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  1. diablopilot
    ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.
  2. diablopilot
    Dude, you bump your head on exit or sumthin'? Congrats, all the best to you.
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    Try it in a hanging harness, you'd be suprised how little force you need to "pinch" that small ring with to prevent a release. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.
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    Those guys are my heros!
  5. diablopilot
    It's called CReW (Canopy Relative Work) and if done properly is no more dangerous than anything else in skydiving. It's a ton of fun and some of the best people you'll ever meet in this sport do it. There is a whole forum here devoted to it. That's called a collapsible slider. The slider slows the opening of the parachute to something survivable for both the jumper and the canopy. Once it's done it's job it can be collapsed to reduce drag, wear on the lines, and quiet the annoying "flapita" sound. Often they use the other jumpers break off as a cue, wear audible altimeters, and have a sense of how long the skydive should be. It's one reason that 200 jumps MINIMUM is recommended to jump any sort of camera equipment. I'm interested in why the King Air early on in the film is flying jump run with it's gear down. I've never seen that before. Any pilots able to enlighten me on this? ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.
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    It's a 50lbs tandem rig. How much weight you savin'? ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.
  7. diablopilot
    Don't sugarcoat it now, bro...... ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.
  8. diablopilot
    Hard links. I see no advantage to softlinks in that area, and they will be more prone to damage. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.
  9. diablopilot
    40 is big if you've never done a 10 way. 40 way belly is big if you've got less than 50 jumps on your belly. 40 is big if you haven't jumped in 2 years. it depends on your perspective. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.
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    I have called the ambulance for more than one "exceptional person". Now, if after exhausting all possible means of education, advice, and persuasion, I cannot get the individual to check their behavior, I usually make note of the color of their breakaway handle, and let them see me do so. When they ask what's up, I tell em I just wanna make sure which one to pull when I step over their body to collect my new canopy. Lisa, those that are headstrong an below the minimums are always going to try to push them, and those that do not see how trends and incidents start will help them. Just because you've seen death and injury before, means nothing to either person, because they deceased/injured obviously didn't have the "right stuff" to borrow a phrase. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.
  11. diablopilot
    That is the case. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.
  12. diablopilot
    Expensive to maintain, and operate, and it has retracts. For the same sorts of money a 206 is a better option. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.
  13. diablopilot
    Having worked in the gear business for 5 years I have seen several European skydiving manufacturers shut down for an entire month for vacation. Examples include Icarus (CISMA), AirTec ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.
  14. diablopilot
    Well Diane Feinstein wants to make sure they don't get in the hands of gang members in CA. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.
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    Bullshit. The fuck tried to do himself with a pencil, and then grandstanded on a 5th story balcony. Let Darwin take over. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.
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    Alot of companies in Europe do the month vacation thing. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.
  17. diablopilot
    Wait for Infinity.
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    Anywhere AggieDave is is crowded. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.
  19. diablopilot
    Gross in a 206 is 3300lbs Empty weight is 1750lbs Leaving 1550lbs for fuel, jumpers, pilot, gear. Pilot = 180lbs Jumpers = 200lbs 20 gal fuel = 130lbs Pilot + 5 + fuel = 1310lbs Pilot + 6 + fuel = 1510lbs Pilot + 7 + fuel = 1710lbs I'd be supprised to see one with 8 FAA approved seatbelts. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.
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    Oh, 10 sounds if shouldn't be a problem. We've been putting 7 routinely up in Cloverdale in the turbo 206 and someone even said they crammed in 8 once (maybe they were all Japanese female freestylists). Oh yeah, shouldn't be a problem. 7 in a 206? And one wonders why there continue to be incidents with A/C in skydiving. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.
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    Ain't thos rings fuckin heavy? ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.
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    You sure about that? Compare the physical size with another canopy. IT'S ARC for christ sake!! ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.
  23. diablopilot
    What a load of crap. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.
  24. diablopilot
    Been in a C182 to 15K. I like the PAC750XL, and the standard Caravan. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.
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    600+ ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.