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  1. ianmdrennan
    Lets not sidetrack this thread. This isn't about you and your canopy. If you have something to add by all means go for it, but cryptic statements are not productive. Blue ones, Ian Performance Designs Factory Team
  2. ianmdrennan
    Yeah...tired from a great day of swooping and jumping Edited original post. Thanks. Blue ones, Ian Performance Designs Factory Team
  3. ianmdrennan
    Hi Folks, Got a question for some of the ST&A's and just generally anyone who jumps who has something constructive to add. Is there a trend developing of people with really low jump #'s turning up on the dz with x-braced canopies? I haven't seen any of this until now, but this weekend we had a guy turn up with a brand new 93 VX(sub 100 but > 90 - not familiar with VX sizes) who had hadn't jumped in 9 months and had less than 400 jumps. After watching him land once, it's very apparent that the guy is a D.G.I.T but at the same time he's very responsive to input (other than upsizing). So I wonder how someone finds themselves under that type of canopy but with a good attitude? I know this post is somewhat (ok, a lot) incoherent but I'm trying to find out if this is becoming common, and also how various DZ's handle these kinds of things? Blue skies Ian Performance Designs Factory Team
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    Well, remember that most of the filming techniques, the score style, etc for Requiem were developed in PI. I saw PI first, so they were innovative and so was his method of story telling. I also found the subject matter in PI much more appealing, and the black and white filming made me feel like I was watching a NIN video
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    Wonder how she won the stinkiest fart in the plane prize last year then......? Case of mistaken identity perhaps? Blue skies Ian Performance Designs Factory Team
  6. ianmdrennan
    Actually I was very well behaved in Eloy... I even surprised myself
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    Spectacular movie. Although very much a downer. If you liked it, check out PI (same director and a lot of the same actors). It won at the Cannes a few years back and is a precedessor (not plot wise) to Requim. Clint Mansel also did the score for PI and if you liked Requim, you'll like the PI soundtrack too. Both great movies, both DVD's in my collection
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    Please tell that to my wife!! Performance Designs Factory Team
  9. ianmdrennan
    Proudly declare that odor came from thine own azzhole AND Start laughing your azz off as people around you gag and fall over Blue skies, and stinky planes :) Ian Performance Designs Factory Team
  10. ianmdrennan
    Hey Folks, Looks like it's going to be a stunning weekend in Atlanta this weekend. Hope to see a ton of you at Skydive Atlanta, but if not I hope every's weather looks as promising as ours. Blue ones, Ian Performance Designs Factory Team
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    Yeah, I think the effects are more pronounced on the stiletto, probably because it's far more tapered than the CF. Unfortunately I don't have much time under a stiletto (heatwave was my choice of poison) but I have seen that behavior before. I have also seen jumpers enhance that behavior by not flying through the opening or being asymmetric in the harness. I guess, as it always seems to be in this sport, there's no clear cut solution and the results are a combination of factors. Low jump number folk thinking about, or jumping, a stiletto (or any other hp canopy for that matter)should note that this is another factor to consider with these types of canopies. They require you to be heads up, and proactive during the opening as well as regular flight. Blue skies, stay safe. Ian Performance Designs Factory Team
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    You should check out Henry Rollins sometime too, great stuff. Blue ones, Ian Performance Designs Factory Team
  13. ianmdrennan
    Well, technically you're right. Line twists normally are off heading, although I've had 360 line twists and been flying straight in the indended direction so I supposed it is possible, although unlikely, to have line twists and be on heading. I think the confusion is from terminology. Most people I've encountered think of offheading openings as ones that start off good (or close to good, or even just pointing in one direction) and then end up turning away from their original heading, normally significantly. While not 100% accurate, I've stuck with that kind of description of offheading openings and linetwists, and should probably change the way I describe them. Blue skies Ian Performance Designs Factory Team
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    At that altitude? Based on the controllability of the canopy, I'd fly it back to the dz and chop around 3000. Of course if there was no way I could do that I'd just ditch it then and there. Guess it would entirely depend on the situation. Blue skies Ian Performance Designs Factory Team
  15. ianmdrennan
    I agree, just sometimes you never know what you're going to get on these forums. Didn't mean to be so melodramatic
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    At the risk of getting flamed.... I just dont believe this makes a difference at all. Within reason attempts should be made to keep the risers even, but I see so many people wasting their time doing this and it drives me nuts. Good point, the reason this is suggested (explanation for original poster) is that you can create bag spin by getting lines on one side momentarily caught on the container. However, as the original poster is indicating issues after initial deployment I don't think this is the cause. I do this with my container. I ALWAYS get back spin if I set the bag on it's side, so I leave it standing straight up as it would leave the container. As before though this would cause line twists, not offheading openings. Excellent point, and goes right back to being symetrical in the harness throughout the deployment. Thanks for bringing this one up. Blue skies Ian Performance Designs Factory Team
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    Yeah I think that's a better way to describe what I was trying to say. See you in Deland in May
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    I wonder about this sometimes. Over the years my packing has gotten sloppier and sloppier yet my offheading opens have decreased with time, this leads me to believe that..... Or being asymetrical in the harness is probably the leading cause of offheading openings. Problem is none of us like to believe we're not symetrical when we pull so we run off looking for other things to blame the openings on. Now bear in mind, I'm not saying this stuff like it's a fact, but more of an observation I've been looking at. Opinions? EDIT: This point is assuming that your canopy is in trim (as mentioned by Hookit). Blue skies, Ian Performance Designs Factory Team
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    Gayest....song...ever... Blue skies Ian Performance Designs Factory Team
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    We can always trade turns man. All I know is that drive back from Sebastian sucked....frigging boring as all hell. U in SDA this weekend? Blue ones, Ian Performance Designs Factory Team
  21. ianmdrennan
    Looks better than when I took your gear off you
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    Sorry to hear that man. Was it caught early, and is the outlook looking good? Blue skies Ian Performance Designs Factory Team
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    Brad u dirty bastard!!! You probably don't remember me from Eloy but I know your brother Jim. Please tell him I said Hi, and hope that he comes to Skydive Atlanta in his travels. If you have an email I can contact him at, please PM me. Blue skies Ian Performance Designs Factory Team
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    Chuck Blue switched from trips because of rear riser landings. Hopefully he'll contribute to this thread, but if not you could search the swooping forum as I know he's mentioned it there in the past. Blue skies Ian Performance Designs Factory Team
  25. ianmdrennan
    Problem is that they're not FACTS. It's information to definately consider but that does not make it a fact. What you haven't seemed to grasp is that both systems have pro's and cons. As in most things in life, it's often a tradeoff. If it was as clear cut as you state, one of the systems would fall away. Blue ones, Ian Performance Designs Factory Team