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I'd say the first thing you should get is a few hundred more jumps, but that's just me. Canuck
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Canopy Progression - the Pro's way
Canuck replied to garywainwright's topic in Swooping and Canopy Control
My thoughts on JCs downsizing. 1. Jumping a Stiletto with 300 jumps is an agressive move. Even by todays standards. I have seen many threads on these forums where somebody in that jump number category has asked if it's a good idea to go elliptical, and the overwhelming response is usually NO! 2. What I do like about his progression is that he did 900 jumps under that Stiletto, loaded at about 1.4, and you can bet your ass that's the canopy he learned to swoop on. What scares me is people, no matter how many jumps they have, that start trying to learn agressive approaches at higher loadings (ie the guy who flies straight ins on a canopy loaded at 1.4 and then decides he wants to be a swooper so goes to 1.8 and starts hooking). Canuck -
Yup I agree. I think in the top 10 at the world cup, 9 of them are sponsored. Icarus sponsored dudes aren't going to jump an FX, Precision sponsored dudes aren't going to jump a Chaos 21. But, back when the Chaos 21 first came out, Shaylan won the distance event in Para-performance competition with one, so they can beat Velocities and VXs. Canuck
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Why are you wanting to go top mounted now Deuce? Cancuk
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Actaually, if you look at the dimensions on Sony's website, the TRV's are only 2cm (about 3/4 inch) wider. I would argue that on a nice low profile form fitted helmet like the FF2, Rawa, and Hawkeye, even with that extra 2cm it would stick out less than on the rather large and bulky Bat-rack or Optik + Bonehead d-box set-up. I mentioned this to 2 K Composites explaining that the TRV's are about half the price of the PC's and that they might want to consider moulding a box to fit them, but I never heard back. Doesn't really matter to me, I'm a top-mount guy anyway. Canuck
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TRV 19 and 22 DO NOT fit in the FF2 helmet. I e-mailed them asking that exact question about a week ago, and they said no. Canuck
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Yeah Canada is a pretty cool place to live - this time of year - literally. Guns don't kill us - the freezing ass weather does!! Canuck
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A couple points, and then I'm outta here. 1. Bowling for Columbine isn't about gun control any more than Basic Instinct is about Sharon Stone spreading her legs in the interrogation room. One part of the movie - yes, a part that many people remember - yes. But the point of the movie - NO. This is a movie that requires critical engagement and intelligent viewing. It's about the prevailing social conditions that manifest in many forms, one of which is a completely undeniable high hand gun murder rate. 2. As a Canadian, I have always been awed by the patriotism of Americans. I think it's great to have so much love and repect for your country. However, I think it's pretty important to remember that deep love and repect can provoke emotional rather than empirical responses to criticism, and sometimes it's very important to view situations objectively rather than subjectively. Canuck
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Best movie I have ever seen, and I'm not just saying that because I'm a Canadian. And no, my door isn't locked right now. Canuck
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Dude, the ONLY thing that could make that picture better is if that fridge was filled with Canadian beer - you know, the stuff the actually tastes good and has alcohol in it! Now, if you want to invite me down for a game of pool with your wife...I'd be more than willing to bring the beer! Canuck
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Jeffro had a promo tape in Eloy last year that he and the rest of the Xaso boys had made in Kapow. Features a bunch of cutaways and landings on the r-max. From what I saw, they were opening real nice and landed sweet - although they were mostly doing 270s, in fact I'm not sure there was a single straight in approach on the video. Anyway, it certainly wasn't stalling out deep in the flare like the original Ravens are rumoured to (although I've never actually seen that happen either). Looks like a good reserve to me. Canuck
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Yup I've got the Flat Top Pro. It does have the L bracket on the front, that's where my still is mounted now. Rotating it 90 degrees wont do anything to get the lens any closer to my video lens though, which is the objective - you know - to minimize the parallax. Cool that you like shooting tandems vertical. I was just wondering about the framing - do you lose their arms from the pictures quite often, or do you stay out far enough to get everything? With horizontal, I have my perfect distamce dialed in to get finger tips to finger tips, but with a vertical camera at that distance, I think it would be more like shoulder to shoulder. Canuck
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Oh I get close - I've landed more than once with spit on my lense from tandem passenger screaming into the camera. That's the problem, when I go for the ultra close-ups (like litterally about 2-3 inches) I can't get both video and pictures at the same time. If I'm focusing on pictures, I'm getting close up video of the TM (and ours are ALL ugly), or if I'm focusing on video, I'm getting pictures of the chest strap. That's why I want to get the two lenses closer together. Canuck
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Hey there fellow vidiots. I'm thinking about re-configuring my helmet, and putting my still up on top with the video. I have a TRV video camera though, so the only way to do it without having the camera hanging over the edge is to mount it vertically on a shark fin. I have a flat top pro. How many of you have vertical mounted still cams? 95% of the pictures I take are tandems, and I know the horizontal layout is better for that, but is anybody shooting tandems vertical? Thoughts? Canuck
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Ummm, you really need to see the picture, cause it's a lot like what you are saying. I'll describe it as best I can. There are two 3-way rounds (one head-down, one sit) just slightly vertically offset - their heads are all on level. Between these two rounds, and linking them together is a 3-way open accordian. So in total you have 4 head-down and 4 sit, heads all at the same level, half the bodies above and half the bodies below, and all gripped - it's very 3D. The advantage in this over hybrids is in the potential for transitions. How many multi-point hybrids have you ever seen? As soon as you break the grips to go from one formation to the next, the bellies are gone. This way, everybody is working at the same speed. Canuck
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Coaching varies depending where you go and who you are (boobs help). The most expensive I can think of is Omar (two tickets + $50). Two tickets plus anywhere from $10 to $30 is pretty standard. The best coaching I've ever had was from Max Cohn. Incredible flyer and a super intelligent guy which really makes a difference in his delivery. Myself, the next time I feel inclined to shell out a fistfull of bucks on coaching, it will be in a tunnel. Canuck
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First, it's so 5 years ago to do the whole belly flyer vs. freeflyer thing...Airspeed freeflys, Alchemy belly flys...enough said. As far as taking a "traditional approach" and building formations, it's just evolution dude. Watch some what I would call traditional belly flying from way back, they certainly weren't flying block moves. I love the freedom and artistry of freeflying, and I hope 3-way never goes away. That, however, is not to say that 4-way and 8-way sequential competitions would not also totally kick ass!! Canuck
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Page 13 of November's Parachutist has a picture of an incredible vertical 8-way. It just might be the most impressive formation I've seen in freefly. I think the road is being paved for sequential freefly competition... Awesome! Canuck
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I don't think you did anything wrong. Provided you are fully aware of your altitude, there is nothing wrong with trying to sort out a mal - until you reach your pre-determined hard deck. That's the nice thing about pulling at 3000 instead of 2200 - you actually have time to deal with shit. Canuck
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I use to think this too, but there are a few considerations: First - who is a swooper? Are we defining it by landing approach, wing loading, something else? Presumably, the dude under the Velocity at 2.4 doing 270s is, but what about the guy under the Stiletto at 1.8 doing 90s? Second - As has been stated, a serious problem is the s-turners. It's happened to me more than once when I have a nice line picked out between 2 big puffy canopies, make my turn, and then one of them starts that s-turning on final shit. If anything, maybe knowing a freight train is coming down on their ass will make them think twice before fucking up the pattern. Fly fast or fly slow - doesn't matter if you fly predictable and follow a pattern. Canuck
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If I recall, during the World Cup someone from these forums who was actually there and updating us made some comment about Jim jumping a prototype, so with that, the picture, and the "GX" on the website, I'm guessing that is exactly what it is. Canuck
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If you're looking at 35mm, you can't beat the quality, durability, and economy of the Canon EOS line, and they all have the remote jack to put a tongue switch on. For a lens, to match your .3 video, you will need to go pretty wide, like in the 17 to 20mm range, and that gets expensive. If you're not too worried about matching up the video and the still, again, the Canon EF 24 and 28 mm lenses are hard to beat for the quality and price (although the 24 is quite a bit more) I use an EOS 3000 with an EF 28, mostly for tandems, and get amazing results - I've never had a single complaint. In Canuck dollars, that set-up was about $850 - not sure what the Americano price would be, but presumably less. Canuck
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It's a 9 cell - 3 crossbraced cells in the centre, 3 on each side that are not. Interesting canopy, but the only advatage that I can hypothesize is less pack volume. Are we sure this is the "GX" or could this be something different yet? Anyway, I wont be holding my breath - look how long it is taking for the damn Katana and Sensei to hit the market!!! Canuck
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Last January, Jason Peters was jumping an Icarus prototype in Eloy that looked very similar. It was an 89, and he was flying the shit out of it. Not sure if it is the same canopy or not, I actually didn't notice any cross bracing on the one he was jumping, but I never took that close a look either. Anyway, his comments about that canopy were that it fit somewhere in between a Safire and a Crossfire - that it had a little more "autoplane" than the Crossfire. Who knows, I also heard Icarus was designing a canopy that had 99% on heading openings - maybe that's what Jason was jumping and this is something else... Canuck
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Question. Does anybody know if the Velocity currently in production is the same as the original design, or has in gone through some changes - specifically changes to improve the openings? Everybody I know who has recently bought one says the openings are cake, but I also know Airspeed sent theirs back a few years ago because they were getting slammed. I have e-mailed PD this question, but never heard back from them. I'm ready to go crossbraced, but openings are critical. I'd like to go Velocity, but if the opeings are still an issue, Xaos it is. Canuck