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Yeah I just got a note from Derek regarding the subject. From a quick look it's about $1mill/1meter. So yes a 5m tunnel would cost an extra $1mill of financing and more power to run the thing. So if you go big with a 5m tunnel you better have it running 24/7 for 5 years to make your money back. It's going to take a bit of calculus to get the optinal size. Big would be sexy, small would be just sad but maybe just right will work just right? It's a numbers game.... Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Yeah but that's Dubai money....those guys have access to lots and lots of $$$$$ I'm thinking, two 100lb kids + two instructors on eather side of a 5m tunnel may work...really increase your income. I'll have to talk to my financial friends. We are actually looking at some property overlooking NYC. But I have to say Skyventure has some amazing customer service and a great sales pitch. No wonder they are the industry leaders. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Dumb thought....say you had a 5m tunnel. Could you in theory run it as a mill? Two instructors + to kids (100lbs or lighter?) Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

I was reading on the technology, yeah a bit more than 4m I'm looking at all these designs and I have to say Skyventure and other companies who lay their turbines on their sides really do have an advantage over the pusher / puller systems. Ease of access is the biggest issue and next from the looks of it per some slight math, they offer the most stable column of air. Which for a first timer is critical. When I flew Niagara Falls...how can I put it....No one got stable. It was like jumping on a greased beach ball. Every one left with a smile on their face but it looks as if no one thought it was really "worth" the cost. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Don't you hate it when your friends are 100% right. There were 5. One, the ONE i really liked...sent me the "You are a really nice guy...." email on Sunday. Shame she was such an amazing catch. One well....let's just say.....NO And another is so so....cute but is "tool food" and I'm not a "tool". So let's say two out.....but fear not... Friends and I were out and they want to take me on a doubble date....and a few hours later I get an email from another gir who wants to go out. This numbers gam thing may be the way to go. Why focus on just one person, when you can focus on nothing and never have a dull Saturday night?

4m ish? I think that's more or less what you will need to assure tourists that all is well. People don't enjoy spending large sums of cash to be placed in small tubes. I can't see from the picture, is that the "tube" type tunnel? Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

piisfish What type of tunnel is that? And would you prefer it were say a glass walled structure rather than a tube? Thank you Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

MY EMBA project has....let's say started developing some leggs. And a very important question came up...."What's the best tunnel design?" And by best, more specificaly what is best for the average person who has never ever been in the air to become stable? I personally have flown in the Skyventure in Montreal as well as what appeared to be a prehistoric tunnel in Niagra Falls. My personal experience from watching others was that the skyventure model was significantly easier to use and to get stable than the Niagra Falls design. We are talking ease of entry and exit and most importantly laminar air flow. The tunnel desingers I have found so far are; http://www.aerodium-technologies.com/en/products/models/closed-recirculation/ (as I understand, this design has yet to be built) http://skyventure.com/ http://www.air2tunnel.com/Wind_Tunnel_Models.html I would appreciate some discussion and your thoughts, PLEASE NO PISSING MATCHES... Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

three down.... hedge your best brothers...hedge your bets. it's all about just having a reserve to ensure you never have a dull saturday. such is life right? Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

I'm sorry but what is the difference between Skyflying and ski jumping? But wow! Beautiful! Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

It's advice like this that kills men every year! You sick sick sick boy! Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

You would eat your screen? Eeehh...depends. Maybe give it a lick? Depends....some people really are better looking when eating clothed than naked. It's not easy to pull off. Thus we need to know!

Eat naked post photos. Problem solved! Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Ahh, I see the problem. You confuse dating with relationships. A date is a date. A relationship is a lot more than that. Heck, used to be you could be dating a couple of women at just one DZ. Nope we jive, we talking the same lingo. Just hedging my bets. Countering the usual flakiness of SOME in the female species..... Such is life I guess. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

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Sorry mate....too much time taking too many risk analysis and six sigma classes....the world is one big system to me.

Yes Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

No brother I would not say I'm in 5 relationships at once. I'm "seeing" 5 girls on and off. It's the "I don't want to have nothing to do this Saturday night theory on life." AKA why you have a reserve! After all why put all your chips on one number and then have it now preform and then be sitting on your couch eating pizza and drinking a beer wondering...."Am I really that ugly of a dude?" I would hang with my friends, but all of my no skydiving friends are married with kids and all my skydiving friends are away :-( So I guess you can say I'm hedging my bets on not being disappointed and right now, it's all about me. One calls off, line twist, line over, undies packed into the lines, Gopro stuck in the center cell, blown toggles....go for silver and skip a night alone. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Yes the "eternal flame" is a sign of enlightenment and purity. Think Prometheus with out the loss of liver. But yes, I would say in a way if the drama would be removed from the sport Skydiving and those that partake have in a way formed their own religion based on the simple love of friends, family and gravity. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Just hedging my bets, just hedging my bets.....and you know what...the odds are never 100%. I can hedge and organize and think all I want and it can all go up in smoke in 4 days. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Zoroastrians? You mean the first wing suiters? http://www.glogster.com/media/2/5/53/82/5538231.png The three layers of feathers represent good words good thoughts good deeds Say good, think good and be good. A very Zen way to live life, if you can pull it off. I try. Hardest part, "Say good" Nice people. Beautiful ancient religion. Very peaceful. The sacrifice of animals, in particular sheep and goats goes back to well before Zorastor. But it is still alive and well today. But it has to be carried out correctly or it is deemed to be "haram" or a sin. I don't think trying to pull this off in free fall would work. But if you ask me, Skydiving is if free of the drama a very peaceful religion. From the number of you I have had the pleasure of knowing I would say you all impart in a way the basic Zorastrian truths of, good words good thoughts good deeds Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

I think I'm just going to wing it. But I'll be ready if things get "fun" or dangerous....who knows? I think one is not going to work out....cute girl, very smart, great personality but sadly...i see it as a no go....thus..."Hedge your bets Shah" Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

I think Wendy gets it.

I'm not hooking up with all of them. Some have just been one or two dates since the start of the year. Or one or two dates with a bit of dry humping. As for keeping them "straight" I think they are but I'm hoping they are Bi

her Wendy we are talking 5 girls here! If it were just one or two I would be fine. Well I guess I am, of the 5 I've seen one only twice, aother only three times, one 4 and the other I traveled with for two weeks. You know....I "should" be ok! Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!