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  1. Hellis
    I like the way some of you think in this thread.
  2. Hellis
    Also by holding the staticline in both hands you can very quickly pull in the line after the sudent has jumped and make room for the next student. And because there is a incident where the line was not attached, holding the line makes sure I pull the students chute. The only downside is if the rig is packed incorrect, depending on where you hold the line, either get pulled out of the airplane or jam your hands between the line and airplane if it's packed for a static line hangup. But in that case you as a JM have not done your job on the ground in the first place
  3. Hellis
    And I have answerd you
  4. Hellis
    But with a hook knife you lose valuable time too. So being able to quickly and securely use the knife should be useful. Buy a bigger knife. If you have a larger knife it's much easier to hold.
  5. Hellis
    Doesn't sound too bad. I actually had a look at some of my jumps. And I have a few that is below 55 km/h speedreduction but not many. Most of the openings are 55km/h+. Altitude (meter) Speed TAS (kmh) 838.29 196.45 832.82 187.87 827.35 118.74 821.88 110.95 Altitude (meter) Speed TAS (kmh) 969.40 187.76 963.93 181.46 960.29 108.70 955.73 98.74
  6. Hellis
    About the closing pin. It's been a while since I last saw the movie, but I remember him having the necklace on his neck while doing the tandem jump. And a few minutes later in the movie, he gets the necklace as a gift because he is now a skydiver.
  7. Hellis
    Now you are trolling!
  8. Hellis
    Still waiting on you to provide the data to back up your claim. Which US DZ's allow them at 50 jumps? Put up the data, or admit all you made it up.
  9. Hellis
    Incorrect. I know of two fatalities directly caused by the camera. http://www.blincmagazine.com/forum/wiki/Kylie_Buffy_Tanti http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=4151917;search_string=fatality%20sweden;#4151917 Both was due to a snag with the camera/mount. Regarding the distraction, I know someone earlier wrote "use the camera to time WS/TS flights and it's not a distraction." I can to some degree agree with the camera not beeing such a big issue when you do solojumps and going for performance. But once you do jumps with other/ or are under canopy close to other the camera cen become a distraction. I know it has been a few times for me.
  10. Hellis
    Congrats! Personally, I would question that. Student gear gets beat all to hell. If you buy student gear, hve it thoroughly checked by a disinterested 3rd party....some rigger not associated with the DZ in any way. Is that saying the local rigger is dishonest? No, It's saying take the worry out of it. Keep asking questions. the gear is brand new, less than a month old. They said you can buy one, so I'm assuming 5K or so instead of 7K. Getting it checked anyways would be reassuring. So this DZ buys a rig, reserve, AAD and main and uses it for a month and then wants to sell it. Huh.... Could you ask them to buy some new gear for me too?
  11. Hellis
    I don't think too many has jumped from a paraglider with a skyrig, there is not enough altitude.
  12. Hellis
    Are you thinking about a grassfield? Why not just cut the grass lower, if that is possible. We had a circle cut out on our field and it was clearly visible from about 1000 m, if I remember correct.
  13. Hellis
    Please, let me know when/where you find scientifically valid statistical data in this sport, because I think a lot of us would be really interested in looking at it and using it.
  14. Hellis
    Just change it to 60 manually.
  15. Hellis
    A whole lot of them weren't even camera-related. They were just incidents where the jumper happened to have a camera, but the incident had nothing to do with the camera. Completly agree with you! Just like all the incidents with smal canopies, low turns or hook turns. It was not the size of the canopies fault, nor the turn. It was the ground coming to close at the wrong moment. You rock dude.
  16. Hellis
    Another way of rolling the nose is to roll the upperskin inside each cell. So that way you "remove" the overhang of the nose and therefore not inflating. DISCLAIMER: I have not tried this on a skydivingcanopy. Only on a vented BASEcanopy.
  17. Hellis
    3. The snag hazard thing... But not so much the risers, I would say the lines could catch the GoPro. These pictures are still frames from a video of mine, I have one of those mounts that are "snagresistant" but these pictures still gave me chills. If I would have had the normal mount or similar, I would have taken the camera off. It's not worth the risk of having a GoPro with the snaghazard mount and seeing how close the two can come.
  18. Hellis
    https://www.apexbase.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=28&product_id=220
  19. Hellis
    That's absolutely fine. Buying new has a number of benefits, like having the harness sized to you, and knowing exactly what you're getting. Be aware that there are some downsides, like the initial lead time and a significant drop in resale value when you come to sell the rig. And this ^^ part is much depending on your landingskills. A two month old gear that was in the hands of a "bad landing" person will look like it's ten years old. And something that not has been mentioned before is, when you buy a new canopy it's almost near impossible to pack for a beginer. If you buy used gear the pricedrop is not a problem anymore. The rig probably have a few stains already so bad landings is not that big issue. And you will be able to pack it yourself. All the confidenceboost you might get from owning your own new gear will be gone in a minute if you struggle with the packing. However, the confidenceboost students/new jumpers get from beeing able to pack their own gear is something else.
  20. Hellis
    Someone's got to get the saliva from the jumpers before exit. It's be pretty hard to be allowed to do this unless you actually a licenced parachutist. I'd hate to see the cortisol levels of the person collecting the samples if they weren't collecting swabs from a plane on run in Anyway... what's wrong with Peterlee? Nothing wrong with him, I think. Never meet him though My point was a jumper was involved. When I read "expirienced jumpers with more than 30 jumps" I was sure it was only whuffos involved. It feelt odd that a jumper would "agree" with expirienced jumpers beeing >30 jumps.
  21. Hellis
    That was my reaction too. And it got worse when I read.
  22. Hellis
    It's not hard. If you just look at a fingertrapped line you should figure out what to do. If you use a fid, just screw the fid on the end of the line. push the fid needle inside the line and keep pushing it in till the loop is correct size. "exit" the needle and unscrew the fid and pull it out. You don't need to stitch the end unless you actually plan on making a lineset. But for normal uses, such as replacing lines on tents, a line to hand wet clothes on, etc. you can just leave it as it is, hand tack it, or make a "stitch free" tack. Having some line with you when you go to a boogie or just on a camping is very nice. You can easily set up a line to hang wet towels etc. on in minutes and you know it won't break and will be very easy to take down again. Buy some line and a fidset. Or if you are going to send the canopy for a reline, cut off the lines before you ship it. You can use those lines to play and learn with.
  23. Hellis
    So you have piqued my curiosity. Can you point me towards some reference materials where I see what is involved in learning to make a line set? Thanks Go to Paragear and buy some spectraline, and a metal fidset, the plastic one works but not nearly as good.
  24. Hellis
    I am not an advocate of those goggles in any way. But consider the statement in the link, “Even the briefest glance at the information takes over a skier's field of vision and focus, he said.”, So I think, “What happens when we look in the rear view mirror of our car, while driving?” The same thing. Just saying. Not really in my opinion. Looking in the mirrors is something you have to do to be safe, I would say it would equal to changing radiostation or trying to find the sunglasses
  25. Hellis
    Everöd? All week?