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thanx, you made my day!! Smiles

-eh? where's your toque -eh? you got a igloo like them eskimo's -eh??? Vancouver is very mild- come on out and jump our porter -eh? You won't have to wait till May -eh? Don't forget your toque and beers-eh? Smiles

Hi Phlyhigh, whats happening?.... today I learned alot about the skyhook in gear & rigging- (Bill Booths post.) also read up on DanBC, sure find tons of good info and chat with awesome people here!! -from the westcoast Canadian sky! Smiles

You know how your 2-liter Coke bottle always goes flat after a few days, no matter how hard you tighten the cap? Well, you can keep it just like when you first opened it indefinitely if you store it upside-down after you open it...... at the Coke surface, there's only plastic and a fixed quantity of air. p.s. Remember to upright the bottle before you open it. Smiles

Help please! I am not used to norton 2003 yet... (not used to getting info on so called attacks) just got notified: characteristic of the http_iis_isapi_extension attack, searched and info was from Korea: ip address: 203.234.204.10 Hitechelectronics (Korea) network: inetnum 203.234.204.0 - 203.234.204.255 netname: kornet-lline-hangdong-hitechelectronics-kr What ya supposed to do with this info???????? Smiles

Hey, graphics a-z are lined up fine, don't worry about figuring out the proper sequence- maybe between O and P, or S and T more motion so will be a tad jerky......or if running from Z back to A. Have fun!...play/experiment... Flash program does give you a vector image rather than jerky .gif/ also you can tween motion between your keyframes... example: http://members.shaw.ca/idgraphics/freedance.html Smiles

good luck with administering the antibiotics Michele! It takes two of us to handle it with my feline... first is to catch and hold her....like a baby cradled in my arm, holding firmly her front legs together with one hand and back legs together with the other... ooooooooooohhh she hates this! Then while her head is back, the other person holds her mouth open by pressing each side of her jaw and squirtting meds slowly from plunger into very back of her mouth.... the jaw has to be slowly released as she swallows meds-otherwise 1/2 is waisted by her spitting up. What a performance...the last time she had to take antibiotics the vet perscribed clavamox 62.5 mg each. Tiny tablets were way easier to administer compared to liquid. We also gave her a treat (bit of chicken lunch meat) after each pill and she actually didn't fight at all after first two days!!!!!!! She is our darling, and takes some care as she has chronic rhinotracheitis (what a name!)...sneezing & nasal discharge. Smiles

hello Nevets! we have something in common! ya, I get paid tooooo to be here reading & posting...don't tell anyone my secret!! Sure breaks up my day, as I spend many hours in this chair!! Smiles

exactly!! I actually got sucked in well on that poofy yit!! Then again we have: http://www.y2khai.com/khai02.html Smiles eustress. : a positive form of stress having a beneficial effect on health, motivation, performance, and emotional well-being.

I have talked to so many newbies dying to head up this year..and of course the regulars that wouldn't miss Kamloops May Meet.... Now we have a new car to cruise up from the Fraser Valley without any worries--hope to c ya. Know anyone going to the AGM at Pitt Meadows?? Smiles

I've been skydiving 15 years, in 2002 my goal to cave BASE was decided.../ think after 40-50 BASE jumps, I might feel comfortable reading and posting on BASE Board. In the meanwhile feel I have got good advice here, along with info from BASE jumpers I skydive with. Smiles eustress. : a positive form of stress having a beneficial effect on health, motivation, performance, and emotional well-being.

congrats!! I luv my 2002 honda accord S.E., don't figure I be needing voice activation...can't imagine what you paid for yours????????? Smiles

Many people shop based on price for anything they are doing. Dazzle's Video Creator 80, the cheapest product in their line of products, looks like it would work for converting old VHS movies to DVDs that you could play in the DVD player connected to your TV. The box brags about "Three Click" editing, it says you can Share Video Using Internet or CD, and it claims you can Design and Burn DVDs. You can do all that, so in a sense the claims are true. What the box doesn't say, unless you are familiar with video resolution (which I would guess the average consumer isn't), is that the Video Creator 80 can't import your VHS video at television quality resolution. The maximum resolution for the Video Creator 80 is 352x240 for NTSC (352x288 for PAL). Television quality resolution by NTSC standards is 720x480 (720x576 for PAL). You need to spend an extra $100 (based on the direct price from Dazzle) and buy the Dazzle Video Creator 100 in order to get television resolution video. Smiles

now we have it...(small world) thanks to a skydiving physics teacher: André Lemaire ---The G forces are related in a spinning malfunction in the following way. 1) a mass which is spinning or changing its direction continuously experiences a centripetal (toward the center of rotation) acceleration (change of the velocity vector during a change of time) 2) the following formulas come from the study of the circular motion and they are : a) a=(VxV)/R or (V square divided by R) b) a = (4 x pi x pi x R)/(T x T) or (4 x pi square x R) divided by T square c) a = (2 x pi x V)/T or (2 x pi x V) divided by T WHERE : a = acceleration (in meter/second square) V = velocity or speed ( in meter/second)) R = radius of rotation (in meter) T = period of rotation (time for one rotation) (in second per turn) 3) Now applying the Newton's second law of motion: F = M x a (force = mass x acceleration) Force in Newton (1 Newton is about 1/4 of lbs), mass in kilogram ( 1 kilogram is about 2.2 lbs), acceleration in meter/second square. Then if you want to get the force involved when spinning: You just multiply the acceleration calculated with one of the 3 formulas above (item 2) by the spinning mass (M) (make sure you respect the units) EXAMPLE: A person of 70 kg (154 lbs) is spinning under a canopy at the rate of 2 turns per second (quite fast) and the radius (horizontal) of rotation is 6 meters (20 ft) . The radius has to be taken from the vertical axis of rotation (not necessarely the parachute since there is probably a spiral made by the canopy itself) to the center of gravity of the spinning mass (ie. the belly button of the jumper). Calculations: I will choose the formula b) since I have the period of rotation (2 turns/s) and the horizontal radius of the rotation (6 meters) . then a = (4 x 3.14 x 3.14 x 6)/(2 x 2) = 59.16 m/s square (1 G = about 10 m/s square) here in this case you have 59.16 / 10 = about 6 Gs (a lot) meaning 6 times your weight If you want to put that in terms of forces. F = M x a then F = 70 kg x 59.16 m/s square= 4141 Newton or about 1000 lbs (a lot) Conclusion : spinning a the rate of 2 turns per second is quite fast, if the horizontal radius(which can be more than the length of the lines if there is an actual spiral path) is 6 meters, then you will experience about a 1000 lbs of force on the lines. (remember, about 6 times your actual weight of 154 lbs in this example) If this is not clear, let me know. As a physics teacher, this is my job to spread the knowledge of the physics laws and make them clear. Physically yours André Lemaire now I have learned the difference between physics & physiology!!! Smiles

When I was learning flash I designed some skydive links and stuff displayed on my skydive pages. This page has a link for The Ranch/ DZ.Com... So if you are considering some animated links could just send you the .swf file, then you can upload to your site (copying the html from my site) scroll down this page.. http://members.shaw.ca/idgraphics/572way.html Also have some skydive graphics, clipart.. Smiles eustress. : a positive form of stress having a beneficial effect on health, motivation, performance, and emotional well-being.

Ya think you'll be learning how to figure out gravitational forces?? http://www.adtdl.army.mil/cgi-bin/atdl.dll/fm/3-04.301/ch4.htm#fig4-3 Long thread at chat@cspa.ca (canadian sport parachute association) started with this question: A couple of weeks ago one of my toggles became unstowed during deployment. I was flying a Sabre2 190 loaded at about 1.21, when my brake line became unstowed. Does anybody have any idea what kind of G forces a canopy pilot experiences when he performs a full arm extension toggle turn that induces a spiral or goes into a spiral because a brake unstows during a deployment? Holger Marten With responses such as this: Everything I am about to say is based on a guess only, and no real data. I think the max G force you could experience under a canopy is less than two. Why do I say that? I know, 100%, that I have experienced 2 Gs. An airplane, any airplane, when flown at a 60 degree bank angle, such that it is neither climbing nor descending, experiences exactly 2 G. It does not matter the type of plane, it does not matter the speed at which this turn is executed at, all that matters is the bank angle and the fact that you are remaining at a constant altitude. Having done this dozens of times, I have a reasonable idea of what 2 Gs feel like. I have never experienced this amount of G under a canopy. I jump a Stiletto 120 loaded to about 1.54 lbs / square foot. I admit that I don't push it too hard, but I don't baby it either. Are there any electronics geeks out there? How hard would it be to couple a small G sensor up to a recording device? If the CSPA wants something new to direct their energies towards, how about coordinating and sponsoring this type of research? It benefits everyone. Just a thought. Donald Gravelle I suppose that some are dying to experience super high g-force turns under canopy.......unsure if any studies done with monkeys?...inertia and g-force from high speed twisting mal/ human tolerance on g-forces.............. Smiles

no skydiving yet this year I usually get my gear in date around may...(every 6 months here in Canada) so it is good till october. The weather is cold but sunny by afternoon...blue skies, very weird for Feb. and we've had such a mild winter without any snow (vancouver b.c.) So- I won't be waiting till may this year/ gear is going in tomorrow!!! yee ha! can look forward to atleast some hop & pops to clear the sinus's..maybe even get 6,000ft. Today I am painting my home office that I work from- what a mess.. fired on the tunes...ripped the closet doors off so can use the space in there for tele desk and file cabinet & cubicle shelves...the room color--believe it or not "#8033M Skydive"....a soft beauty blue/ so...my living room floor is covered in sheet of plastic and cubicle shelves, tele desk & file cabinet are painted there in #8031W Bugle Blue/ 2 shades lighter...than Skydive. Feature wall is for all my skydive pics.. right now I'm sitting at my monitor in the middle of my office till paint dries.........tonight I am going to dress the office window with old white round reserve.. ahh, ain't no worthless weekend, I'm having a riot...coloring my world. Smiles

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well, its Murpyfarm1 selling on e-bay again... he must have not sold out all his stock last year. Didn't a skydivers wife buy the last one apparently just to get it off the market and keep us safe??? Smiles

When I first started (1987) I figured the only way I was going to learn comfortably was ...slowly....one step at a time...without being pushed into anything I didn't feel ready for. (static line progression) Made 100 jumps a year for first 5yrs. and action and reaction had become so well practiced it was automatic...(was able to leave aircraft and fly, without thinking how to) there was no sense of myself in freefall...but a merging of action and awareness, yeeehaa! That experience has never left me and well worth all the patience in the world!! I just bought my first used -so had no waiting, one of the d.z. operators makes suits right at d.z. so no wait there, also rig & canopy manufacturer 1/2 hr. away. ahhh, congratulations! beer!, good vibes for your GTi wingsuit to come, post a pic will ya..... ain't any sport that can compare to skydiving, the clarity of response that we get from learning how to fly and the sense of ecstasy associated with the most intense moments of flight.... are all worth every drop of patience!!! Smiles