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  1. Chubba
    I'm going to enquire about this with the DZO. He's often not happy when people do a full go around because people are slow at the door, never seen the 180 done.
  2. Chubba
    I'm really interested in this too. I guess it's all fine and dandy if people are deploying at the right height and flying as normal, by the time you exited they would be under canopy and decent vertical seperation. If someone dumped high or has been sitting in brakes, that's very suss. I guess it's different from a small 182 DZ and something like a packed Otter sky.
  3. Chubba
    I own an Altitrack, I find it very comfortable. Rubber mount, angled offset on your hand/wrist and a nice flexible single finger ring.
  4. Chubba
    I was on radio for 9 jumps, but only the first 3 stages the CI fully guided me in and told me to flare. He would pop on from time to time later on and say "you're coming back way too early, turn around" or "you're getting behind the target too high" and I could adjust my pattern. No shame in utilising the radio.
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    No jumping this weekend I'll be up at Ramblers very soon though, only had 2 jumps on my new rig (hop n pops too!), can't wait to get it in freefall and have a crack at backflying since it's the first freefly safe rig I've jumped. Definitely need that suit though, no point having the swanky gear then having to wear 10 year old ex-military jumpsuits that balloons up and makes you track funny
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    Black and blue, same as my new Infinity container Plus the black won't show up the dirt/grass as much from my bad landings
  7. Chubba
    I'm an Aussie I'm actually coming out to your home DZ at Ramblers in a week or two to get measured up for a freefly suit... really looking foward to jumping out of the caravans (never been to 14,000ft).
  8. Chubba
    The first time you jump your own (unsupervised) packjob is a good milestone imo.
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    Good deal?

    Chubba replied to RickNC's topic in Gear and Rigging

    That's a bum deal, do not take it. The entire thing screams scam, 450 euros is a decent whack of money. No legit person wouldn't meet the basic guidelines. Overseas, western union, general bad vibe. I would say nop. Ask him where he jumps at and try to verify with the DZO about the authenticity of the goods. If he has no reference at all, I would be extremely suss.
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    Good deal?

    Chubba replied to RickNC's topic in Gear and Rigging

    Exactly. I bought a near new rig off a DZ.com buyer, very legit bloke. When it got out to the rigger, he wasn't happy with the 3-rings/risers on them, the rigger called up the seller and told him to send out new risers... which he did very promptly. When buying your first set of gear, you want the rigger on your side, even if they do everything legit and the rig arrives, you don't have the knowledge to make these sort of calls. Agreed, the guy I bought off spent 30 minutes talking me through with a measuring tape so he could find the right container for me.
  11. Chubba
    Better trained is subjective. I'm a new jumper so don't take my opinion strongly, but I believe canopy control is THE essential skill in skydiving. Freefall skills are important obviously, but when it comes down to it, flying and landing your canopy safely is the most important skill and in 30 jumps I've had so many close calls on landing it's not funny... I'm glad I haven't busted myself yet. I did AFF for my training but would have done static line in a heartbeat purely for the price:canopy control ratio.
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    Good deal?

    Chubba replied to RickNC's topic in Gear and Rigging

    Don't send money until YOU have seen the rig in person and a rigger has inspected it. The rigger method is completely safe, for both parties involved, don't budge on it. If you cover the premium shipping + postal insurance to the rigger, that's very little money lost if he decides to run off with your $100.
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    Good deal?

    Chubba replied to RickNC's topic in Gear and Rigging

    I would still go with the rigger, he's new to sport and wouldn't be able to inspect the gear properly.
  14. Chubba
    Or if you're good with finance, get the nice gear NOW and pay it off quickly. I bought my first rig for $6000 ($4000 on finance), interest is only $60 a month... $40 gear hire a jump. I make 2 jumps in a month and I come out in front. Paid off $2000 in the first 1.5 months, now it's only $30 interest per month and I'm TRYING to make 10 jumps per month ($400 in gear hire if I waited). Too much numbers, but you get the drift... I wanted my good looking freefly rig with a "newish" Sabre2, I don't regret it.
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    Good deal?

    Chubba replied to RickNC's topic in Gear and Rigging

    +1 I got my first rig from a DZ.com classified ad. He had no problem sending it to my local rigger with absolutely zero money up front, everything went as planned.
  16. Chubba
    Being that it was a 280 I'm skeptical that it had anything to do with harness input, it's hard to even get it turning deliberately on a large canopy... let alone a HARD turn.
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    I bought my first rig on credit (well $4k out of the $6k). My thinkings? Jumps are $40 to 10,000ft at my dropzone, gear hire is $40. So it was costing me $80 a jump. Interest on the $4k was only $60 a month and I'm making 4 - 5 jumps a month WHILE renting gear... it's a no brainer. Now I got my own gear I'm going to try and make ~10 jumps a month, that's $400 in gear hire I would have paid... and my principal is lower now so my interest is roughly $40 a month. Credit made complete sense, but then again I'm paying off the loan quickly.
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    Vector II

    Chubba replied to RickNC's topic in Gear and Rigging

    All I know is a mate got a V2 for his first rig and he's really struggling to freefly safely, velcro is in really good condition and he occasionally goes on sitfly but he's always nervous and always ends up going back to RW. Just something to think about.
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    My first rig should be ready tomorrow, Sabre2 - 170 only 50 jumps on it. I'm expecting a lot from this canopy, everyone seems to love them.
  20. Chubba
    Yep, it's very clear now, new jumper perceptions are messing with my head. It was actually a tracking dive with a friend who has 200 jumps, he said to me afterwards "I was pointing in the right direction and wanted you to follow", his heading was off line from the DZ but he landed back on target. I just aimed straight for the DZ kept applying riser to stand in line with the landing area... which obviously didn't work out well Pic attached, me in red, mate in blue... arrows for heading, crosses for where we actually landed. Good thread, at least I'm learning
  21. Chubba
    My bad, I guess I was being blown strongly crosswind and I just kept applying input to get where I wanted.
  22. Chubba
    +1 Even if you have the wind behind you, if you have foward speed (I'm hoping you're flying foward ) the relative wind is still going against you and making yourself big will add drag. I had a long spot on Saturday, I had to fly slightly crosswind/downwind for the whole 2500ft just to reach the airport (wrong end though, sucks having to walk 2 miles back to hangar). It just felt better using the left rear riser to hold my heading, it felt smoother and seemed like it was gliding more then when I used the left toggle. Beats me I got back safely though.
  23. Chubba
    You will be itching to get out that door soon. It's a little euphoric spark now everytime someone yells "DOOR!" and open it up... I always have a big grin on my face, can't wait to get out.
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    Are your jump numbers correct? I was nervous as hell till roughly jump 10, by jump 20 all my nerves have gone... and they have never returned (I can wait a few weeks now and still feel comfortable going for a jump). Relax bro, just let it all go, stop fighting the wind and start feeling it. Skydiving is 110% easier when you're relaxed, just get stable then stop resisting, just go loose as a goose and you're good to go.
  25. Chubba
    I think it's safe to say someone with 5 jumps and one usable arm will be having a bad landing.