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I saw in the V3 manual they recommend against a hacky handle. Was wondering why? Entanglement with the longer bridle perhaps? I just bought a cazer PC with a longer bridle for it. Justin
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Ok let me rephrase the question.... how do I get the L/D or glide off the 305. I have the gpx file and have been using gpsvisualizer.com. which plot gives the glide path?
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If you think of the skydive as a triangle: pure vertical, pure horizontal, and glide. What is the garmin recording? I have been assuming it's horizontal, but maybe not.
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Psychology of Risk Scuba/Skydive
base698 replied to blkhwk91b's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
I do also BASE jump and I have been at larger drop zones (I've seen 4 that I immediately can recall) people go in that I didn't know. I do have a few in my count that are BASE jumpers but the skydivers far outweigh the BASE jumpers (more likely due to me knowing far more skydivers than base jumpers). -
Psychology of Risk Scuba/Skydive
base698 replied to blkhwk91b's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
You can run the numbers a lot of different ways and conclude for 1 dive per 1 skydive is more dangerous than the other, but I don't know any scuba divers that know dead divers. What seems fairly obvious to me is that skydiving per active participant is much more dangerous than this thread would lead you to believe. I've been skydiving for over 11 years now. I quit counting people I've seen/known to die skydiving when that number hit 26. -
I tried to search and couldn't find anything exactly like what I was looking for. I got my first jumps on a Garmin this weekend and wrote a small program between loads to calculate: Distance, Glide Path, Forward and Downward speed in MPH. Anyone have a site they like that can view the path in 3D and tell you all that information? I was using http://www.gpsvisualizer.com site as well
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Best f*ck you song when you break up with someone?
base698 replied to npgraphicdesign's topic in The Bonfire
http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Song-for-the-Dumped-lyrics-Ben-Folds-Five/E6896AC31173F83A48256897000530E9 http://s0.ilike.com/play#Ben+Folds+Five:Song+for+the+Dumped:44196:m3707985 1,2,3,4 So you wanted to take a break slow it down some and have some space well fuck you too Give me my money back give me my money back you bitch I want my money back And don't forget And don't forget to give me back my black T-shirt -
What format is the video in? How does it compare to the ContourHD?
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You have 2 options. Learn static head down by doing head stands so you can be cool and tell all your friends you flew head down in the tunnel only to realize you can't really do anything but sit there after you learn OR you can spend a lot of time back carving and at the end youll likely segway right into transitions because the sight picture will be normal to you. The people that do static head down first end up having to learn carving anyway and the whole process takes a longer time.
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The only way to really learn head down is from a back carve, so learning really well on your back is essential. hour belly, 3 hours sit 3 hours static head down 4 hours transitions 20+ hours carving head down
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Where is the cheapest tunnel in the world that is good for freefly? Prices?
base698 replied to rhys's topic in Wind Tunnels
Currently ParacleteXP, also the biggest and fastest in the world. A membership for $500 a month gets you 30 minutes a day. A weekly or monthly membership can be had but at a much higher rate. You have to fly unbooked time though. -
It really depends on how the fast the tunnel you are flying in is. If it's a super fast tunnel it's going to blow any suit out pretty fast and in that case you can use it for both. If it's a slower tunnel you might want the ZP for extra lift.
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Or there bodies hurt a lot from flying and carrying large members into the tunnel and they've wrecked all their skydiving because they are uncurrent and over think everything. Maybe when I can carve both directions and switch easily without thinking about it.
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Last time I saw Kris he couldn't get off the net on his head
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Moving the air mass or countering friction?
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Yeah like if you get pulled over and spend 40 minutes talking to the cop while driving to Louisburg it's the same distance :)
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Why don't we just put everyone in at 95% and pin them to the top so they can't lose altitude
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Yeah if you make that more clear in your messages you leave in the middle of the night it would be good. I can't fly with my left leg forward and it's probably going to take way longer than 30 min to break that habit for me. Quickly losing hair on my arms, Justin
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LOL Yes it makes a huge difference starting out. I'm sure after 1000 jumps or so most people could somewhat do it their first try.
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Anyone see Jackass last night?!
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Where is the intermediate dive pool for the phone?
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Nice! Congrats to twins even! Hope you're doing well.
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Great seein ya. You should convince the girly to move down here. Raleigh is a lot of fun. Hope you make it up here.
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I haven't seen Joe in like two months. Are you sure he works in Raeford tunnel?!
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Where's the video of our three way with Louis!!!