virgin-burner

You can make jumps at Burning man? Sweeeeeeeeet jumps at burning man “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

I'd add the smell of canopies to that as well. I love the part where i get to lie down on my canopy while packing and smell that fabric. Wow, that sounded way weirder than i meant to add to the weirdness, i think that part of skydiving definitely has some sensual/sexual aspect to it. especially watching some hot skychick, doing it, sweating.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

haha, i'm already being called a freeflier by competetive rw-freaks, i and others think my canopy-piloting are well above average for my numbers now (and they really sucked not too long ago), and i've been in the sport for a little over a year. i work and usually am not too keen to go to the dropzone after work. sometimes i take an afternoon off spontanieously. but mostly i'm a weekend warrior! learning curve seems to be quite steep, so yea, if you put your mind to it, some money (ok, a lot of it), sure, you can get quite good at it. havent taken holidays for it yet, except for my aff. but i sure will if i get better and better. i want to achieve a level where i can turn up somewhere, and just go and have some fun with locals, whatever that might be. guess, i'm on a good way..

used to get me sick during aff.. and now i'm getting all excited, breath in deeply, and know, i'm gonna roll soon! always loved the sound of a turbine before that tough!

sounds like you need to push those legs more down.. and get your arms back, havent talked much about that.. not that i know anything about it, really.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

It is possible to roughly estimate the gate entry speed from the average speed and time. When flying horizontally, you decelerate at the fraction of g that is equal to the reciprocal of your momental L/D: a = g/(L/D) For the rough estimate, one can assume constant L/D (which is not true - as you slow down, your canopy must produce the same lift - equal to your weight - at slower speed, therefore, it must change angle of attack and as a result, L/D is constantly changing. But for an estimate, the changes in L/D are relatively small if one exits the course with high speed still.) Assuming L/D ~ 2.5, we have a ~ 0.4g. If V0 is the gate entry speed and V1 is the course exit speed, average speed Vavg = (V0 + V1)/2 (for constant deceleration), and V1 = V0 - a*t, where t is time. So, Vavg = (V0 + V0 - a*t)/2 = V0 - a*t/2, and V0 = Vavg + a*t/2 = Vavg + g*t/2/(L/D) In this particular case, V0 = 28.6m/s + 9.8m/s^2 * 2.45s/2/2.5 = 33.5m/s = 120.6km/h = 75mph. altough i never understand shit, i always love to read your posts that involve mathematics..

i'm in for #1, if that aint gonna win, you better put up with it lisa.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

poor lisa, and some people say i'm wreaking havoc ONLINE..!? Amateur. dont say that, you should see the havoc i'm wrecking in real life! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

WOW, Thought that up all by yourself? “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

hey now, i'm really jealous about THAT!! how was it? “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

its ok, we say over here its better to and quick and painful than unbearably everlasting.. had a little low about it yesterday, but i got a date for lunch today. i dont want to be a child of sadness. another one of those silly sayings..

a certain thread comes to mind, and a post in peticular: it involved the FAA, bouncing and sticking a shoe up ones own ass. now i dont want to know what happened there.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

poor lisa, and some people say i'm wreaking havoc ONLINE..!? “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

finished postwhoring now, i'm going to SLEEP, bitches!

Ewww.. you knew he was only taking a nap?? you really want to know!? “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

OUCH!! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

uff, happy it wasnt me asking.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

i'm not so sure anymore.. lights and tv were still on, so it was a good thing anyway.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

i gave you that idea.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

you fucking woke me up from the dead!! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

Did you apply? its a bit far off, but i'd make a hell of a job there.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

Skyrads been diggin on you for ages Andy, he's obviously trying to find all your posts to better understand the wonder that is you

i'm partial to this one tough.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

i was sooo going to say that too! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

the FAG-thing, well, just click on it. parody about skydiving-fraternities, if anyone has seen "team america". the FAGs there was the film actors guild. mine are the "fashion aware gravitists". kinda gay, but so are fraternities..