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  1. beowulf
    Lowering the standards for loans just to give loans to people who can't really afford them is a bad idea no matter how you paint it. Not everyone should own a home.
  2. beowulf
    This is the part that everyone seems to forget. The politicians trying to rig the market to get votes and it ends up biting everyone in the ass.
  3. beowulf
    If you want to jump an experimental parachute then modify your own parachute! Bam there you can be just like those guys! The standings aren't being overwhelmed by experimental parachutes so I don't see any merit to your concerns.
  4. beowulf
    Both of these guys are good at tracking. It was just a mistake made by both guys on the same jump that could have easily been much worse. That video is a few years old. They learned their lesson and are still jumping.
  5. beowulf
    I think a bigger problem is people whining about stupid shit like this.
  6. beowulf
    The video is pretty straight forward. What more is there to learn? Just to clarify the scenario went like this, two guys freeflying and broke off at I think 5,000 ft tracked a short distance both deployed at about the same time. Both had 180 degree turns on deployments. Which caused them to collide. Lesson: Track like your life depends on it. Because it does.
  7. beowulf
    It's pretty obvious that you don't know what you are talking about. Changing the brake settings wouldn't have made any difference. Learning to flat turn would not have made any difference in this accident. Watch the video! There was very little time to react. It's just a clear cut case of not enough seperation on deployment. Neither of these guys tracked very far at all, I have seen the full unedited version.
  8. beowulf
    You can purchase the tunnel time in smaller increments. Go to http://skyventureaz.com You don't have to buy a full hour. Any amount will be appreciated and useful. While I was at Skydive Arizona for Nationals I bought 5 minutes of tunnel time and really had a blast flying in the tunnel.
  9. beowulf
    I don't know. I think that's being overly nitpicky. Either way it doesn't change the outcome.
  10. beowulf
    I have no idea. I don't know anymore about this then what was posted.
  11. beowulf
    Is there a lot of tunnel flyers that start skydiving and have that type attitude? I am not an AFF instructor so I don't really see that side of skydiving. I have noticed that most of the tunnel rats that I have jumped with generally have canopies sized for their jump numbers and not their tunnel experience. At Skydive Dallas we have a lot of jumpers going to the tunnel and learning new skills, but I don't see them having this type of attitude that you describe. Is this common? I have a little over 20 hours in the tunnel. Mostly working on freeflying and VFS along with a little over 2300 jumps.
  12. beowulf
    I think they were just trying to be polite and not just come out and say he jumped off a cliff. How do you conclusively determine whether somone jumped or got too close to the edge and slipped and fell?
  13. beowulf
    My guess is he paniced? That's where getting coaching with an experienced CRW dog would help. They should have gone over what to do in case of a wrap. There is another thread on this and apparently the guy with the kite is a very experienced CRW dog. If I were in his place I wouldn't have done any sudden movements under canopy with someone so close who doesn't have a lot of CRW experience. I don't have a lot of CRW jumps but enough so that I feel comfortable around others under canopy. Also the CRW that I did was with coaching by very experienced CRW dogs.
  14. beowulf
    I think tunnel time can help ease anxiety in freefall which will make it easier to deal with everything else that you can't work on in the tunnel. So while it doesn't directly help with exiting, flying on the hill, tracking, deploying or landing it does help indirectly by making the freefall portion less daunting. One of the biggest fears for new skydivers is not being able to control themselves in freefall. The tunnel does help with that.
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    Not all incidents show up on Dropzone.com. I don't really think there is any question that the video is real. The lesson to be learned is if you are going to do CRW get coaching with an experienced CRW dog. It looked like this guy got distracted by his video camera and didn't notice the other guy going into deep breaks. If he had been paying attention he could have easily moved off to the side. That's the kind of thing you watch for especially when you are flying that close behind someone under canopy.
  16. beowulf
    I have been very happy with my Vertical suit! I think it's the best suit out there.
  17. beowulf
    umm Dodge Viper and I don't think there would be much of a similarity in the two. But I don't know as I have never driven a Dodge Viper.
  18. beowulf
    They are two different designs so at no point would the ever be similar. The Crossfire 2 is a more aggressive design then the Safire 2.
  19. beowulf
    Do more tunnel time earlier. I learned a lot of bad habits learning to freefly in the sky that I am working to undo in the tunnel.
  20. beowulf
    I find it hard to tell if someone is serious or not on these forums. I was just curious as to how they came up with the statement.
  21. beowulf
    How did you come up with that? I certainly don't have that goal. I have yet to find any believable religion. Christianity does not make any logical sense at all and there is no scientific evidence to support it.
  22. beowulf
    Just my opnion. I have seen worse ideas, but not by much. It looks like a great way to snag your pilot chute at the least it most likely be hit by your risers on deployment, probably lose your camera.
  23. beowulf
    Also along lines of meet coverage, having a standard website for Nationals that is used every year would help a lot. If that standard could be used for other major meets like World meet, it would be even better. Standardizing the format would make it easier for people to understand what is going on at each meet. I would love to see all the videos uploaded. That kind of thing could generate advertising money.
  24. beowulf
    I am sure his learning curve was probably much shorter then most when it came to learning a good track. Tunnel time helps make you more comfortable in freefall which makes everything much easier.
  25. beowulf
    I agree with you on this. Does the World Meet have any over all sponsors? One thing that would help is better coverage of the meets. I didn't think the Nationals coverage was very good this year. Better coverage and advertising of the meets would help generate more spectators among skydivers and if done right possibly get some general public spectators. The more people paying attention to the meets would make getting sponsorships outside of skydiving easier. I could see Sony advertising as the most used camcorder in skydiving.