moto89

Great job by the pilot. This could have been ugly. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=945_1240357993 Less talking, more flying.

A tidbit of last load shenanigans. No injuries except for a scraped knee. Worth some chuckles though. I guess I was a smidge overly competitive in the swoop and chug. http://www.skydivingmovies.com/ver2/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=7636 Less talking, more flying.

Knowledge is good my friend. You aren't going to do yourself any disadvantage by reading the SIM before your first jump course. I read it before I made my first jump and I think it made the FJC much easier as I already knew (or was at least familiar with) 75% of what was covered. Be careful what you read around here on the forums as people can say some pretty nutty things, but generally speaking the USPA isn't going to steer you wrong. So... when's your first jump? Less talking, more flying.

Thanks for the clarification, after reading the f*$%ing manual it is now obvious that the camera is operating as designed. I don't know why I thought it was in focus with the viewfinder all the way in when I got the camera. No issue as it turns out. Thanks for the responses though! Less talking, more flying.

An AFF-I teaches students to save their lives. They teach them the fundamentals which are used on each and every skydive. They carry much more liability because of this, and that is precisely why the requirements are so much more stringent to become an instructor than a coach. A coaches duty is to add to the base knowledge that the instructor has left the student with. The student knows how to skydive (fall out of the plane stable, pull a parachute, and land), and at this point they are expected to learn to skydive well (RW skills, tracking...). The coach's work is primarily done on the ground. If a coach is doing his/her job they will spend as much time as it takes to brief the student to give them the best possible chance to succeed at their dive. Giving the student some gear, doing a gear check, then boarding the plane does not cut it. In the air the coaches job is pretty simple. It is basically to be a human video camera. The task is to observe the student and to be able to see exactly what is causing any issues they may have so that you can relay this to them in your debrief. Other than that it is flying a steady base for them to practice docking, and maybe demonstrate fall rate techniques so that they may follow suit. Sound about right? At least that's how I do it. Less talking, more flying.

Last night, playing around with it everything was good. The viewfinder was in focus in all modes of operation. All that has happened between now and then was the camera sitting on my desk for a day. Now the only time it is in focus is when it is pulled out all the way. If it is pushed in and you bring your eye back about 2 inches it is in perfect focus, but not when your eye is up against the viewfinder. Strange, no? Less talking, more flying.

Hi all. I just bought a Sony TRV19 on ebay. It came yesterday, and all was looking peachy. I was playing around with it today, and to my dismay now the viewfinder is only in focus when it is pulled all the way out. When it is pushed in the image goes completely out of focus. What have I done, and how can I correct this? Anyone know? Thanks in advance! Less talking, more flying.

Wiiiiings. I bought it because I could get a brand new custom built container with all the bells and whistles for $1600. I feel it is just as good as any other container out there, yet costs significantly less than comparable rigs. Less talking, more flying.

My name is moto and I approve of this message. http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y264/jvue/whosspideristhat.jpg -On a side note, why on earth is the attachment limit here soooo small? I couldn't attach this simple jpg unless I scaled it down to a microscopic image. 150kb is tiny! Less talking, more flying.

Bwahaha Less talking, more flying.

Jeez man, how do you really feel? Less talking, more flying.

I had a Silhouette 170 crammed in mine while I was waiting for my canopy to be delivered. That is a hybrid ZP/F-111 canopy and it was a nightmare to get in there. Would not recommend it and I doubt that a Sabre 2 would even fit at all. Less talking, more flying.

I would work on flying with one, and then two hands behind your back. It feels weird at first but really teaches you to fly our core and not your appendages. You don't need to do this for more than a few minutes, but it will definitely help you. I did this around 15 jumps at SVCO and I think it made a giant difference. Less talking, more flying.

Found a photo on my computer which I think sums up Elijah's personality pretty well. Less talking, more flying.

Elijah will certainly be missed. By far one of the most genuine people I have ever had the pleasure of befriending. I will always remember him for that big goofy grin hiding behind his equally big Elijah beard (always a sight to behold in freefall). I have much to thank Elijah for both as a instructor/mentor and as a friend, truly one of the good ones. Less talking, more flying.

I jumped butt naked. It was -10 degrees on jumprun. I thought it was going to be a solo, but as I ditched my boxers in the back of the 182 I saw one of my AFF instructors hanging off the strut waiting for me to climb out hahaha. Less talking, more flying.

I don't jump an AAD for the same reasons you listed, but I don't get any sort of confidence boost from it. I'm comfortable jumping without it, but I don't feel better for not having one. No way would I ever in a million years think it would even be a half way logical idea to force people to jump without one of the biggest advances in safety in the sport. I don't think AAD's should be mandatory by any means, but it just seems dumb to FORCE people to NOT use a life saving device. Less talking, more flying.

I went off backwards and watched the balloon get small between my feet. Then my wallet came out and spewed twenty dollar bill confetti across the desert. The balloon pilot said he thought I threw green confetti, if only..... The exit was great though. Did not feel the urge to flail at all. Just enjoyed the true weightless feeling of accelerating, and the gradual increase of the wind noise. Great experience and an awful lot of fun! Less talking, more flying.

As Emeril would say, BAAAM! http://youtube.com/watch?v=qVdgx3b_u8g Less talking, more flying.

I don't understand, if the canopy took right toggle input to fly straight why did you take wraps on both brake lines? Wouldn't you logically wrap just the right? By taking a wrap on the left toggle you basically forced yourself to add another wrap to the right to make it fly straight. Less talking, more flying.

I am so XTREEEEEMLY thirsty. I think i'm gonna go grab an XTREME mountain dew, then do some xtreme skydiving. Less talking, more flying.

Fuck 'em!!!

My lotus has a pocketed slider and it is VERY snively. Openings are usually around 700-800 feet. I've always heard that the lotus is known to open briskly. You can definitely look into having your rigger attach pockets to your stock slider. Less talking, more flying.

Or drop your elbow and knee a little bit on the side you want to "slide" to. At least that's how I do it. Your opposite side reach might be more effective. To the OP, ask your instructors to show you how to side-slide. That's how I learned in the tunnel. If you want to side slide left, you make a left turn with your upper body, and the motion of a right knee turn. This makes both the upper and lower body both go left. Less talking, more flying.

Good on you Less talking, more flying.