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I'm not a TI but I pack the all of the "company rigs" which use Icarus canopies and one guy who has a Sigma with dacron lines. I pack using a hook, untwist any of the control lines from the canopy down to the toggle, place the steering lines on top, and stow the excess in a band. We have not had a chop or a tension knot in the 3 years I've been packing. It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

Last year a couple of our "old guys" jumped a rig with a ParaCommander last jumped like in 85 or so. I think the rig had blast handles. Pretty cool. Another jumper we have jumps with a Racer that I swear was the rig Jesus used in his FJC before he sold it to D-1 Lew. I do belly with him weekly. I have an old Talon and a V3. I don't FF with the Talon but then again it was not designed for that use. If the container is maintained, what could be the risk. It has 3 handles, 3-rings, holds 2 canopies and is made to open. The rest is bling and speciality shit right? I find old gear pretty cool and I remember the first time I tried to figure out a bungee PC. I don't want one but it functioned as designed. Tell the haters to go talk the (old crusty) ST&A if they have a problem b/c you are busy making loads and don't have time to give them a course in rigging. **Disclaimer - The opinion expressed above is just that, an opinion of a don't know shit DZ bum. I'm not an instructor nor a certificated rigger but can change my mains using slinks, make closing loops, floating loops, change p/c's and sew jump suits. And I do watch the Holiday Inn Express commercials nighty. It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

Get a Brooks leather saddle and some proper shorts with a chamois. And make sure the saddle is level. Thousands of kilometers on the cobbles of Europe and I never once had a case of 'the red ass'. And if you like to spin, a road bike and a set if Kreitler rollers will allow you to do it indoors as needed. Just don't watch TV with anything you are into like sports. I jacked up walls and furniture more than a couple times when I became distracted and flew the bike off the rollers. It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

+1 on the tension. One thing I do and tell students to relax is use visualization about 2 min out from the door. Relax and picture every movement from your seat to the door to exit thru the whole dive plan. This helps you to picture and focus on the "what to do" and not the problem. At exit, big exhale going out will remove upper body tension. I'm still in the long process of learning FF and that works for me when I'm trying to go HD from a sit and I still have alot of tension in my torso. And I smile and laugh and stick my tounge out at my partner. All of it causes relaxation. It will come sooner or later and become automatic until you begin to take it to the next level. By then, you will know when you are tense and how to relax. So go forth and give that AFFI a smile with a little tounge It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

4 to 7 minutes depending on weight. Info from pilot who flew em forever and retired the AMR fleet. It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

Actually all three DZ's in Kansas are dog friendly. It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

+1 Start with 2way belly. You need a reference in the air. Find someone who is profiecient to fall with you. Belly maneuvers translate to other axis flying. You will learn where you look, you will go. Pulling an arm in when flat will barrel roll you, doing it in a sit will cartwheel you but both rotations are around the horizontal axis. You need that flat experience to understand where your body catches and spills air so that when you go to multi-axis flight, you can understand how to get to where you want to go or do what you want to do. And since everybody starts flat, so must you also. Let's assume that you know how to "pop up" to get relative to someone when flat flying? Hug the beach ball, dearch and arms out flat, suck up and roll your shoulders down.... Now how do you do it on your ass or head when you are in the 170+ range and the dive time is shortened? Can you side-slide on your belly and go up-over-under another belly flier? How can you do it in a sit? It's stuff like this that you get on your belly that makes FF progression easier. And then there is the all important belly skill of TRACKING away from everybody else that the most important belly skill of all. {See very recent incident posts}. The dark side is fun but not if you are corking or can't move to the campfire. It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

The progression as I was told and have followed is: Proficient in belly then to back. Profiecient in back then to sit. Profiecient in sit then to head down. Every jump is a belly jump in the end. I put about 150+ good RW jumps in the book with 2,3,4-ways before I ever thought about FF. I could go fine on my back but when I tried to sit, well it was a mess. Recovery was on back to keep speed up. I'm approaching 500 jumps and am just now starting to work on head down. It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

0:8:0 + 16 tandem packs, 2 student packs, and all of my own pack jobs. Pretty tired on Monday. Did a couple of jumps on a XF2. Pretty sporty. It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

lol, I hope that phrase catches on around here. You mean that we really aren't supposed to return 'em post boogie? Who knew. It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

I would go with the Neptune. I have a Solo in my Bonehead which I never touch. It's case is cracked. I have a Viso on my wrist and one of the plastic things on the side that holds it on just broke yesterday so now that hole is worthless. About 3 months ago I bought a Neptune and have it in my other ear. Seems that the Neptune is constructed of better material than the L&B stuff. I'm careful with my intruments but the L&B plastic is junk. I suppose I'll lose the Viso in freefall one day. It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

Holy shit, the French actually stopped an invasion for the first time in history. I guess Google is going to have to update the I Fell Lucky button. It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

~470 right now so I'm under 500 on Eliptical. Progression: Sabre 170 / Triathalon 160 Did 10 on a Stilletto 150 and went to canopy course in Dallas when I had 200. Ass handed to me for being on it with those numbers but I was landing it fine, it was the spinning mal I wasn't ready for. Pilot 150 Cobalt 150 Started HP learning on the Sabre and tried on the Pilot but the recovery is too short. Working on 90*s with the Cobalt. I've never really progressed beyond 90*s on anything yet because of starting all over with each canopy. I'm only loading the Cobalt at 1.38 but I can fly the pattern using just the harness. Wednesday I got about 20 degrees of correction out of the harness while practicing "obstacle avoidance" from about 50 ft. Curt in Dallas might run an advanced course this summer and I'll hit that up but right now I'm just working on the HP stuff one turn and 10 ft at a time. It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

I think it's Winterset. Google the Couchfreaks, it's their home DZ. It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

Figuring exit weight of 185: 190 puts you at .97 WL 170 pust you at 1.08 WL Read you SIM Have you done everything on the downsizing lists (Germain or Billvon's)? Ask your instructors or ST&A. Asking here is pointless. Nobody here has seen you fly. It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

I would assume it would all be attitude as the OP is not a coach and would not be able to jump with the person in question as said jumper is still a Student. To the OP, have you voiced your concerns with an I or ST&A at your DZ? It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

Oh sweet cracker sammich, Shah is back in the game! Now STFU, quit posting so much and jump more, and read and reread BGs book. Don't forget to Eat, Fuck, Skydive. It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

I'll play devils advocate here: Do you tip the F.O. or F.As on your commercial flight? Do you tip the carney working the Zipper ride at the fair? I think alot of one time tandem pax view it as a carnival ride and treat the whole experience as such. It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

"Say what again motherf*cker" It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough. That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

Our own Aggie Dave seems to be on the up and up despite being an A&M grad