SethInMI

the landing sizes are in this draft AC: http://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/draft_150_5300_13_chg19.pdf I attached a screen shot of the relevant page. For students, it is the equivalent area to a 200m diameter circle, for tandems a 100m diameter circle, and for experienced (licensed) jumpers a 24m circle, if this goes through, it most likely only a problem for student programs. At one DZ that I jump at under the new rules the main landing area would have a PLA of approx 200,000 sq feet, (a 620x330 ft rectangle), so students would not be able to land there, and would have to land a long way away, a logistical PITA because the radio person would have to be driven out there. I don't see much good in the new rules. A circular area PLA is best because it is independent of wind direction. A larger area that is a narrow rectangle is going to be LESS safe if the wind is cross wind, and if it is farther from the hanger it could involve more runway and taxiway crossings by walking or riding jumpers heading back to the hanger. Seth It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

So once again, Twardo is the voice of reason. Using the USPA definition from the SIM section 7: An exhibition jump, also called a demonstration or display jump, is a jump at a location other than an existing drop zone done for the purpose of reward, remuneration, or promotion and principally for the benefit of spectators. As I read it Spence is correct, this jump was NOT a demo according the USPA, and so 3rd party insurance would have covered the jump. I think everyone agrees that a jumper should/should have treated such a jump like a demo and flown a conservative pattern, etc. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

There are Belgian and NL jumpers on here who can certainly give much better info on Belgian DZs than I can, but I will comment as another low-time USA jumper: I jumped one day each at PCV Schaffen and PCV Zwartberg a few years ago when I was in Antwerp and Leuven for a month, I had about 100 jumps at the time. The people were friendly, they accepted my USPA membership as 3rd party liability insurance (so I could jump), and I rented rigs both times (Javelins with 7 cell mains I think). I think I had to have someone supervise me while packing rental gear because I didn't have some packing certificate or something, I can't remember now... The landing areas were big. That is about all I have got. Seth It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

[reply I am 2 degrees away from everyone I wonder who is the skydiver with the most people at two degrees? In the USA, I thought of Dave DeWolf. How many people personally know riggers who have taken his class? Who else would be a candidate? Norman Kent, BJ Worth, a shit load of others. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

When I read "race" I think "fastest, or shortest time". If the concept was proxy flying competition, then longest, closest, or most artistic, best line, etc, would all valid judging criteria. Two means of having a WS proxy speed contest come to mind: 1. Find terrain that would accommodate a course that to get the fastest time would require proxy flying at least at a few key points. 2. Lay out gates like a ski downhill course or pylons like the Red Bull Air Races that competitors would have to fly between and not over. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

If you saw someone say that increased riser length will cause an increased recovery arc, I bet you saw someone else call bullshit on being able to tell the difference. Your A lines are about 120", plus 20" of riser and 20" of MLW so 160" from the seat of the harness to the canopy. If you change that by 4" or 2.5%, I don't think you would notice. As an FYI, I flew a Sabre 2 150 with 24" risers loaded at about 1.3 and set up the brakes so that there were about 3-4" of slack takeup before the tail started to deflect, and it landed great, IMHO. I am 6'3" tall, but my arms are shorter than average for someone of my height. I strongly suggest doing a trim check, just to see where you are. I recently got a Sabre 2 135, and found that it probably had more jumps than it was advertised, and so had about 3.5" of shrinkage in the brake lines. I had to let the brakes out by about 5" to get the canopy back to factory. Seth It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

Doh! Time to look at the log files. (Story of my work life...). It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

I imagine it would be in concept the same data gathering as an aircraft pitot tube, dynamic and static pressure difference gives airspeed, and rate of change of static pressure gives vertical airspeed. A little math and you have glide ratio. Obviously a device like this could be a jump logger as well, you could still have nice paralog graphs etc etc. IF IT FUNCTIONED WELL, it would be a great tool for competition, as it would remove the tailwind/headwind issue. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

my 1st time using a sewing machine (the wife's) I disassembled my sky tie, took the magnets and elastic and an extra scrap of left over tie dye from my rig to build a new one. Machine sewing was surprisingly easy to do, and the Brother sewed 6+ layers of cordura easily, but my stitch lines look like shit and it didn't help that I kept starting and stopping, so from about 10-15 feet away it looks ok, but closer up it looks like it was sewed by someone who wasn't sure what they were doing. (That is a slight exaggeration, it ain't pretty, but it looks like it operates as well as the original; I will see how well it holds up). seth It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

Yeah it is silly, as we are all basically on the same page. For some one who is interested in being precise in language, I think you can make a distinction between omitting a step while planning out a process, and losing track of time and not taking an action when you should. It is not like any jumper mentally planning a dive flow "forgets" the pull step and expects to go directly from breakoff and track to check canopy/collapse slider, but after 60 sec or so from exit their minds don't remind them. It is a convention to use the phrase "forgetting" for both accidentally omitting a planning step and missing a timing cue, even though cognitively they feel to me quite different. But again, just semantics, IMHO. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

But Squeak, You can't use "I fucked up" as a complete explanation for a cypres fire. Here are some sample answers to "why did you have a cypres fire": John Doe : "I fucked up. I jumped up on exit, hit the tail, and woke up under canopy" Jane Doe : "I fucked up. I stuffed my PC too deep in the pouch, and spent 15 sec trying to dig it out" Jack Doe : "I fucked up. I lost altitude awareness; I forgot to pull." In general, saying "I forgot..." does not in any way absolve me of responsibility, but it does explain what happened. Here in the USA anyway, "I forgot" is a common equivalent for "I lost track of time", as in "oh shit, I forgot to pick up my daughter" after losing track of time while watching a football match. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

To throw some numbers out: 16GA wire has a resistance of 4 ohm/1000 ft, so 120ft x 2 = 240 ft of wire or about 1 ohm total resistance, so dropping 1 V per Amp, or 20 V drop at rated amperage. That is already a lot for a 120 V circuit, but starting a motor involves a temporary high current draw, I will guess in this case 40 A or more, and that means now a 40 V drop through the cord and so not enough voltage is left to get the compressor motor started. Now the high current stays and pops the breaker. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

Google Translated Norwegian to English: The table is based on the maximum exit weight (jumps including all equipment) are given in kg, and the number of jumps. Each column applies to the exit weight lower than the weight that is given. canopy Size in bold indicate the "Recommended minimum canopy size". For many beneficial use a larger canopy. It must be taken into account factors such as canopy design, skip's skills, the air density (landing site altitude) and maintenance / number of hops last year. canopy size in parentheses indicates the "minimum size". Jumpers to jump a smaller canopy than the main "Recommended minimum canopy size" shall conduct a Safety talk and considered by the Executive Directors, or the person authorized by the HI. Approval shall be signed logbook. High-quality parachutes full-elliptical (more than 20% wingtip loss), may not be used until after 400 jump. Examples of such displays is Katana, Mamba, Crossfire et al High-quality parachutes are crossbraced, may not be used until after 1000 jumps. Examples of such monitors are Velocity, Sensei, VX / FX, et al Xaos HI, or whomever he authorizes, may allow jumpers showing very good skills in display flight, to skip crossbraced canopies from 800 jumps. The size of the table in question. For jumpers who use a smaller canopy than the "Recommended minimum canopy size" and "Crossbraced" monitors, and made less than 40 jumps on this type of canopy last season, should carry a minimum of 3 monitor running jump (separation from other jumpers in time and space) before jumping with others. Reserve Your monitor should not be less than the minimum canopy size for the main canopy, the rest refer to the manufacturer's recommendations and restrictions in any case not be exceeded. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

I didn't mean to imply that he would not have a rig. It's just that as I was getting ready to exit the plane, I was going through my routine, touching handles, chest strap etc, and I realized that it would be possible to be prepping for exit from an airplane without a rig to have for a routine. Gary will wear a rig, but the fact that he is not planning on using it just somehow hit me, it just seemed so alien to me at that moment. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

As I was riding to altitude today, I was thinking of Gary and this jump, and I realized that it would be possible to do the jump he is proposing without a rig. It would be such an amazing sight to see someone in the air in a wingsuit without a rig of any kind on, and the stones and skill to pull of any jump that does not require a deployment to complete is a landing in my book, even if it is a controlled crash landing. Good luck Gary. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

I live in the same town as Founders, love Stouts, and finally get around to trying to get some KBS, and was out of town the 1st weekend it was available this year, by the next weekend, it was all gone. One week a year, so now I am waiting until March 2013. Sigh. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

Couple other questions while my mind is on brake lines: It makes sense to me that smaller canopies will have a higher stall point (shorter toggle stroke), as you need to deflect less tail to get the same proportional deflection of the wing, is that true? I also remember hearing that elliptical canopies have a shorter toggle stroke than equivalently sized squares, is that true? If either or both of these is true, it would allow HP pilots to do more with toggles in hand (front or rear riser pulling) without getting unwanted tail deflection. Not that this really applies to me, but I am curious. Thanks, Seth It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

Ok, so I did a few measurements, I will say accurate to +/- 0.5", not perfect, but close for this discussion. A5 (outside A-line) is about 114 so about 3.5" short. A1 (center A-line) is 117.5" (no shrinkage) so there is some classic line shrinkage there. The A5 to USTs are dead on, and LST is about 2.5" short. Brk - Tog is about 1.5" short. So the current setup has total toggle to ust of about 3.5 + 1.5 = 5" shorter than factory. So a new question: When should I replace the line set? Or just the brake lines? I will see how much I can let out the Brk - Tog, see if I can get it back to factory. Seth It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

That was the kid's mistake, he was not carrying. Then instead of hitting Zimmerman in the face, the kid could have just shot him, and Florida law would have protected him instead of protecting Zimmerman. Reminds me of what they tell you in CCW class, if you are going to shoot someone, make damn sure you kill them, then there is no one to dispute your facts. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

I just put my first few jumps on a Sabre 2 135 I picked up used (~200 jumps, loading about 1.45). The brakes are set tight (

There is an unexplained thing: The pics make it look like a little like a premature deployment, or the jumper was deploying as a break-off signal, as the height (4900 ft) and the position of the other jumpers make it look like it happened right at break-off. I can't tell how close the camera flyer was to the deployment, but it looks closer than I would expect if the pull-in-place was planned. Slow news day for sure and pretty pictures always help. It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

They cut the backflip references! Space restrictions or just the fact that backflips are not an "approved" tandem exit? Either way it is too bad because that was the reason you had such fear on the ride up, so the Parachutist story does not quite read as well as the online version. Was it annoying to have to cut that out? I will be very late on the bandwagon and say I loved the whole series, I did my first jumps almost 10 years ago and seeing your comics made it feel like yesterday. Jump #5 I drove 45min to the DZ, got out, walked around the packing area, got back in the car and drove back home, the next weekend I went back and jumped. I can look back and smile on that fear now, and your cartoons brought that smile to my face. Seth It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

One place in the USA: http://www.halojumper.com/jumps_offered.html $150 - $375 for licensed jumpers It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

The same trailer from HBO's website is better resolution than that liveleak link: http://www.hbo.com/real-sports-with-bryant-gumbel/episodes/0/179-episode/video/wingsuiter-jeb-corliss.html It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

Yep its about your body, I bought a C-20 and changed it to a C-19 (I am 6'3 170lbs) Also don't forget about the lats, if the lats are off a ways (buying a skinny guy rig as a bigger person) the fit will be poor. I had to take the lats in to keep my rig from sliding around back and sit flying. If you take your measurements using the Sunpath form and call them, I think they will tell you what rig size you need (Yoke, MLW, and Lats). They did for me anyway. Seth It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".