nacmacfeegle

"Nacmac posted it a while back. You might just start sifting through the archives. I'm sure it's still there..." Yes it is still there, go find it people, many of you could do with the honing up your search techniques You know, its actually easier to find pictures of Carlos the Jackal than to find pics of Sangiro.... So rather than blow his cover, I'll leave you these teasers...... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

RichM has the jist of the problem here, SVCD is inerently a lower quality than 'regular' DV. The tsunami compression system (aka tmpenc) is about the best I have seen for making SVCD etc. Why are you trying to make SVCD discs? You would achieve better results making a DV project, outputting in DV format to your camera, then running a VHS or SVHS (if you have the deck for it) tape copy off....Then you have a 'master copy of your edit in a format (DV) that is not discernably different from the original footage. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"Here's an engine that runs on beer, chili and hard boiled eggs." Ah at long last, now that is much more practical! -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

I think aliens did it, and they are still here, hiding out in Atlantis..... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Joule Thompson cooling people, it was here last year...... http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=165253;search_string=beer%20cooler;#165253 In essence the jet is just there to safely dispose of the depressurised gas.... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"I hope Nacmac doesn't get mad at me for nudging him out of the way!" Pooot, just because I have something better to do with my life at weekends than hang out gibbering with you fools.....look what happens, I get bumped down the line.. Its okay Andrea, you nudge all you want, ya know I like it.

Thats the thing Prof, thanks for keeping me right. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Hmm not video then, 25fps means each frame is 40 milliseconds long, or each field is 20 milliseconds long......whatchoo talkin' bout then? -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"I live in California. What exactly are "hail" and "ice"?" Best way to describe this is solidified smog!... I live in Scotland, what exactly is sunshine? -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"Heh. I didn't say I'd never done it, now did I??" Ah yes forgive me for being presumptuous(amongst other things) And your clouds probably aren't full of hail, ice, and evrything but a silver lining. Diving into your own wee rainbow halo (corriolis?)is cool though.... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Oooh, don't mention Rugby round here, HH is from South Africa, and the last time they played here even Scotland beat them......shhhh now... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Nyaah, nyaah, nyaah...I jump through clouds all the time...... But normally in places where the FAA have no power, sway or influence......ie in the UK. Although given the choice......I'd have to say you guys have it better..... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Try the page maintained by Craig Poxon... http://www.poxon.org/Craig/Skydive/Fatalities/ -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Here's to us Dave. Who's like us? Damn few! And their all dead. (old Scottish toast) Harvesting a whole glen full of lucky white heather for you man. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"When you coming back to Texas" I wish I knew an answer to that one Robert, I now have a pretty long term contract here in Scotland, and am trying balance work, skydiving, and the new addition (a "rug rat" ). I really miss the Texas scene, but I gotta put the family first. Hey look at it this way, the Gravity rats are spreading on an international level now. Gravity Haggis anyone? -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"join the Mac religion" No no no.... You should join all become Nacmac accolytes. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"Does that make me cool? " Hell Wendy, it takes more than a dated rig to make you uncool, and a nice rig doesn't mean you are cool. Cool is a state of mind, cool does not mean complying with the Czars of fashion. You, in particular, are cool for other reasons. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Okay before evryone gets too hot and bothered about all this here are some links that provide guidance as opposed to regulation..... http://www.skydiveaz.com/resources/book_intro.htm http://www.afn.org/skydive/sta/highperf.pdf http://www.afn.org/skydive/sta/cancontrol.html http://www.afn.org/skydive/sta/flynland.html http://www.afn.org/skydive/sta/landing.html http://www.afn.org/skydive/sta/accc/ Read, learn, have fun, and survive, for god's sake don't wear a helmet, and remember the golden rule, safety third! -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"You poor thing..I forgot you have a new one too! " Hehe LOL Pammi...He's so new he's still in the box...... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"but my 120 F111 loaded to 1.6 on half breaks won't put me down gently" Ah Tonto, you are missing my sense of irony.... Ask peeps here why they have a cypres, and I'll betcha 90% will say its in case they are whacked unconscious, I just find it ironic that their cypres will save them, then their reserve will smack them up on landing..... This is the only scenario I can imagine (for 90% of my jumping anyways) where a round reserve has any advantage over a square. Of course, the disadvantages far outweigh the advantages. I am far more likely to need my reserve due to a mal, in which case give me my similarly loaded (1.6ish, and yes, I know its a big loading for F111, but I can prove I can land it when, and where required) square reserve anyday. And at least I am man enough to admit that statistically I am far more likley to have a cypres fire whilst being altitude 'unaware' rather than being unconscious and I am prepared to make the risk trade off, and know the ramifications of my gear choice. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"Don't know if that made sense but I tried " Yup that makes sense to me John. Eezee taught me to keep my hands further forward as you describe. My sit flailing improved dramatically afterwards.... Another example of how belly flying tips apply to freeflying

"And what would those advantages be?" I guess it would be the whacked unconscious (which is why we all have a cypres as opposed to admitting that we might be out to lunch at pull trime) and having a cypres fire scenario....The round will put you down relatively gently without any pilot input, but I guess a big fluffy F111 at 1:1 loading on stowed brakes would be similar? Probably going downwind too I'd imagine... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Mine, navy blue, purple, white, Scotland's rugby colours, apart from the tie dye of course.. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Ummm, MS Word? hehehe, Mike, PM me your resume, I'll tidy it up for you. Cya Dave -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Ian, search this forum, there's loads of tips for newbies. Happy snapping -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson