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I jump a Sony TRV-30 in a D-box mounted on a bonhead Optik. I really like the setup. It is lightweight and clean. I would send you a pic but it is out at the dz, sorry. The biggest piece of advice I can think to give you is to go with a Sony for your video camera. Most of the skydiving products are designed to work best with Sony cameras and some things will only work with Sony. If you shop around you can get into Sony for not much more money then any other brand. Also, there are some very experienced camera people that frequent this forum so post your questions here and check back often. They are usually glad to help. Have fun and be safe. Skydive Radio
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Making stow bites too big, a close one...
diverds replied to GrumpySmurf's topic in Safety and Training
Dave, I'm trying to understand your conern with double stowing? You said in an earlier post that you are worried the band will not break if it is double stowed. I'm no rubber engingeer but it seems to me that the further the band is streched the closer it is to its breaking point. How does double stowing make it harder to break? Most manufactures I have talked to recomend double stowing. Skydive Radio -
Making stow bites too big, a close one...
diverds replied to GrumpySmurf's topic in Safety and Training
Sorry but I have to dissagree with that statement. Double or triple stowing ruberbands does not take away their ability to break. I always double stow to help slow down the snatch force on my deployments and I break rubber bands on a regular basis. You should not double stow tube stows or bungee stows though. Your line stows have a huge effect on your opening and if you can get them tight to keep the acceleration of the bag down on deployment you will get softer openings. Skydive Radio -
How do you show too much? C'mon...we won't tell. Skydive Radio
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Nasty pics....whats for dinner in Ohio? Skydive Radio
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That is still in the works. Hopefully sometime this fall. Skydive Radio
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It has been 3 weeks and I think it is still pretty visible. Skydive Radio
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It is a 14 foot cargo or drag chute. He decends at about 1300 feet per minute under it. Skydive Radio
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Umm...Elmo is a dummy...here are a couple more pics from that jump. Skydive Radio
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You know what sux about hitting 1000? On the next jump you have to log 1000.....and 1. Suddenly the mountain seems really tall again. Skydive Radio
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I'll second that motion. Skydive Radio
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A good friend of mine, Mark Farrell will be on the 300 way as well. Hope you guys are able to pull it off...good luck. Skydive Radio
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I don't really shoot for a goal but I always look back at the end of the year to see how many I did. The last few years I have avaraged around 250-300. Skydive Radio
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I was in the air when it happened so Im not sure but I was told that he actually bounced up a couple feet after impact. Lucky he did not break anything. Skydive Radio
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Sorry...here is the pic. Skydive Radio
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This is a real photo. It has not been doctored in any way. This is how Brian "The Bruiser" got his nickname. Landing in turbulence...if your gonna be stupid you gotta be tough. Skydive Radio
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His back is to the camera. Skydive Radio
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To view the image you have to click on the attachment below the original post. Skydive Radio
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Elmo has never gotten the whole tracking or pulling for himself thing down. You would think after more then 100 jumps he would start to put a little more effort into it. Lazy ass. Skydive Radio
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Ears? Let go of my ears, I know what I'm doing! Skydive Radio
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For those of you who know Elmo, he made another skydive out of Mullins King Air last weekend at the South Dakota Skydivers booge in Luverne MN. This is a shot of his body position on deployment. Damn Elmo! Skydive Radio
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And the airplanes climb much slower as well. At our Cessna dz we generally do not climb above 9500 MSL on days with very high density altitudes. It just takes too long. Last weekend the temperature was about 45 degrees above standard and at 9500 MSL we were getting a climb rate between 100 and 200 feet per minute. Skydive Radio
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Agreed. I was just trying to point out that there do not have to be an equal amount of skydives made each year to be able to statistically compare it to any other activity. Skydive Radio
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There really don't have to be that many people doing it to get good statistics. If you have an idea of how many people are conducting a given activity you can use a "per capita" comparison to other activities. Skydive Radio
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I don't know if this is the right forum for this but I thought it would be better then the talk back forum. I started jumping 12 years ago. While my mom thinks it's great and has even made a tandem, my dad has always been very worried about it. I try not to bring it up around him, but because it consumes so much of my time it inevitably comes up. Every time it does I can sense this real fear from him that something is going to happen to me or my wife (she jumps as well). I would like to find some good statistics somewhere that compare risks in different activities like skiing, scuba diving or even driving a car, to those of skydiving. I am not interested in opinions that are on some dz's website. I want to find hard facts that have been researched by some sort of reputable entity. Does anyone out there know if such data exists and if so where I could get my hands on it? I hate seeing my dad worry more than he should. Skydive Radio