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We're in agreement. The same can be said for AAD's and MARD's too. I do use an AAD (even tho there are some jackasses that claim an AAD won't fire in a wingsuit skydive), no MARD, and no RSL here. I'm coming from the perspective of the average skydiver, vs the guy that is exceptionally current and has some unique needs ie; cameras, very high wingloading, etc.)

OK...he's duplicating efforts and putting up stuff that is kinda old. But...kudos for increasing internet traffic on wingsuiting, cool that you're showing your passion for the discipline, and now go make some great video and experiences of your own that you can share on your blog (but be sure to submit it to the industry standard blog, WWWN).

Given the constraints of; ~USPA can't/won't do a damn thing due to: >Lack of motivation >Lack of budget >No desire to create 'rules' or programs for advanced skydivers How would you suggest improving resources? You're invited to write a program (a few of us have, but USPA isn't interested). Maybe you can get the general membership to participate. It seems to me that between the SIM, BSRs and the existence of S&TAs there is a system already in place for managing camera flying, wingsuits, canopy selection and any of the other things that commonly get discussed regarding low time jumpers and risky activities. What is lacking is action. If these activities are occurring commonly then surely it means that the enforcers (DZOs and S&TAs) are not enforcing the recommendations. Of course no S&TA or DZO can see everything that goes on, but I am pointing out that the system is in place. The tools are definitely there. But a tool has to be picked up. I'm a tool and happy to be of use to newer would-be camera flyers. Favorite recent story: On a load sitting next to DZO. Dude next to us has a GoPro strapped on with an extension. It's a snag mess, and clearly just fresh. DZO says "why you doin' a hop n' pop?" (the guy has a rental rig on) Dude replies with "It's the last thing I need to do so I can get my A license." DZO and I both prevent him from opening the door at the green light, and the camera is still in my team room. He was checked out on the ground by an instructor, then he put the camera on afterwards. Sneaky people...can't always be caught.

Given the constraints of; ~USPA can't/won't do a damn thing due to: >Lack of motivation >Lack of budget >No desire to create 'rules' or programs for advanced skydivers How would you suggest improving resources? You're invited to write a program (a few of us have, but USPA isn't interested). Maybe you can get the general membership to participate.

To be fair, it also could have been prevented by: * Cutting away above 500 feet * Pulling the reserve faster * Smarter main canopy choice with a WS To be more fair, it could have been prevented by better health practices, being younger, less coffee, or warmer weather, too. As best we know, Pete was unconscious and unaware of altitude. For all we know, he may have thought he had time to get stable after pulling the cutaway. If he had an RSL in place, it's entirely possible it would not have been high enough, but it would have offered him a better chance of survival, and no amount of anti-RSL rhetoric or guessing will change that fact. I've watched the video and reviewed what I saw that day at least a hundred times; I'm confident he was unresponsive until just before he chopped. As mentioned before, I don't use an RSL; I often jump a large camera rig. But I do mostly agree with JP that there are far too few reasons to not jump with one. Worse, I fear some newbies will read this and construe that the "cool kids" aren't using them, why should I?" At the end of the conversation, it needs to be crystal clear that RSL's have saved FAR more lives than they have contributed to any additional problem.

8 posts to invoke Palin Way to go billvon sarah palin is like superman; she can see RUSSIA. it's right THERE! two more and we got her again way to go The link is about Palin's daughter's "memoirs." Any derision received is derision deserved. A 20 year-old who got pregnant early in life isn't someone to be revered, regardless of her mother's insipid mind.

JP, thanks for the comments. While people may disagree (I'm no longer an RSL user), I'd much rather have my lines coming out earlier and *potentially* be spun up due to body position than not coming out at all due to someone trying to get stable when they're often likely disoriented. Old-school wingsuit theory teaches to not use an RSL for wingsuiting. I've seen two reserve deployments that were deployed via RSL. Both were large wingsuits (greater propensity to spin up). Neither resulted in line twists. One of the two included a fairly violent spin under a Safire 149 (a fairly docile canopy). No problems getting under a straight-flying reserve. There was a fatality at Flock n' Dock last year that could have potentially/probably been avoided had an RSL been part of the setup.

Based on a lot of past experience...not seeing a timeline is a bad thing. There are MANY DZ's outthere using manifest chicks or a high school grunt to edit video. The training is fast, easy for even the most doltish person out there. Our Production Assistant product has been in the automated world for nearly 6 years now, in skydiving for nearly 4. While we certainly don't know *everything* about how to accomplish what and what...we've got a pretty good grip on it. That's why we're now seeing several people copy our work. Anyway...in teaching people in skydiving, broadcast, and other "extreme" sports how to use the systems...it's never once been an issue for Luddites or marginal computer users to use it. As far as your times, I didn't catch the "burn" in "render and burn." That's not *too* bad, you should still be able to speed it up tho. You burning to 16X DVDs? I've found a lot of guys using slower RW discs, burning at 2X. That'll kill speed.

Of course non-licensed holders/students should be allowed to post on a website. And hopefully, they'll be as candid and open with their instructors as Guineapiggie is, and just as the OP is going through the process of figuring out who the dumbasses are and who has experience and knowledge, so shall others. It's a good dialog, until someone with very low experience who spends more time posting goatfuck-stupid advice under the influence of beer jumps into the conversation. Then it becomes cause for concern for the instructor, because very new jumpers don't know how to quickly determine who is who or the quality of their information.

And _that_ is perhaps the best advice given in this thread. The alternative is to listen to some of the moronic utterings from those who have never seen the OP skydive nor are educated in the process through which instruction is occurring.

you'll come to a point of regret if the timeline is never visible. Teaching "untrained office personnel" to ingest/output is quite easy; we do this every week. all three solutions in this thread allow for auto-ducking audio. Without access to the timeline however, there is no way to deal with low/badly recorded audio. Your posted render time is very slow; what settings are you shooting with the GP? you might consider following Parachutists advice; you'll get a faster render to SD due to not only less scaling, but also to managed aspect ratio.

The core is an AudioTechnica wireless system with some minor modifications to the mic so it works in a full face helmet.

Well..."mandatory" would mean more rules. More rules simply means people will go to greater lengths to hide that they're breaking rules. *Most* DZs enforce recommendations. In at least three instances, DZ's ignored the recommendations for wingsuits (for example) and this led to three very preventable fatalities. In one case, the "instructor" was told that the deceased shouldn't be wingsuiting, and deceased had been turned down by other wingsuit coaches. While there is now a BSR, I'm aware of at least 3 instances where an "instructor" has taken wingsuits earlier than the mandated 200 jumps. You yourself ignored very strong recommendations both from USPA and from this community. Would a rule have stopped you? I'd submit no. The resources have always been there. I'd submit it's too much "hassle" for most people that want to wear a camera. They're lazy, don't give a shit about what more experienced people have to say, they are too inexperienced to understand that their perspectives are generally flawed, history means nothing to them because they are "different" and they come from an "I deserve it now" generation.

I bought one of these micro cams for a coaching helmet. My wingsuit coaching helmet has a talk/listen system so I can communicate with wingsuit students. This required a full-face helmet. I wanted something super small and inobtrusive. So...I put in a MUVI Atom. First 3 jumps...it shut off the second it hit the wind. I put gaffers tape over the USB and MicroSD card ports and the problem went away. I'm told that the extreme sports version comes with a silicone cover, but mine didn't. hopefully my experience will help others in the event of a challenge.

tunnel this week? Let's go and just have fun, and only do one or two rounds with objectives in mind. Air time is all you need, kiddo. And I had a blast with the last one. TY for the smiles. Oh...and we'll put you in a DZ jumpsuit...that'll be better too.

The educational resources are there. Most people simply won't avail themselves to it. I have a course I teach here at Elsinore, my company produced Norman Kent's first set of DVDs and are working on the second set. Norman has one on one and group training camps, so do other 'name' photographers. I sincerely doubt the USPA will do anything in this direction, simply because the bulk of the USPA takes the ridiculous, stupid, insipid (how many other insulting words can I find) shortsighted, ignorant, arrogant, head-in-sand view that "we shouldn't be considering training for experienced skydivers." I've heard many members of the board utter this pithy pissy response on several occasions. Gee whiz...if we DID have advanced training, we actually might increase the retention levels past 300 jumps... Back to topic...small cameras are generally safe (assuming they don't fall off). The people that use them are generally not.

Yes. Please don't change up your shoes, please don't pay much attention to most of the posts. Two exceptionally experienced instructors gave you a thorough de-brief, so you already know what's goin' on whereas the internet couch coaches don't. You twisted your ankle. Enough said (as far as insurance goes). I still recommend you have it looked at by a professional.

Lets see BillV has 5500 jumps AFF rating, Tandem rating (Expired) , has jumped a camera, has had an issue already. You have 260 jumps and have already had a camera issue. Of the two.... Which do YOU think knows more about skydiving? Lets not forget that you 'created' a malfunction procedure that no one ever suggested. Why is it so hard to grasp that others have more knowledge/skill/experience that you? I hope you never have a close call, but since you are ignoring everyone who has had one.... You seem to be the type that will only learn from his own experience.... I just hope it does not kill you. Every one of my low deployments has been camera-related. One of my two malfunctions are camera-related. One of the best-known camera people in the skydiving world was killed with thousands of jumps and his own camera distraction. Norman Kent has a few scary camera-distraction stories. I'd suggest that there are easily 100,000 jumps of experience saying "it's not a good idea."

Understatement of the decade (and that's a good thing). You aren't. Stop comparing yourself to others and just have fun in the air. BTW, we can do tunnel time even if your ankle isn't up for landing a canopy.

who said anything about "rules?" Is the Canopy Proficiency Card a rule? Is the Wingsuit Proficiency Card a rule? No... but certainly a good path to follow if it's related to something in which you are interested. Skydive Oregon sent out an email to their people today. It states: Skydiving with a Camera: Following is our new SDO Camera policy: While USPA suggests jumpers have at least 200 jumps prior to jumping with a camera, everyone felt this was a bit excessive considering current cameras on the market are much smaller than they were ten years ago. Everyone did agree that at least a 100 jump minimum before camera jumps (including GoPro) was reasonable. Also everyone agreed that the primary concern is not the snag factor of a camera, but rather the distraction a camera can cause. With this in mind everyone agreed that in addition to a 100 jump minimum, they should also be current as defined by their license level, and receive a briefing from an experienced camera flyer. The briefing should be short and cover the basics of flying with a camera (gear checks, snag hazards, rsl / no rsl, Emergency Procedure's for entanglement with camera, etc). Josiah, Dave, and Brian are more than willing to take some time to go over camera safety with newer jumpers. Also during the briefing they can observe the camera setup and insure its safe and in line with common practices. So to sum up the new camera policy here it is : · 100 jump minimum · Current as defined by your license · Briefing and approval from a dzo designated experienced camera flyer Note that the briefing description says nothing about distractions, while in the previous breath, it indicates cameras are a distraction

I just wrote this email to the Director of Safety and Training at the USPA: Dear Mr. -------, I am writing you to propose developing a USPA regulated 'video safety' course for jumpers that wish to begin jumping with cameras. Any jumper, after passing the course could then obtain a rating. Or perhaps, as water training is required for a 'B' license, similarly video training could be required for a 'C' license. Currently there does not appear to be any required knowledge before jumping with a camera. Where as many are against further regulation, I feel this would be a step in making our sport safer for everyone in the sky with camera flyers. Thank you for your time and consideration. Sincerely, Joshua Anderson #232118 ----- Great that you wrote a letter to Jim Crouch. He's a terrific guy, who has safety in mind. It's not him that develops these curricula, and there has been a group of people working towards a "camera proficiency card" program for about 18 months now, similar to the Wingsuit additions to the SIM. However...jump numbers aren't going to change, manufacturers also dictate some of this, and moreover...training can only replace a small portion of the "experience required" points related to camera flying. Either way...it's GREAT that you're proactive in trying to change things up. And when you have enough jumps so that you actually understand the issues, you'll likely be right alongside the experienced jumpers saying "don't do it."

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have you done a system restore? Be cautious about installing malware removal tools, many of them are virus' in disquise.... Which bogus software are they directing you to?

Help me understand why you're relying on your audible to tell you when you're below 1k and should go straight to silver but you're not wanting to rely on the Skyhook because it "causes problems?" Relying on either is a mistake, IMO. So do you also not jump with an AAD because it too, might cause problems (AAD's have killed far more people than faulty Skyhooks)? What am *I* missing in this conversation?