Hellis

No, not at all. That link was an example of what i meant by "2D representation of flight." All positive numbers is what i'm after, that is after all what 'flattens' the 2D horizontal plane into unidirectional (i may have made that word up) 1D to give a total distance of flight regardless of any turns. i.e. going 100ft one way and 200ft the opposite way gives 300ft horizontal flight rather than -100ft. Thanks again

No problem. But when I think about it, you want a winddrift chart? Meaning if you drift back beyond the point where you exited the aircraft you want negative numbers on the chart? Because the above file does not do that. I think I know how to do it, if you need it.

Really? If you want to know about weather, Dennis Pagen's book about weather is really informative. But I can't remember the name of the book

Nope. Just a 2D visualisation of the flight. Let's see if i can explain myself If straight out the door till pull time i fly a theoretically perfect GR of 1:1, the graph would be a 45 degree line. Whereas falling straight down (ignoring the hill for clarity's sake) it'd be a vertical line. A frefaller's graph would be something like a slope from exit going into a vertical line... Now that i think of it, it'd be something like this http://www.dropzone.com/safety/Exit/Wind_Drift_Exit_Order_Graphic_25.html what i'm trying to get from the flysight data. I added the Altitude/Distance graph. This version is a betaversion as it contains some parts that is currently in development. The graphpart should be stable but the "betapart" might be unstable. The betapart is the landingaccuracy and swoopdistance part. If you have a older version of my macro installed you need to uninstall it. (run it and choose uninstall in Excelsettings). Then install this version (doubbleclick) on the file. Your settings will be lost while you uninstall the old version but you can move the file from the C:\Flysight folder to save the settings if you want. This is NOT A ZIP FILE! Do not "unzip it". It should be saved as a xlam-file, not zip.

I'm not if sure my Excelmacro has a altitude/distance graph, but you can very easily either make one or modify of the excisting ones. www.hellis.me I could easily make a routine to make such a graph. But I'm not home now.

Ms. Johnson? Crap! Does that mean I will not get the 4.5 milions?

And perhaps add location of the person who wrote the review. It seems there is a lot of reviews that are made of DZ staff or DZ regulars which means they are slightly bias. If I read a review of a DZ in UK written by a guy from US or so I would rate that review higher than DZ staff/regulars opinion.

Takes up too much room on the mat. No it doesn't. I have flatpacked (flat pro pack) in a hallway about 3-4 ft wide. Once you learned how to flat pack you should be able to do it in less space.

About the kill-line pc. I think you should get one if you buy new. It's not very expensive. Even if a 170 is not a smal canopy for you, if/when you sell it the next guy might load the canopy more and might chose a different rig because yours does not have it. It's a habbit, you will most likely get a rig with a kill-line some day. If you learn the habbit of pulling the PC while "young" it's probably easier. A rig that is made for a 170 can easily be downsized to a 150, and possibly also a 140. And depending on if the 170 was a "squeeze" you could get a 135. I would not want a normal PC on a such smal canopy. The rig is an investment not only for now, think ahead also. You might not need the extras now, but one day you might regret it. Talk to people on the DZ who has orderd new gear and owned it some time, what do they think was a good decision and what do they regret.

Didn't know Flash was still around...

Is it just me or is it a bit small?

When you are at the eye exam ask for the "numbers" on your eyes. I can't remember what it's called. Do your AFF, and some more. Then, if you are still in the sport and having fun you can start thinking of prescription goggles/glasses. I bought two pair of 7eye Bora (clear/dark) from www.sportrx.com and later a pair of Oakley. I can use the Oakleys on most jumps but the Boras are far better at higher speeds. The quality of the Oakleys are much better than both my Boras and my normal glasses, they are very sharp. If you buy from Sportrx, get the antiglare. Yes it might be expensive but it's worth it.

It's correct that it was not a CRW jump but anytime you are that close to another jumper under canopy I think "CRWrules" apply. Meaning you should have training for CRW and no RSL.

Maybe you need a visual alarm instead?

That loud, eh? Generally people hear them better with earplugs in. Don't know about radios, but it's probably not worth to try. Unless you do it after you are cleared from radio and "just want to know".

What size of canopy is it? How many jumps on the canopy? What WL was that on you? What WL is that on the buyer? Is it always turning, or only with brakes stowed, or more with brakes stowed than released? Making a harnessturn is much easier with brakes set and at a higher WL.

So this is their new way of keeping the supportstaff busy again. Or maybe this camera won't have nay issues....

Different canopies are loaded differently on front/rear risers. Studentcanopies usually are heavy on the front risers. And Lightnings are easy to pull down the front risers. It depends on what use the canopy is intended for, studentcanopies are not very common at the swoopcompetitions. But any movement should make some diffrence. Does the front risers have diveloops?

How much do they restrict headmovements? It sounds good if we only talk about the few seconds of deployment, but there is the long canopyride too. Giving people a reason to move the head even less sounds dangerous.

I have one and are pleased with it. I'm not the kind that compete, just casual belly jumps and it's good enough for me. Used it for about 150 jumps and it's still "as new". I have no clue how the suit stands against "better suits", this is the only one I have jumped.

Every time I read this thread I can't help reading pole as a polish person.

There are two main GPS used in sky/basejumping. Garmin or FlySight. I think most are not very interested of where you have flown, but the how well, i.e. the glideratio, speeds etc.

Haven't seen one up close but from pictures, it looks too small for me to be comfortable with just sticking it on. Looks like it's bigger than the original GoPromount that everyone else uses stickytape on. I think it would work just fine

You do keep spinning. Yes, despite an object departing at a tangent to the circle in which it was being spun. We've been over that in big threads with plenty of argument. If your body is rotating around its own axis, as it is in a classic skydiving spiral, it continues to do so, slowed by drag and any jumper input. There are occasional mals that spin you more around your long axis; then you also continue to spin around your long axis. The hammer sports event is a poor example as it the hammer (a sphere) is in effect a point mass and one can't watch it rotate as it is let go, plus it has the trailing handle to confuse matters by affecting the rotation. So yes it goes straight into the stadium, but it rotates, with the handle flailing wildly. What effect the continued spinning has on a jumper after the cutaway, is another matter entirely. Usually it has little practical effect on an RSL deployed reserve, and even if there are line twists, they are most likely cleared quickly and safely. Whatever the spinning going on, one can still have the airflow going some odd angle across one's body, so that an RSL deployment will punch the pilot chute out into airflow that is for example going against one's back and across a shoulder past an arm. An RSL deployed reserve in no way guarantees a stable deployment. Nevertheless, RSL deployments do work reliably. But you can't use the "no spinning" argument to advocate RSLs, because the argument doesn't hold. If you want a stable reserve deployment, you need to cutaway, get stable(ish), and deploy your reserve. Works fine if you have altitude, and not so well if you don't, or can't find the reserve handle, but that's the choice you make. I understand what you are saying. I probably missused the word spin. I just did a quick searh and found these: http://youtu.be/htpBj2FZ9jo?t=1m17s http://youtu.be/_TltnQsc8mk?t=3m15s The first one does not spin (or very little) after the chop, but the second one does. You are correct that you can spin around your own axis as in this video. But the word I was looking for was probably flip/somersault. A spin as such you see in the second video is in my opinion not that big issue. However a flip/somersault is a big issue, and that "can't" happen. But as we saw from the OP video a somersault/flip or headdown can happen without a RSL. And that can be a very big issue. Sorry for the confusion.

Ok, lets talk about the spinning mal. You are concerned that when you chop from a spinning mal you keep spining. How? Have you ever seen this sport? http://youtu.be/Wc7ZfGsjcd4 Imagine you are the hammer and spinning around the canopy (the guy). What happens when he chops (lets go)? Does the hammer keep spinning and wobble around the whole stadium, or does it keep it's trajectory? Looks pretty darn straight to me! I also advice you to get a RSL, beeing headdown when deploying the reserve is not ideal. It could easily have gone much worse than any spinning malfunction-chop with RSL/Skyhook.