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  1. beowulf
    I don't like to think about how much money I have spent skydiving. 1300 times 20 is only a very very conservative estimate. I don't remember (more like blocking it from concious thought) what the total is that I have spent at Skydive Dallas. Next time I get print out from SDD I will make it a point to look at the total, but seeing as I have almost 1000 jumps at SDD it is a pretty big number. I would rather die poor and having done a lot of jumps and had lots of fun then rich and having done nothing.
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    Hybrid XP VFS

    beowulf replied to body_pilot's topic in Freeflying

    I am not artistic in any sense of the word. Coming up with new moves is not my cup of tea. So VRW is right up my alley. I got into freeflying for the challenge and because I liked the people that were doing it.
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    Hybrid XP VFS

    beowulf replied to body_pilot's topic in Freeflying

    That's why VRW is not in the Artistic category. That is what the 3 way freeflying is for.
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    That about sums it up.
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    LOL that was really funny
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    I don't know about you but the reason for warming up my car in winter was to get the heater to start working so I could defrost my windows, so I could see where I was going.
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    What do you consider to be high winds?
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    And if you shit yourself how much extra speed does it give you?
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    Have you written any video to DVD in AVCHD format? I now have a Bu-Ray disk player and can create and play AVCHD disks. From my view point they look great and have totally met my expectations.
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    The HC5 is currently the best HD camera available for skydiving. I have almost 100 jumps with mine and I have been very happy with the video quality.
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    Would that affect the zoom?
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    Yeah that was the first thing I noticed when I saw the ad. I would be very interested to see some video from those jumps.
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    Ok I guess I am wrong. Wouldn't be the first time. Are any of them using it for freeflying?
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    I don't think it is being used that much in skydiving. Most people are not jumping HD cameras yet and those that are jumping HD cameras most are probably using the HC5 like myself.
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    Did you have the image stabilization on or off? I don't have a CX7 so I don't know much about it. Does it have OIS or EIS?
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    I thought it was one of the most boring movies I had ever seen. 20 years and this is the best story they could come up with?! I left the theatre wanting my money back.
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    Your welcome. Just remember the style of goggles will be limited by how strong your prescription is.
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    I buy mine from http://www.sportrx.com
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    I should have qualified it with saying I don't like zoo dives either. I don't like dodging people and will do my best to make sure we pare down a "big way" into smaller groups. I can't think of anyone at Skydive Dallas that isn't trying to work on their freefall skills. We now have a pretty big group of new jumpers and they seem to all be very much interested in working on their freefall skills. Some not all are interested in and working on learning to sitfly. I was recently surprised at how quickly one person took to sitflying. He did much better then I did when when I had the same number of jumps.
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    I was trying to be nice to the RW people, but yeah I really do have a much higher opinion of Arsenal and Mandarin. Mostly because I am on a VRW team here in Dallas in the video slot and it is very very diffucult and frustrating at times. They make it look so easy.
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    I really don't pay any attention to those "fun jumpers" who resent putting forth the effort to increase their skills. I generally won't turn down jumping with anyone (unless it's a team training weekend) and can find some challange in any jump. It's not all that easy to chase a flailing first time sitflyer.
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    I think freeflying is much more diffucult then RW. Why? Well I look at the entry level for each. A rookie 4way RW team could all have 200 jumps each and still be able to turn points. Not Airspeed numbers but they would be able to do at least one point. A rookie VRW team would require a much higher number of jumps just to make one point or one formation not including a linked exit. That is as close I as I can get to comparing them. Does that make what Airspeed does any less? No, what they do is very high on the diffuculty level and does compare to VRW that Arsenal and Mandarin are doing.
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    Wow you have a short memory don't you. I didn't participate in your poll. I responded to your post. I guess must have hurt your feelings.
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    I have no problems with skaters or mountain dew drinker. I just don't think very highly of wuffo skating mountain dew drinkers who post dumb polls and seem to think pulling low is a good idea.
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    That is a much nicer way of saying what I think of the OP.