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Seeing as I am now myself getting somewhat just beyond that middle-age mark or so, I just got myself a spontaneous chub over that statement when I read it! Bring 'em on! coitus non circum - Moab Stone

Here you go. Here's a picture of a back of a saphire. As Viking mentions, the strap attachment is a simple, "cheesy" Elasticized strap fed into a plastic "buckle" (not really even a buckle either) and it is fixed/attached at the 12-o'clock & 6-o'clock positions where it corresponds to the opposite (face) of the alti. The shape of the back-plate will not allow it to be removed and shifted to change the strap positions either, and... there is no secondary back-plate as in someone else's Galaxy example either. - FWIW coitus non circum - Moab Stone

VB - if you are reaching out, pleading for help right now, please be clear. I am by no means or a stretch a professional (at nearly anything now adays, but that is more "story" for another time) - but if you are at your wits end and simply cannot reach anyone, PM me - and I will send you my cell #, and you are welcome to call and I WILL AT LEAST ANSWER. So if that is it - you just desperately need someone - ANYONE - to talk to, find someone. If you have NO-ONE, brother - at least I will try. coitus non circum - Moab Stone

I have an "original" Safire (not a Safire 2) 189 (which means, for those in-the-know, that it is ACTUALLY a 174 ) I might be willing, or be able to be convinced to part with. @750-800 total jumps on it, but a brand new (under 50 jumps) lineset on it. Short of becoming a classified ad within a post here (verbotten) - simply PM me if you are interested. BS, -Grant coitus non circum - Moab Stone

Certainly not for everybody, but poor Shah - you are just so darn PERSISTENT! For you then, peruse a few of these links, and for yourself, have at ANY of 'em, and go from there: A Past DZ.com sponsor & article contributor Order it, build it - knock yourself out! Microsoft FlightSim add-on Module Downloads ParaSim - THE #1 Canopy Flight Virtual Flight Simulator Come on back when you are done with these, and let us know how it all works out. We'll get back to jumping and learning, and being patient with whatever each of us may have available, in a PRACTICAL (application / actual environment) progression opportunities are out there that work, and have worked for years; However, when otherwise suggested to you - you always seem so fired up to eschew. Good luck to you in finding, and then choosing & utilizing whichever virtual method may be out there, you think for some reason instead - may be the holy grail of what will work for you. Maybe the links will at least provide you now, with some interesting basis for further research on this? Have at it! Blue Skies! -Grant coitus non circum - Moab Stone

For the in-aircraft movement portion and pre-exit procedure you are referring, it is (or at least it should be) protocol for the instructor who needs to move to the door, prior to him/her doing so - to instruct you clearly and very affirmatively (and assure your response & understanding) before HE/she moves to the door - that you are (were) to TAKE (ALL) YOUR INSTRUCTIONS FROM YOUR INSIDE JM (INSTRUCTOR). - Did HE/she do that? Do you recall? Do you recall the outside JM (the one moving to the door in front of you) asking if you were "ready to make your skydive"? Okay then - so he/she now gets up and moves to the other bench and starts moving towards the door. - What are you supposed to do? This is very specific: TAKE YOUR INSTRUCTIONS FROM YOUR INSIDE (the one who retains his/her grip on you) INSTRUCTOR. Do you recall? Maybe you don't (which is why I am asking)... So then - what did your inside instructor instruct of you when the outside instructor started his/her movement? Let me/us know that, and perhaps we can then between us delve maybe just a bit further (and deeper) from there too, in effort to help you determine maybe even just a bit better - what - as to actually what may have occurred here for you. Did you get a chance to actually sit and talk with both your instructors, in an undistracted environment, and express your concerns / observations from your point of view on this? Tell them you'd really like to understand what just happened and why - and if so, what did they say? coitus non circum - Moab Stone

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No need to do that. To get through a single jump - it's no big deal. If you bring your hands directly under your chin (when not gripped) you can deflect enough air actually with your palms while still belly-flying just fine, and be perfectly comfortable to last through that one jump. It really is "no big deal". I actually know a couple of peeps who jump actually regularly without goggles - on a routine basis. I can't do that - but some (apparently) can. - FWIW. coitus non circum - Moab Stone

Are you jumping type-8 Risers, or type-17, Chuck? coitus non circum - Moab Stone

Yup. ...And I dunno. I think your anecdotal additional "story" still has merit / is of interest too. It appears as though (also in your picture) there is a small crease in the reserve-bottom pack-tray that forms the top of the main container tray, which is what is causing that "opening". I don't think I've ever considered that either, previously, a potential snag-point. That crease does not seem to exist on either my Infinity, or either of my Javelins. So - by all means, as I mentioned - apologies for the distraction, and no worries - please, carry on. Blue Skies, -Grant coitus non circum - Moab Stone

Your SLinks tabs don't appear to be tacked either. At least as best as I can tell/see in your picture. Just FWIW - if they're not, you may want to look into for yourself too is all. Sorry for the "hijack" folks. Feel free to carry on. Blue Skies, -Grant coitus non circum - Moab Stone

I've noticed just recently, that my browsing forums can sometimes get grossly "hung-up" and entire page requests (including just now even trying to get into this forum to post this! ) will "time-out" and/or "freeze" and (repeatedly) fail to load. It's frustrating! In all the recent cases - they seem to have one common denominator: "Waiting for b.scorecardresearch.com" What gives? coitus non circum - Moab Stone

See this thread, HERE. Includes pictures, and some descriptions, of both (non-metric anyway) versions. As others have also already pointed out too - simply drop a direct line to L&B. I've always found Mads there, to be EXTREMELY responsive, and helpful. coitus non circum - Moab Stone

A Service Bulletin has been released directly from Aerodyne. Here also, is a link directly to that, for reference, here: http://www.flyaerodyne.com/download/SB140111.pdf coitus non circum - Moab Stone

Awesome. Well, then - choose your method, practice it, then practice, practice practice. Oh yeah - then... practice it some more. The choice of whichever method (1 hand per handle, or 2-hands per handle) should not be influenced really - EITHER WAY, by the presence of an RSL, or not. Andy (Popsjumper) said it all, I think most clearly & thoroughly to you too, in his post (#73 in the entire chain - above) I think. If you still think you would either consider, or practice different, or differing EP's on one rig that has and RSL, versus another that does not - I might have one other set of thought considerations for you even yet then. but... In any case, it seems you are thinking this through logically, to make an informed decision, for you - and that is good. coitus non circum - Moab Stone

You've "asked" the same question 3x's now - said you were "honestly" asking (implying you were "honestly" seeking feedback) - then, when you get that feedback from an experienced jumper, you instead continue to ARGUE it. You are not really ASKING anything! Here is your "answer" (again) - now from a different jumper, in some different (but hopefully straight-forward and understandable for you) words: Having an RSL or not having an RSL in place, installed on your rig - in of itself is of no affect, and should in NO WAY INFLUENCE your decision as to which EP method/procedure (1-hand per handle versus 2) you choose to practice. There's my feedback for you. Now, let's (no doubt) hear your point of view argument probably anyway - yet again. coitus non circum - Moab Stone

Not really. At least my brain did not immediately process it accurately anyway. During the VA State Record Series for instance, we were pretty consistently right on 18k, and the climb-rate and my brains registering of it, and easily recognizing exactly where we were through visual on the analog dial, was seamless. The instance of going to 22K (ot was 21,997 according to the later digital download) I remember just continually thinking as it climbed THROUGH 18k, that "I wonder what this exactly is". In fact, my recollection is that live-time when I looked at it upon setting up for exit, that my mind anyway "registered" - "we are at 20k". Not that the differential really matters that much, materially - however, it was only upon reading the digital data, that I learned we were at (apparently) 22k (21,997). - FWIW. coitus non circum - Moab Stone

Sure, Here is (attached) a shot of the face of mine. And Paul - I've had mine to just under 22k. The needle at 22k appeared on that jump to be just a smidge past the 12-o'clock ("Zero") position. coitus non circum - Moab Stone

Agreed. I currently jump an "adequately loaded" original model XF, manf out of the NZ plant - and find it an excellent (and quite enjoyable) canopy to fly, in absolutely any (including turbulent) wind condition without issue or concern. To the very Original Poster in this thread: 1. Have the proper experience already under your belt to allow you to fly this HP wing "adequately loaded" in the 1st place. "Downloading" it below @ 1.4-1 is not the answer with a Crossfire (either original model or XF-2) to make it more docile at all. Doing that just does not linearly translate well to the wing's design/planform as you would otherwise with some other canopies think (or are thinking/presuming) at all that way, for you to do that. - FWIW. coitus non circum - Moab Stone

http://gallery.me.com/cs_002/100060/IMG_0035/web.jpg?ver=12950323800001 - FIFY to be clicky. - Right, that is the 12k foot symmetrical model, as riggerpaul has already pointed out to you. It is a different model (the "asymmetrical" one) altogether that goes up to 18k (at the 11-o'clock position) on it's dial face. I can maybe take a digital pic of mine and post it up here for you (i've got the latter model) if you need. coitus non circum - Moab Stone

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Nice, well thought-out, EXTREMELY "PC" Reply. I sincerely hope your approach Pops, actually works - and is actually given the recompense consideration, thought also applied to it by whom it is addressed, and taken to heart. This thread should not become a "PeteJones Bashing" playground either, in any case - as that also - is not the intent of these threads and forums (at least the topical ones anyway) either. However, where it is in now, as noted a "topical" forum - I do think one point of yours stands out amongst the others, applies here - and bears repeating: +1 Just in my OBSERVATION (and not necessarily this particular thread - perhaps this was not the absolute most poignant, or best one to speak-up in) - Therein lies the problem. I am legitimately concerned that someone, somewhere - during one of his (well known to be) "ADVICE" posts, is going to take his (unfortunately often to be actually even dead WRONG) "advice" as being authoritative. PeteJones - All I (and others) have REALLY been trying to tell you, is what Popsjumper is now also saying to you here. I sincerely hope you can find a way to truly consider the (actually well-meaning) advice being attempted to be bestowed upon you by many well more experienced than yourself (and even I) - and that you can (positively, effectively) take it to heart. Coming across as cocky, and arrogant, and "know-it-all" at your experience level and only just 1st year in the sport is not only just not going to win you any friends or (truly) actually "influence" (positively) anybody - it is also, just plain flat-out - WRONG. Period. Take the advice (from whichever replies and perspectives - as I've seen, you've already had many! ) - Or don't. Your choice. Personally, I don't see where the confrontationalism - with anybody (and nearly everybody) - is really going to serve you well at all, in any way - in even YOUR (actual) skydiving career. You see, we've seen several "PeteJone's" come & go over the years. You may think you are unique - but trust me, you are not. I'll keep my eyes & ears open though, for those smelly peppers. Blue Skies, -Grant coitus non circum - Moab Stone

Right. What Scott Says. Give the good folks at Maytown a call. They'll get you all set-up! coitus non circum - Moab Stone

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That is awesome! Congratulations, Chuck. I wish now (and my only regret) is that I too, had not started sooner / earlier. "It has not sucked". I think I will change my sig line to that. Here is now to your NEXT 30 years as well. HIM... HIM... !! -Grant coitus non circum - Moab Stone