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Blaster one foot in front of the other {{{{{{{{{{{{{{VIBES}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} Remember you can go far beyond what your mind will let you believe. John Fosgate "In the end, its always best to choose the hard right over the easy wrong." LouDiamond MB 4310 www.N3Racing.com

Speaking as a guy who grew up with between 40 and 120"pets" are you prepared for the 2 cubic feet per day of OUTPUT I want a pet cow.

MMM... "The show me Cornfreaks Boogie" it is Missouri after all

Ouch!!! well I know too well whats its like. I pitched it in t 6 at Laguna in 94 15 months,plate and 8 screws later I walk fine then in 98 lost the front in 14 at T-hill shattered rt collar bone and again plate 8 screws later its fine. Thats how racing is and after 21years with a race license I'm going to jump more and race less John Fosgate "In the end, its always best to choose the hard right over the easy wrong." LouDiamond MB 4310 www.N3Racing.com

Dude PATRON!!!! John Fosgate "In the end, its always best to choose the hard right over the easy wrong." LouDiamond MB 4310 www.N3Racing.com

Stump It's a 96 TZ 250 with a 99 cylinders a shortened swingarm and Ohlins shock and re-valved stock forks it puts out around 85 Hp weights about 230 pounds John Fosgate "In the end, its always best to choose the hard right over the easy wrong." LouDiamond MB 4310 www.N3Racing.com

Sunny Thanks. Beard went away the day after the pics were taken. Got a 5th in the race that mattered to me

ouch serves me right for posting before I've finished my first cup of coffee John Fosgate "In the end, its always best to choose the hard right over the easy wrong." LouDiamond MB 4310 www.N3Racing.com

I have one not quite that radical but a full Banks package AND when I keep my foot out of it it gets 21 mpg mine has a 5 speed and will tow a house up a cliff and still top out at 110

...my yearly beard/ attitude http://4theriders.com/viewpics.php?loc=/pics/afm/2007/r1_bwillow/11/ John Fosgate "In the end, its always best to choose the hard right over the easy wrong." LouDiamond MB 4310 www.N3Racing.com

I don't but I was riding with a 141 pilot in Sacramento one night and we ran into a heavy wall of fog and just like he was flying he leaned forward and zeroed in on the instruments for about 3-4 seconds before he slowed down and looked out the windshield again funny to watch but scary to sit through luckily HWY 50 is straight and not too crowded at 2 am John Fosgate "In the end, its always best to choose the hard right over the easy wrong." LouDiamond MB 4310 www.N3Racing.com

:3:1 no lady currently to handle the first (WHY I have money for the second!) got 3 in Friday for my birthday owe my rigger HUGE kudos for teaching me a bunch of things to make my chute open MUCH softer Beer for first jumps out of an otter (all 3)

Well I was there and it was my birthday. All CRW folks put on a great show for me. I got 3 jumps out of and OTTER (first time) Bill's last load went up at about 5:30 and the winds got going pretty good (25-30) and my last landing was almost straight down so your jumper missed the last load . John Fosgate "In the end, its always best to choose the hard right over the easy wrong." LouDiamond MB 4310 www.N3Racing.com

Hey All First thanks to all for the input I'm pretty lucky as I have a great Rigger who knows his $#!^ and I caught him Sat at lunch while he had a bit of time. I walked into Pete Swans shop and explained that I thought I was getting harder openings than I should and wondered if he had time to look things over. First he asked me to explain what I felt step by step and we went through the opening sequence then he agreed that it seemed to be opening pretty fast. He asked to look things over and popped the pin First he felt the pilot was a bit large at 34” fixed. He rummaged around his new digs (just moved in on the first) he decided on a slightly smaller collapsible pilot which he rigged on the spot. Then he asked me to show him how I stow the lines and it seems the first 2 grommet stows were not as long in the rubber bands as they should have been i.e. I was only leaving about half a hand width and Pete wanted me to change that to a full hand width for the first and second grommets and go to the end of the bag on the other two ALSO only the first and second stows were single wrapped and ALL the rest were DOUBLE WRAPPED so the lines were stowed a slightly tighter He also suggested I roll the tail a bit tighter when wrapping it up, the nose is still just pushed in to the center So I went out after these changes and it’s a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT opening and SWEET So I jumped two more times and it was the same all three times I’m very very happy with it now As a side note Pete Swan did the acceptance inspection on this rig when I bought it last month. I asked him to do anything he felt necessary, the lines were 80 jumps old (95 now) and he completed the MOD 4.0 changes to the lines that were relatively new when he inspected it. I should be noted that Pete mentioned pretty much all the same things that were brought up here and I appreciate every ones constructive inputs Also I'd like to say how much I appreciated the fast response from Karl and the folks at Aerodyne Research when I first asked for a manual. John Fosgate "In the end, its always best to choose the hard right over the easy wrong." LouDiamond MB 4310 www.N3Racing.com

Sunny What precisely were you going to teach me (to pack) well off to do my birthday jumps John Fosgate "In the end, its always best to choose the hard right over the easy wrong." LouDiamond MB 4310 www.N3Racing.com

Lee Fundamentally we're not far apart, however, think higher up the food chain crack houses are the bottom, all the same benefits bigger payoff more money one distributer services many dealers society is happier and so is my DZ John Fosgate "In the end, its always best to choose the hard right over the easy wrong." LouDiamond MB 4310 www.N3Racing.com

Got my first rig and have been packing it for the last 10 jumps. The main is a Triathlon 220, I’m not small and OTD at 255 and have been told I fall like a safe. I seem to be getting harder openings than I think I should. This chute seems to go from packed to open in a split second, I've made sure to quarter the slider and it’s as far up the lines as it will go. The folks at Aerodyne sent me a free CD with the most current info and I seem to be following the packing procedure correctly I follow the packing instructions in the owners’ manual yet it still seems to stop me instantly My questions are: 1. Is there anything I should be doing differently? (I haven't been taught anything beyond standard packing) 2. I don't know how to roll the nose is this a reasonable possibility? 3. Will this keep the chute from opening so fast? 4. Is there somewhere I can find the right way to do this? 5. Are there any other alternatives? John Fosgate "In the end, its always best to choose the hard right over the easy wrong." LouDiamond MB 4310 www.N3Racing.com

I know a guy who swore he made "extra" cash by robing drug dealers Don't know if its true (this was back in the mid 80's) but he always seemed to to have new toys and worked less than I did I say we rob the drug dealers good for Society good for my local DZ John Fosgate "In the end, its always best to choose the hard right over the easy wrong." LouDiamond MB 4310 www.N3Racing.com

Sunny I'll try to swing by Chicago on my way home from Lost Prairie just so you can spank me Michelle Thanks I'll be at one of your DZ's(or both) later this summer first ride up is on me

Thanks Shawn Hows the ankle? I'm really in need of some coaching so I can't wait for you to get back in the sky I'm 21 and celebrating the 23rd anniversary of it John Fosgate "In the end, its always best to choose the hard right over the easy wrong." LouDiamond MB 4310 www.N3Racing.com

I know I'm old now but it's NOT the 6th here YET. Chris you really must come and stay here so that you can be living in the same day as me I plan to got to Lodi and get at least 5 in tomorrow I might even ask one of the camera gods to film one Thanks Cutie John Fosgate "In the end, its always best to choose the hard right over the easy wrong." LouDiamond MB 4310 www.N3Racing.com

Quotehumps:jumps:beer owed .5.0 2 Thursday 5 Friday no beers John Fosgate "In the end, its always best to choose the hard right over the easy wrong." LouDiamond MB 4310 www.N3Racing.com

Do any of you big guys have a spare suit for a 5'8” 225# member of Brotherhood of the Anvil? I had a guy follow me out yesterday and couldn't catch me and said “man you fall like a safe” I'm otd at 255 and just getting to where I want to start to play well with others. Any advice is welcome! PS put me down for a shirt John Fosgate "In the end, its always best to choose the hard right over the easy wrong." LouDiamond MB 4310 www.N3Racing.com

Yes but you'll have to move to CA and spend at least a week per month tied to my bed My best friend in the whole world lives in Crystal Lake so Skydive Chicago is doable you could have called too Skydive chicago Any chance i can quit and have you support me??? John Fosgate "In the end, its always best to choose the hard right over the easy wrong." LouDiamond MB 4310 www.N3Racing.com

Sunny I'm hurt I thought we were going to get married at LP and hit all 50 states to jump and get roadhead mmm... ...guess I ll drink a lot more at LP... ...where should a single nice guy camp? John Fosgate "In the end, its always best to choose the hard right over the easy wrong." LouDiamond MB 4310 www.N3Racing.com