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'nteresting, I think I've read this before. Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

That's exactly my setup. Over a period of one year I've booted XP less than 10 times. I hope you didn't install the 64bit version. I had few problems with flash player on the 64bit. Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

I'm sure you've meant NAV200. That's the smallest one from navigator family. If you look in the NAV200 charts, the MAXIMUM weight for students is 130 pounds. With gear you have around 171 pounds. Move up in the charts. I can tell you that Nav260 it's a lot more easier to land than NAV200. In flare NAV200 levels out when your hands are at hip level. Nav260 levels out a bit lower than shoulder level and you can squeeze 2 flares out of NAV260. Edit: spelling. Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

Ububtu Dapper Drake for quite some while now. No point changing something that works good. Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

Maybe I didn't point out well enough that I am doing flare tests under 3k. My bad. I've seen some movies where people fly close to each other under canopy. I'm not talking about CReW just flying close to each other. Should I try to talk one of my DZO or TM friends into flying with me or that stuff is just to advanced for my current level? The fact that I'm flying with someone that has a lot of experience, it might also help with the DZO fear of letting me open high because the person that is flying with me can guide me to a safe landing if we're not making it back to the landing area. Any thoughts? Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

Open at 4000 feet, saddle at 3500. I got only 500 ft to do a canopy check, flare tests and that's it because under 3000 ft no crazy stuff under canopy:no playing with the stall, no nothing. Just look every 10 sec where the others are, find the wind direction, flare tests and maybe do some spirals if nobody is close to you. From 2000' begin standing next to your patten entry point and maybe some 360 to burn altitude but no more than 360 because the AAD might fire. That's my canopy ride. Right after I was no longer a student I was instructed to open at 4000'. Whenever I ask if I can open really really high (7000+) my former instructors/DZO says to me that is not safe because of the high winds. Some TM friends that do CReW tell me that's no problem just let ppl know that you open high. I'm getting mix signals here. I'm guessing that the DZO is telling me that for my own good but .... What can I do just to get more canopy air time? These days I'm jumping with the same canopy that I really like and I just want to try more stuff with it. Any ideas? Edit for spelling. Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrIH8oE1hzA Watch until the end

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It might be a good idea to look into using another ankle support device. That active ankle looks a lot like what was briefly used in the military called the PAB( parachutist ankle brace). While initial studies showed it reduced the number of ankle related injuries there was an increase in the number of tib/fib breaks and other lower leg injuries due to the device placing the stress further up the leg once it was being used in the field by more troops. The PAB is no longer used for this reason. The active ankle may be excellent for ground based activities but its similarities to the PAB may produce similar results if you ever land wrong while skydiving, which is a concern. Hey Lou, Thanks for the warning, I'll keep my mind opened to any other solutions out there. If I understood right what you were saying is that with that type of ankle brace the tib/fib have more chance to break from the middle of the bone. If that's the case I was aware of it and it's the same thing with having boots. When I spoke with my doctor he told me that usually fractures that are not close to the joints are more easily to recover from and they tend more to be open fractures. In a perfect situation the bone can bend a lot before actually breaking. The bending of the bone absorbs the shock. If the bone it's only bending and not breaking in the worse case scenario you get only some micro-fractures. Just like you said it if you restrict the bending of the bone, it will break more easily. The section area of the bone varies and if the pressure point is focused on a small area part of the bone the bending process will be bypassed. That is the case with the tib/fib. Tib/fib have more chance to break close to the ankle joint and that adds a hard recovery (ligaments affected by operation&hardware + losing some range in the ankle, you know, the whole 9 yards). Also I still have the stainless-steel inside the ankle and the holes in the bone act like tension points that will shatter the bone if the shock is big enough. For me, today, my tib/fib bones can safely absorb less shock than 1 year ago. No structural ankle bracelets absorb just a little bit of shock so I've chose a structural ankle bracelet that allows me to have pitch mobility and restrict more the roll/yaw rotations. Those are the reasons why I've chose the structural ankle support. Is it the best solution to my problem? I don't know for sure..... If anybody else cares to share other solutions that they are using I'll be look into them for sure. Blue skies, Jean-Arthur Deda. Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

Hi autoset, If the ankle brace is made of only fabric and velcro and no structural reinforcement it acts only as an external muscle. Basically it just takes the effort out of the ligaments. It's good if you have bad ligaments and/or atrophied muscles in the ankle but they give little structural support in case of a big shock such as hard landing. I use that type of ankle brace when I go to the gym or running or play with my longboard. My ankle muscles are not 100% recovered after my accident and that brace really makes a diff in all the day to day sport activities that doesn't involve jumping. When I'm prime to bigger ankle shock I use active ankle that acts as external muscle and has structural reinforcements (that starts from the bottom of the shoe) that can help absorbing an unwanted shock from a hard landing. I'll suggest you to add your instructor and your doctor into the loop so you can find suitable solution from booths sides (it has to be air worthy and to fit your medicals needs). When you find a solution share it with us. Cheers, Jean-Arthur Deda. Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

For ankle protection I'm jumping with active ankle and regular comfy sport shoes. www.activeankle.com or if you want to be snag points free http://www.orthoticsandbeyond.com/p-23-aircast-airsport-ankle-brace.aspx Some regular boots have snag points and add some restriction to your ankle movement (if you land without wind you need to run a bit) but if you really, really want boots take a look at those paragliding boots: http://www.flyaboveall.com/highflyboots.htm Keep in mind that they have snag points even if they say, and I quote: Unique shock cord closure - no line snagging. I've personally tried all those 3 products and choose active ankle in the end. Might want to check it with your instructors before buying something. Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

There's a nice forum for paragliding at http://www.paraglidingforum.com/. Can we try to merge with them? Their thread organization looks to be similar with ours (General Discution/Safty & incidents, etc). Maybe they'll lern about the 3ring system and about the CReW lines and in the future we can have paragliders ready for CReW. Imagine CReW for 30 min. And we can learn a lot about micrometeorology. Just an idea Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfK1tqL9JMY I wonder why are they doing that? Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

Robin Williams has a good explanation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X04wZpqx3U Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

A paragliding tandem doesn't involve any big shoulder usage while a skydiving tandem does. Flying again is a big morale boost and it motivates you more while in the rehab time. If a person gets prime shoulder condition in 4 month (almost same strength and range in both shoulders) and at that time he's ready to go back to the sport that dislocated the shoulder in the 1st place (he is ready to handle the same stress level that dislocated the shoulder on the same shoulder in the same position without any problems) then after 2 or maybe 3 month in the rehab when he only got mild discomfort for holding the hand at shoulder level while sitting in a nice lazyboy for 5-7 min he is ready to try paragliding. ICE after & before. Yes, you might need people to help you collapse the glider in strong winds so you don't have to fight a big force by yourself and maybe some help for take off when you inflate & charge. You can also choose the days when the wind is good. Piloting a paraglider from a comfy lazyboy generates a smaller stress level on the shoulder when compared with what freefall&arch + opening shock can do. Hardlanding is the same in shoulder stress level in both sports but flaring a paraglider is a lot more easy than a student parachute and it has usually bigger size. Also even if this MIGHT be true on a statistic level it has to be dealt with by a case by case method. That's why he should speak with his doctor and the paragliding instructor. I know a paragliding pilot that dislocated his shoulder and after 6 weeks was piloting again with some help on landings and take off. He got almost good condition in 2 to 3 months. Building the muscles was the key. I know paragliding is viewed as a lame for most of skydivers but maybe he wants to try it. just my 2 cents. Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

It happen to someone I know last season. Last jump with 1instructor. Dislocated during free fall. The Instructor open for him and he landing with a weird flare but on a 300 sq ft parachute. After the operation he plans to continue the AFF. Warning YASA (Yet Another Student-newbie-beginner Advice) During those 4 month do something close to skydiving like paragliding so you'll still be flying a canopy and you don't give a chance to the fear to saddle in. I did the same thingy after my accident. Paragliding and kite boarding. DHV1 is the key word in paragliding and bow-kite is the key word in kiting (total depower). That and really, really fly in the days with good wind. You'll love the ground lunch! But BEFORE doing anything check with your doctor. I'm thinking that paragliding is not be that intensive for the shoulder. Cheers, Jean-Arthur Deda. Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

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I was expecting to freeze in the plane, to have an heart attack when the door opens, to mess up big time my exit and to be unstable in the free fall part. The entire day at work before going to the dropzone I was telling myself that maybe I should begin the season with a tandem.For the last 3 month every time I was watching the same movie with a Cessna exit I was getting the bad vibes. In my previous jump, 6 month ago, I've I broken my left ankle due to a brain fart and a downsize from 260 to 200 (WL ~ 1.2). It was the opposite! Very relaxed in the plane. Speaking with the pilot a lot about what's a 30,45 and 60 degree roll turn and seeing them in action, learning what is the stall kit and what's the air speed when we open the door. I was really expecting to be more than 90 km/h. Door opening was no big rush. I was the last one to exit and had a very controlled and stable exit. Stable free fall and good opening. I had a bad bad bad bad spot. Almost didn't make it back. I've made a 90 degree right turn with soft input to the right toggle at 150-200 feet and enter in my final. No wind. For my canopy I really knew the sweet spot. Almost shoulder level. Flared at the right time and 2 stage flare. 1st stage flare to level out and then gradually finish flare to kill the horizontal speed. It didn't kill it all. This is my way of saying: IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK. Blue skies, Jean-Arthur Deda. Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

It's was hard for me to believe but thinking of all his life achievements I didn't said nothing. Maybe someone can bring some light to this matter. I really wanna hear if there is a psychological truth behind that! Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

Wow .... This brings into my mind something that I've heard from a Airbus test pilot from Toulouse, France. 35 years in the job now retired and building spit-fire replicas. He told me that airbus psychologist insists to force retire any person that had a close close call and survive because, they say, in the next close call is most likely to freeze. He has given me the example of a Belgian pilot that successfully landed with no hydraulics after a big failure and after almost 1 year got force retirement. Isn't it a bit to exaggerated to assume that all pilots will perform the same way in the 2nd close call? Is that BS? Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

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