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  1. JackC1
    I reckon having an IMAX camera strapped to you would be significantly more distracting that having a mini-bullet camera gaffer taped to your noggin.
  2. JackC1
    Just finished Bram Stoker's Dracula which I'd rate as a solid meh. Prior to that it was The Great Book of BASE by Matt Gerdes which was a very interesting read. Just started Fleming's Casino Royale and I'm half way through Denis Pagen's Understanding the Sky - A Sport Pilot's Guide to Flying Conditions
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    I take it this is not bolted down at the back of the bracket? So you've got a long finger of aluminum just bolted to the viser? I'd be concerned that the visor will break fairly quickly and that the mount will lift at the back giving you a large line catching hook on the top of your head. It's not the scariest camera rig I've ever seen but I still wouldn't jump it.
  4. JackC1
    Simply turn the volume of the clip to zero in the video tools tab and import another soundtrack from an mp3 file or whatever.
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    That's probably the sound track. If you've used a well known song, youtube can tell and hits you with the naughty stick.
  6. JackC1
    IIRC, Win movie maker splits long clips into sections during import. Usually the transition is seamless if its just a split from a continuous clip. But if they're not, probably the easiest way to make it a bit nicer is to go into the "Tools > Video transitions" menu and drop in a simple cross fade between the two clips. Plan B would be buy a copy of Sony Movie Studio off ebay for about $50.
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    I don't see the problem. This girl did take responsibility or her own actions and decided not to jump so why are you complaining about it?
  8. JackC1
    I'm reading it now and it does seem informative from a non-BASE perspective. It does make you realise the things you'd need to work on in skydiving if you ever wanted to get into BASE. I also read BASE 66 and Groundrush, both good but latter is slightly more interesting I think. I'll never say never but I hope BASE never gets it's claws into me, the fatality list is already populated by too many people I knew.
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    I have a hard time seeing how that could happen, at least the way I pack anyway. If the lines are right before the canopy goes into the bag, you would have to flip the bag and thread the bridle and pilot chute through the lines in order to get a full inversion step through. It would take some pretty funky packing methods to do that by accident. But then idiots are pretty frickin ingenious sometimes so who knows. By far the easiest way for this to happen is if the step through was put there on landing and the problem wasn't spotted while packing. I've done that myself. Lots of people grab the line groups at the slinks and walk up to the canopy but not many bother to look over their shoulder and clear the lines again all the way back to the 3 rings. If a twist was in the risers at that point, you might well pack yourself an inversion.
  10. JackC1
    You've got to wonder how is he qualified to put his own gear on.
  11. JackC1
    Of all the ways I can think of that you'd be at 1200ft with a mal that required cutting away, nearly all of them involve a fuck up of some sort to get you there in the first place. If you pulled at 1200ft and had a mal, you're an idiot for pulling that low. If you rode a mal down to 1200ft, you're an idiot for not chopping higher If you did something to give yourself a mal at 1200ft, you're an idiot for flying like a cock. If someone flew into you at 1200ft, you're both idiots for not looking where you're going Having said that, my personal plan is to do whatever I think will give me the best chance of walking away. 1200ft is low, but I might consider it if the alternative was worse.
  12. JackC1
    I even consulted a British->Merkun online dictionary. It gave me back the same phrase I put in. I think you just made that up to mess with us. Wallace and Gromit are horrible racist bastards, who knew? Look, they even have a website dedicated to their warped ideology. It's wrong I tell ya... http://www.crackingideas.com/
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    Ford did it with a Transit back in '71 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnqdIsBJT0A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q62JHD0nB8Q&feature=related
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    That's a slippery little number to play. The chords are nothing too outrageous but the rhythm is quite off beat which means you need to track two different rhythms in your head, one for the guitar part and one for the vocals and that ain't easy. There were a couple of minor hesitations and it stopped slightly more abruptly than how I would have played it but other than that I reckon you did a pretty good job. I very quickly figured out that if the guitar part wasn't completely "in my pocket", any singing was always going to be less than stellar. Although with my voice, it's probably a good idea if I just stick to instrumentals anyway.
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    If that were the case, then everyone should be able to beat their RSL and the point would be moot (as would RSLs). But people do get beaten by their RSLs, especially if they use two hands on each handle and they have a MARD system. Of course it is always possible to invent an EP that is guaranteed to beat an RSL, I think they used to call it a canopy transfer but I don't fancy that very much with two square canopies. So yes, aim to go through with your EPs until all handles are pulled, that is a given. But there is benefit in allowing your brain to recognize a situation when it arises and take the appropriate action rather than robotically pulling handles simply because there are handles to pull. In fact, if all you're going to do is pull two handles in sequence without thinking about what you're trying to achieve, why bother with a separate reserve handle at all? Just have an SOS handle and be done with it.
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    ...right up to the point where the brain overrides and takes over. If you're sitting under a fully inflated reserve, thinking "damn, that skyhook is fast", pulling silver at that point is just going through the motions for the sake of it, which is cool if that's what you want to do. But that time could be spent learning to fly a canopy you've never jumped before, that you are going to have to land very shortly, probably in a less than ideal spot. Now if your brain isn't capable of taking over, pull the frickin' handle - then take up bowling.
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    I can just imagine your students doing 3 point turns, shunting backward and forwards because they can't turn on a centre. Warning, vehicle reversing!!!!
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    I have a hard time buying that one. Even the most proficient back slider won't be going fast enough backwards to make a dent in the 120mph relative wind coming from directly below.
  19. JackC1
    Wherever your head turns, your shoulders tend to follow. If you're looking over your right shoulder, it may be that your right shoulder is lifting which will initiate a left turn. Dipping your right arm may only partially compensate for this which may be why the turn is slow. But without seeing you jump, it's impossible to tell for sure. Don't go mad with your head, it's a good idea to look where you are going but too much can twist your shoulders in the wrong direction. That's what instructors are for. Use them. The internet is no place to learn to skydive.
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    In a biplane configuration one canopy is flying in front of the other, usually staggered at different heights due to different line lengths. The risers all attach to a similar point on the harness so that both main and reserve sliders sit more or less on top of one another. If you try to chop the main, you run the risk of your main risers catching the reserve slider and snagging on it. The drag of the main canopy snagged on the reserve slider can be enough to drag the slider back up the lines and choke the reserve canopy into a snivel. Not good. In a biplane configuration, two canopies are usually fairly stable if you're careful flying them and can be ridden to the ground. Side by sides are slightly less stable as a turn on one can cause a down plane but they can still be ridden in. I'd chop a down plane but ride in anything else.
  21. JackC1
    I can't imagine much worse a fate than being run over by an erotic semi.
  22. JackC1
    Here's a theory. 1) Pulling down on the left rear riser transfers weight to the left hand side of the canopy. This would tend to produce a left turn by inducing roll in the canopy to the left. 2) Increasing the drag on the left side by deforming the canopy would tend to slow the air speed of the left side which makes the suspended weight swing out to the right also producing left roll and a left turn. 3) The extra lift on the left hand side by altering the angle of attack with try to counteract the roll which may be why rear riser turns can be flatter then toggle turns. It's an interesting theory to think about but knowing the in depth mechanics of what causes a turn is massively less useful than knowing which input will burn the most altitude to produce a turn and which will burn the least.
  23. JackC1
    La Villa Strangiato (Rush) - Greg Howe While My Guitar Gently Weeps (George Harrison) - Jake Shimbakuro Drac and Friends (Don Ross) - Antione Dufour
  24. JackC1
    You need to solve two second-order coupled differential equations like the ones in the attachment (solved using MathCad). The graph shows vertical position (in metres) relative to the aircraft, red trace is for a plane and the blue is for a balloon (no horizontal velocity at exit).
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    See I didn't even realise I could use 10ths or 100ths of a percent. I just used the slider and had a choice of 0% or 1% so I either grossly overestimate the risk or ignore it altogether. Neither are a true reflection of what I think.