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We use them for tiny/overly flexible students. Much like the purpose of the butt band on the sigma tandem student harness, the belly band (which is completely removable on the student mirages we use) prevents the student from slipping to the rear under the pack tray during opening shock while also helping to make the harness fit much better. It is pretty rare that we need to use it, but it does come up from time to time. Hope this helps... Miami
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Good to hear you came out of it ok! Have you ever used a belly band? They can make a big difference if the rig is not fitting you or is too big for you. Hope this helps... Miami
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I can give you my general opinion, but that is a question best answered by your instructors...they know you best... I feel it really boils down to what you are comfortable with. If you do decide to switch methods just make sure you don't rush the procedure should the opportunity arise. Make absolutely certain you have fully cutaway your main before you fire that reserve. Whatever method you use it is important to perform them cleanly to give your reserve the best chance to open. Hope this helps... Miami
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Using the method of two hands per handle has a few advantages but is a little slower. Students are usually taught this method as they open higher and saving a second or 2 on a cutaway is not as critical. Some of the advantages are that they are less likely to have an out of sequence deployment (hand slipping off of a handle during the EP) and better leverage using two hands. You will probably see most jumpers switch sometime during their career to the one hand per handle method, most likely as they get smaller on their canopies and lower on their pull altitudes. Hope this helps... Miami
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No typo...now just have to think of a good way to explain this... There are some instances where you could gain enough lift from your canopy after a hard landing (premature contact) to make it important to keep flying it to make your second contact with the ground soft. If you quit flying it you could end up hitting the ground hard again aggravating injuries from the first impact or creating new ones. Hope this helps... Miami
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Envious of you vidiots who can fly on your back
Miami replied to StevePhelps's topic in Photography and Video
But they have straps you can fasten around your legs that act as legstraps and allow you to clip your wings in. That's what I used and it worked like a champ. Hope this helps... Miami -
Envious of you vidiots who can fly on your back
Miami replied to StevePhelps's topic in Photography and Video
Hell yea...I got a total of about 15 minutes sitting with my camera suit in the Perris tunnel...made a world of difference. Can't wait to get up and practice on a tandem! JP and Christy really helped me out in there. Miami -
What's new with the Sony DCR-PC1000 (vs. the PC-350)
Miami replied to SudsyFist's topic in Photography and Video
Have there been any problems with the floating iris (that pesky 3ccd problem) with the pc1000 while jumping? Thanks, Miami -
WayCool industries makes a UV filter that slides over their lenses...not sure if it fits over other lenses though. Their website is here. Hope this helps... Miami
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Your husband and I think a lot alike. Miami
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I have about 1600 jumps on triathalons and about 600 jumps on spectres...I like the flight and landing characteristics of both but the spectre is definitely the better opener. On the rare occasion I would get a spanker from the tri, but the spectre has always been consistently soft. Hope this helps... Miami
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What do you mean? The students don't have individual instructors but an instructor accompanies them in the A/C and put them out individually. Our 490 students use the same door position, give the same count, and are held in the door identical to an AFF student (minus the outside JM). Hope this helps... Miami
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In the 490 program we put students out on a 10 sec delay and it is a solo jump. They get about 35 hours of ground school before they touch an aircraft and they do not get any tunnel time prior to their jumps. The ground school during the summer courses are 3 and a half days long, each day is about 10 hours. During the school year their ground course is spread out over a two week period with 2 hours a few days during the week and 10 hours on Saturdays. We do have a fair number of student who have trouble maintaining stability, but most students do very well. The pass rate is about 90%, give or take 5%. If you have any questions about the 490 course feel free to PM me or search the forums, I know there have been previous posts about us. Hope this helps... Miami
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Spit maybe? Not really sure...I never had much luck with tongue or bite switches, thats why I use a blow switch. Hope this helps... Miami
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Which students am I proud of? Well...all of them! Couple of my prior students that come to mind in particular that have continued to do great things in the sport are Alli and Mel Richard (allisonjr and melstarr)...two of the founding sisters of the Pink Mafia. They have always made me very proud! Miami
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Here is a custom design. Not one of the stock patterns but hope it helps anyway... Miami
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That's bruxing...not all that uncommon. Usually the onset was from stress. If you go see your doctor they can refer you to a sleep clinic for a study to observe how severe your bruxism is. They can prescribe you a mouthpiece you wear at night that will prevent you from grinding your teeth (although I have had patients who came back a month or two later with their mouthpiece ground in half!). If it is severe you can grind the enamel off of your teeth and run into further dental problems. Hope this helps... Miami
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Ok, got to jump my FF2 6 times Sunday...and it is amazing! I am really impressed with it. I used it solely for a POV video on AFF dives with a .3 lens on a pc110 and was better than I expected. While I have never heard anything bad about the RAWA, I can safely say that anyone who gets an FF2 will be very very happy with it. Hope this helps... Miami
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Kinda like WrongWay...no experience with the RAWA...but I just got my FF2 in today and I am very impressed with it. Fit is great, very comfy...can't wait to jump it tomorrow. If I can I'll post some pics of it on here. Oh, and not sure if this is a new thing on the FF2 but I can change the angle of the camera inside the box...looks to be about a 30 degree or so change from one extreme to another. Hope this helps... Miami
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My experience with Raven reserves has been a little different than Chris's or Paul's. I load my Raven-MZ 120 at about 1.9 (closer to 2.0 when jumping video) and have landed it at my dz with an elevation of 5500'. Not only did it open flawlessly, it flew and landed like a champ. I got at approx a hundred feet out of the swoop and had a very soft landing. Having the zp topskin doesn't have much of an effect on the performance of the canopy so I would expect the same performance out of a new Dash M. Like any other highly loaded canopy you absolutely cannot try to bleed off speed before you land...you must have all the speed you can to transfer to lift for your landing. Hope this helps... Miami
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The Rebel 2000 is the lightest in the EOS line as far as I know. It is one of the more popular 35mm cameras as far as skydiving is concerned. And like Scott said, you can pick up a nice one on eBay for $100 or so. Hope this helps... Miami
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I researched this a while back...here is what I found. Hope this helps... Miami
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I'm pretty sure I follow but it doesn't match up with the ol' tape measure. At 10ft without the lens I would get 24.6ft with the .3 (which actually comes out to about .407). Wouldn't a true .5 turn a 10ft wide picture into a 20ft wide picture? Thanks again... Miami
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We have duds all the time...they just happen. Duration is usually 60-120 seconds. Normally we use red and yellow, sometimes green, with two per bracket to get a nice dense smoke during freefall. Hope this helps... Miami
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Thanks for the replies...for those of you using a .3 have you been able to check your actual field of view to see if it really is shooting at .3? I ask because I am planning on using a low profile .3 for this but the actual field of view with it is about .4. Thanks again... Miami