Chubba
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I got a Sabre2 170 with ~50 jumps on it. I need to spend 20 minutes getting it into a perfect shape and I learnt the hard way not to let up when doing the S fold, it's not forgiving like other canopys where you can do a lazy S-fold, don't let up the pressure for 1 microsecond... do your final squish and attack it furiously and with strength as quick as possible... don't give it ANY chance at all to expand in ANY direction until the first 2 stows are in...
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Do your initial downsizing and get your A license first IMO, you want to demoing the canopies close to (or at) the wingloading you are going to buy for your first rig.
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We'll get twin share, one for us, one for our rigs.
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At least your container is going to last for a long time. The guy before me was jumping a 135 in this container, so I'm set for the next 500+ jumps easy.
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Why thankyou, yours is very nice looking too I wonder how much bigger the I-45 is then the I-44 though. I'm struggling to get a newish Sabre2 170 in mine and you got a 210 in yours? Must be mega tight. I'm very happy with my Infinity, I love the protection, main flap is soooo strong, reserve flaps are great (I actually only ask for a main pin check) and the secondary riser covers are very neat, I wonder why more rigs don't have them.
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What are the chances hey, little me over in Australia having the same rig... Oh I just noticed, my INFINITY is in red, yours is in blue Hah, I got a kick out of this.
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Jesus! Why have I seen this stuff before, I thought CRW was just formations and stacks. That looks insanely fun.
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My AFF instructor flies a canopy that is over 200ft, and he only weighs 150lbs, he's been jumping the same size his entire life, he's got stacks of medals in accuracy and CRW.
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Holy jesus! You have the same rig as me! Is this a stock colour scheme for Infinity's? I absolute love it, I-44, second hand with only 10 jumps on it, fit's like custom. Sabre2 170 / PDR 160.
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Really? I only have 5 jumps on my Sabre2 170 at the moment, but the openings are the softest I have ever experienced. End cells have been closed all 5 jumps though, apparently I should get used to it.
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You buy a canopy that you can fly in the BAD situations. I don't have a lot of jumps, but I have spent the past 12 months out at the dropzone watching some of the more eager jumpers go from AFF1 - jump 200 within this time frame. Every single jumper goes through a large amount of shit. Several off landings, several landings in gusty winds, bad patterns where they have to avoid objects. The guys on the "slow canopies" that they had lots of confidence in flying, ended up walking away with a dirty rig/jumpsuit and a racing heart rate. The other guys on "too small" canopies, despite having butter smooth stand up landings 100 jumps in a row, end up going away in the ambulance. Buy conservative, think long term.
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It's pretty damn fun though for a new jumper
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Get it. It's good
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Also you got to take into account the material, whether f1-11 type or zero-p, I found an absolute MASSIVE difference moving from a PD f1-11 to my current Sabre2. I had people telling me to get a 150, so I could stick with it for a long time, I wasn't comfortable doing that. I ended up getting a 170 loaded @ 1.0 and I'm loving it, I feel safe but challenged.
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Never dived before, and have questions!
Chubba replied to xfierybynaturex's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
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Never dived before, and have questions!
Chubba replied to xfierybynaturex's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
1. The rig is worn on the ground, it will be fully adjusted and setup ready to jump, there is no adjustment on the plane. 2. They will check your gear before you put it on, before you board the plane and again before you jump out. 3. Exits are different according to the dropzone and more specifically the aircraft used. For two instructors, you will be in the middle and they will have grips on your harness/jumpsuit on both sides. 4. While in freefall, it's one way communication, instructors have different methods to communicate with the student, hand signals being one of them. You won't be doing any hand signals back. 5. I've seen both, all the instructors at my DZ have careers other then skydiving because it's a small place. At the big turbine DZ there are plenty of full time instructors. -
Been packing since jump 10, F1-11 rental gear under supervision. I pack my own rig now (only 5 jumps/5 packjobs so far), Opened exactly the same all 5 times, soft/snivelly, end cells closed and off heading. It's a Sabre2 with only 50 jumps on it, god it is absolutely terrible to pack... I push it, I lay on it, I try to get it into a nice shape, but it just hates me... it sits there laughing at me while I sweat and swear for 30 minutes bagging it up. I don't want to jump it once it's packed up. God it flies sooooo nice though, the flare nearly (I said nearly) makes it worth all the pain I suffer packing it.
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From jump 9 - jump 25, I did only tracking dives because I had noone to jump with. I felt proud getting a sub 90mph average in a rel suit by the time I graduated my A license. Now I got people to jump with and I got the shittest arch ever and have no rel experience at all I was paying $80 a jump to 10,000ft ($40/$40 gear hire), I couldn't afford ANOTHER $40 to pay a coach slot and that's not even taking into account coaches want to make a profit, so I was looking at $130-$140 for 45 seconds of coached freefall. Screw that.
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The DZO/CI told me the same thing before he even met me, over the phone when I enquired about AFF1. He was right
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Number of jumper in a Cessna 206
Chubba replied to scantech's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
Finally got to jump out of a 206 last weekend. We get 6 jumpers + pilot, it's no more cramped then a 182. I was a bit let down by the speed though, the trip to 14,000ft was a lot longer then I expected. From Australia. -
I echo the "drive faster" comment. Skydiving has put me at a type of ease, I'm a lot more relax toward life, it flicked a switch in my head.
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The Sabre2 will fly different to the Sabre1, they felt worlds apart for me, the names are confusing. I ended up with a Sabre2 170 loaded at 1:1 and I'm completely satisfied. Try out a Sabre2 in the 170/150 range before you go buying the 135 if all you're basing it on is the jumps on Sabre1... I think you will be suprised, the Sabre2 was sooo much more fun to fly (and land especially).
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Nice one man First line twists definitely get your heart pumping Looks like you're good to go, just keep powering through your training.
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lol, if I didn't get invited back everytime I stuffed up a jump I wouldn't have a single person left to jump with. Failing is good, it means I'm trying something out of my comfort zone. I did my first 4-way a few weeks back, good fun
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+1 If I can walk at the end of the day, I'm extremely happy. If I leave in perfection condition, I'm completely estatic. If I have soft stand up landings I'm on top of the world. From someone that's had multiple knee and ankle surgeries, all I care about is a survivable landing. Also I love hop n pops with friends, the exits can get VERY interesting by the 5th hop n pop of the day when everyones trying to outdo eachother on video.