode until you are under canopy. I think the easiest way to do that is to make the check time longer, so that your average descent rate must be under X mph for Y seconds (under 20 mph for 30 sec for example), long enough that a wingsuit flare would not set it off. Then after deployment you would expect / wait for the canopy mode chime while you are finishing up your housekeeping, unzipping, slider stow, chest strap, etc. Once you hear the chime you can pop the brakes and go. It will be a lot easier for the community to experiment with the canopy mode detection, as that feature will be activated every skydive. Contrast this with the cutter firing logic which is difficult / costly for a skydiver to experiment with. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

I have not read any details on the audible signals, but just thinking about this it would make the sense to me to have a signal about 300-500 ft above activation altitude that would be friendly sounding if you were NOT in wingsuit mode, and scary sounding if you were. If you did not hear either tone, that meant you would be best to play it safe and conservative under canopy, and on the ground check the system to see what failed. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

The odds of every toss up state going for Trump is considerably less than equal to half of them going for Trump. There's probably a bell shaped curve in there. You guys are talking past each other, as is par for the course here in Speakers Corner. jcd says "all 1024 outcomes are equally likely" quade says "the chance of trump winning all 10 states is very unlikely" both of these are true. of the 1024 outcomes, the number of outcomes where trump won all states is 1 (very unlikely). the number of outcomes where he won exactly 50% of the states is 252 (~25% still unlikely), and more than 50% is 386 (%38 still unlikely) the reason for the non-trivial result of ~0.29 win probability is the electoral votes in each state are not equal, so trump has to win large states or a lot of small states. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

Well technically at that point it is not a BASE jump, it is a jump from an aircraft. But it could be a popular BASE style option in that it could open up terrain lines (especially for wingsuits) that don't have the cliff vertical required for an exit point. Basically similar to what guys do now with a helicopter, but on a smaller scale. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

I agree control is the hard problem. I'm not a jet expert, but I would think some sort of thrust vectoring would be needed, maybe just a vane in the exhaust flow of each turbine? He apparently is controlling it with a wireless? handheld controller. There is quite a bit of water spray indicating downwash. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

WAY bigger. No. The titan has a diameter of 5.8", so four turbines in a cube would be about a foot square. That is about the spacing of the raised box he has between his feet, and it is clear the height of the box is about the 15" length of the titan. I'm not saying that the titan is what is being used, but it is reasonable. And not showing the takeoff and landings in one clean shot each screams fake. Not saying it is fake, but why... It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

reading a few of the comments on the videos, turbines are available with the packaging and thrust required. check out www.amtjets.com. Watching the craft fly over the camera at the end of the video, it looks like 4 circular openings on the bottom? The amt titan has 80lb thrust, so 4 of them would work. But the titan sells for over 10k Euro apiece. Basically this is probably $50k in parts. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".