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Definitely better suited to G&R. Chuck

It helps, of course, John, that you are like six-five. Still, my light ass doesn't have any problems landing the largest of tandem passengers with our Sigmas. Me likey! Chuck

Nothing scares the bejesus out of the enemy (without nuking them) better than the Daisy Cutter. Chuck

Scott= newfound techno geek! Better watch it Craig!

I am sending back every one of my Sigmas for skyhook retrofit. I sat throught Bill's talk and it makes perfect sense; I see no downside to the mod. Chuck Manager, RPC School

Perfect solution: Use a long sleeve T-shirt over your RW suit. I had fall rate issues during my first Non-eval jump because the Evaluator (Glen Bangs) floated on me and I couldn't get up. Threw the long sleeve shirt over my tight RW suit and it gave me incredible range...he never got away from me again. Even now, I use a long sleeve shirt over my RW suit on almost every AFF jump. Cheers! --Jairo My boy Jairo is correct. Wearing layers over your bootie suit for light and long-limbed students works great. Another thing which is slightly more matching is just buying a set of slip-on's for your arms. Tony Suits sells them for like $30 bucks. Still, for the very floaty students, I will wear a sweatshirt over my bootie suit. I always wear booties for their leg power, even on tandems. Chuck

Andy (the owner of PV) and another guy were there jumping them at the Holiday Boogie at Eloy this year. They were zippy mains and landed very nicely everytime I was watching. I like the graphics. CHuck

exactly. Just PM each other, monkeys. Chuckie

Well, I just got an e-mail from my old lady saying that dropzone.com has been blocked from their system "until further notice." The poor thing! Anyway, cease sending her PM's because she can't get to them. Anyone wanting to send condolences can still reach her at her work address: katie.sellATkuwaitDOTarmyDOTmil (symbols written out to prevent un-needed spam) I talk to her every other day on the phone, or at least did until yesterday, so I can post things of interest on her behalf for the time being. cheers, Chuck

Dude, you can stay in the tent. I am also sure that Betsy will let you use her sleeping bag. You know, the one that Trevor barfed in when he was trying to wrassle Sunshine.

I have outstanding photos of Ramon's technique in Atlanta. We both have video of both our performances there. That being said, the Atlanta SouthEast PST qualifier is going on right now.

Rob, we use gap flaps on both of our Cessna 182's here at Raeford. Feel free to PM Raefordite or TonyT about them, or just call down here and talk to Tony or Randy Mathews at (910) 904-0000. Chuck Blue

Mark, I have about six tandems on the book for tomorrow (saturday) and around 15 for sunday. I need vidiots and meat haulers, so come on down to Raeford if you want to work. First to sign the roster gets first work. Chuck

Yep, there are plenty of "snappier" canopies out there, but that is not what I jump a performance main for. Mushy is fine so long as I have a long dive and plenty of bottom end power and glide. Chuck

I had "HOOKIT!" on my cars for about ten years.

I started when I was 17. My dad didn't let me start when I was 16 because I was fucking up in school and refused to do homework. What an idiot. Chuck

That was fun. I got 14 of 16 correct. Chuck

Actually, if you want a Tempo, just buy a Tempo. They are still on the shelf at plenty of gear stores. I happen to know a place not 50 feet from where I am sitting that sells them for $550 and has them in stock (SkyKAT, but I wouldn't want to advertise on the forums).

BWAHAHAHAHA! Hey Matt, I wonder if his tires would fit on your new RV?

The original poster, in my quite-extensive expeerience would say that downsizing one size and going to a cross-brace is what I would do (or already have done). Whether or not you get different "bottom ends" from those mains, I would tend to keep my "alternate" main on the more infrequently borrowed fancy. I currently jump a Velocity 79 as my main parachute, though I keep a Velocity 75 in my "sport" rig. While I keep the sport rig a bit more heavilly loaded, I get quite a bit longer distance out of my less-loaded 79. Competiton wingloads (with any success) range from wingloadings of 1.8 thru 2.2. Any more and your parasitic drag takes away from your turn. There is a point in your downsizing where you ultimately have to deal with diminishing returns (in the way of distance scores, etc). Once you realize that you can totally rule under a seemingly-large main, you will be able to get your technique dialed. I actually upsized one size for competition this year for he added benefit in accuracy rounds, so keeping the smaller main for AFF/coaching/birdman, etc is fine. The only thing that sucks is packing the new ZP! Chuck Blue

Still not home four days later.........Oh well. Good thing I had a friendly loan shark to hook me up for the surgery....NOT

Dude! Galili has the fucking coolest Avatar I have ever seen! Omri, you tater-head fuck! I am loving you

I feel like the complete motherfucker for not making the party, especially after I swore I would be there. I love you, man! Anyway, I was stuck moving Katie's shit yesterday because three weeks of foul weather had prevented it beforehand (is that a word?). I totally wish I would have been clued in on the Atlanta thing before it went down, but that's OK; I will live. Jari: PM me when you get this message. I have an interesting opportunity for you......Similar to the CSS Easter Boogie if you follow me. Carlos Azul, esq.

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