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I'm visiting Colorado for a week, staying in the north near ft Collins. What are the good dropzones to jump at here? I have about 120 jumps, unfortunately I didn't bring my gear so I'll need to rent. Ideally I'm looking for somewhere with a good vibe, gear in good condition, a daily rental rate, and friendly people. Ideas?

Hi all, I am thinking of becoming a dealer for some equipment like jumpsuits tracking suits wingsuits etc. I would like to ask the other dealers out there do you run into issues where you are held liable for accidents involving the product you sold? If I did become a dealer, I would not plan on selling anything to unqualified individuals. What ways of verifying are the norm? Have you been held liable by people using gear you sold? Looking at this from a legal standpoint (asked a friend who's in law school), as a dealer you are like the bartender, even though you don't make the beer, you serve it, and are responsible for the well-being of your customer. What have you run into?

Hey, that's what they charge at the dropzones here in Canada!!

Engineering is awesome, useful in many situations. I'm starting my own business, that's the way to go these days.

Don't mean to be a buzz kill, but just be careful of your leg strap webbing rubbing on the webbing going to the container back. You're left handed? I jump a wings and love it! I think now they make the pilot chutes without that pesky single connection point, too.

Wow, great information here. Ted Rudd was probably the best tracker I have ever seen in video and ski jumpers do actually fly. I am a keen supporter of palms up tracking, although YMMV

Yeah, how do you get pilot wings on Wii? I liked the pilot wings skydiving segment, except you fell quite slowly and didn't have the ability to sideslide (had to turn and go forward and back to go sideways). I tracked through the gorge on the pilotwings island once

Don't mean to revive an old thread, but has anyone else seen this video? http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cqiV_O8cdWY Looks like he hit his leg during the flight Another article says he's okay http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4064641/Daredevil-base-jumper-breaks-legs-in-mountain-crash-news-American-Jeb-Corliss-in-hospital.html Interesting how the technology of wingsuits is making more flights possible, just the other day I saw a video of someone attempting to soar (ride updraft over a ridge) in a wingsuit...

1.26 glide ratio, seems reasonable for a very good tracker with booties. I can't decide if I want a tracking suit or a prodigy 2, both are similar but the prodigy looks cooler.

These are all gold and many I have heard while jumping in Oz funnily enough Like jumping from the Skyvan after a 20 minute hold.. Wake up, we're on jump run!!!

Last time I checked, the Royal Bank of Canada insurance specifically EXCLUDES parachuting. EDIT: the policy wording here: http://www.rbcroyalbank.com/travelinsurance/pdf/RBC_THP_certificate_under60.pdf doesn't exclude parachuting, though I'm sure at some point in the past when I checked it did. Good for RBC if they removed that! I think around Nov 2010 it was excluded. I bought insurance through Travel Underwriters via CoastCapital Savings, and there was no exclusion of skydiving unless it was for work/competition. Funny though SCUBA was excluded unless certified (no intro scuba diving). I rolled my ankle at Elsinore in November, called Travel Underwriters but didn't actually make a claim, went home without having to go to hospital. They said it was covered as long as I wasnt working or competing. On the Travel Underwriters yearly policy, if you injure yourself on a trip, that injury will count as a pre-existing condition and not be covered during later trips, unless 90 days has elapsed since returning from your last trip and embarking on your next trip - this varies with age. Looking back, I would just go for the IHI BUPA coverage, up to a whole year trip length, and be done with it. I have heard good things about them covering all sorts of incidents.

Yep, pretty much I like having my rig in front of me on flights, even if it's not useful for escaping a 767, it's still nice to have. I suggest calling whomever put together your rig (rigger/mfr), they should have your serial numbers. No skydiver will let anyone unload stolen gear.. post those serial numbers and people will be on the lookout.

My wings from 2010 has the tangle-able style pud, I recommend changing that as well. Also, I ordered a PC with the plastic pipe handle, and it came as s single point attachment in the middle, which can also tangle. Ask your rigger to modify your handle so there isin't the possibility of bridle tangling. This is done by stitching along the handle as in the UPT handle, or putting a piece of tape through the plastic pipe handle and stitching down either end (so bridle cannot go under the pipe). Here is a video of basically what can happen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49M8hD472_I Interesting bit is around 1:15 For wings, I can recommend that you measure carefully and understand what you should be measuring when you take the measurements. One great thing about wings is that they have good customer service, I had to have my rig sizing adjusted and it was taken care of no problem

I'm really happy with my vertical suit.. the raptor.. has windproof zippers and windproof back for the tunnel too. I jump at the same dz as Vlady and he;s a great guy.

Heh, just noticed. Think I'll start a new thread.

Wow just wow. What an interesting idea! I think the cabin pressure varies a/c to a/c, i've checked my alti on a couple of planes. I didn't have it on the A380 but if you ever get on that sucker, check out the camera up in the tail it's awesome! I think the A380 should be around 5000' on an alti. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nb1cjfonjg

That's a good idea. I bought a pilot 168 after demo'ing another same canopy at the dropzone, and I think I'm around 180 with gear on. I twisted my ankle pretty badly on a jump the other week and thank myself that I was smart enough not to get anything smaller.

I think they would work well if you could wear the strap inside the helmet.. and if they were sort of low profile. Ski and snowboard helmets offer a lot more protection than skydiving helmets, however some have bad snag points (pointy shaped vents on mine).

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I would like to make a cutaway for my helmet, since it doesn't come as standard or as an option. The helmet is a skysystems benny (yes, laugh, cheap pro-tec like clone), and the camera is a go-pro in a square1 go-pro mount. What I want to do is just a simple two ring cutaway like the cookie system, but I plan to make it myself / have the local rigger help me. Are there any known designs that work well or don't work? I was just thinking something similar to the cookie one, I might have to add a chin-cup to get it to work. I even put off jumping the go-pro till I get the thing made. Edit: skysystems has a cutaway system, but it isin't like the cookie 2-ring system, it's a spring loaded pin. I don't think this is sufficient, because under a load it seems obvious that friction on the pin could stop it from coming out. It might be good just to get the chin-cup one from cookie if it can be adapted, without a chin-cup skin could get caught in the 2-ring action... References: Skysystems cutaway system (spring pin) http://www.chutingstar.com/newgear_en/chin-cup-quick-release-kit.html Cookie cutaway system (2-ring) http://www.chutingstar.com/newgear_en/cookie-chincup-cutaway.html

I bought my pilot from chutingstar and was very happy with the price and service. I find myself keeping on buying from them

Seems to be working fine now but I'm at another location from where it wasn't working

This may have been discussed before, but what do you believe is your best body position for tracking? It would be good to collect this information in one thread for people to learn from. These are my best tracks so far: Belly track: Palms up (back of your hand facing down), head tucked towards chin quite a bit, zero to very small de-arch, arms straight at sides, not against body but a little bit away, legs straight, not together but a natural shoulder-width gap, toes pointed, belly sucked in. My most efficient track in terms of glide is fairly head-down, maybe -15 or -25 degrees in pitch. If you're body is flat and not leaning towards your head tracking, I don't believe you'll go as fast. The lowest (vertical) speed I've gotten from my pro-track is 80MPH (SAS mode) or 92MPH (TAS mode). Back track: I've only done maybe 6 dedicated back-tracking jumps and only recently became able to keep heading 100%, but this is it for me: Palms down, arms slightly away from body at sides, feet shoulder width apart, toes pointed, arched back, look up and above your head towards the direction of flight for the best track (assuming you don't have to watch people). Still not as good as my belly track, best 102MPH (TAS mode pro-track) but improving. I've heard of some people having very mean back tracking skills it may be even more efficient than belly tracking when you're good at it (in terms of limitations of the human body to take an efficient position). Thoughts?

Interesting proposition. If you just want high horizontal speed (and not good glide), I imagine a head-down-ish track should be best, like a very streamlined Atmo position. I have seen some atmo flyers take off with massive forward speed after I've been flying beside them (and I couldn't catch em); they didn't necessarily have good glide (they're burning through altitude very fast), but very high horizontal speed. You could be coming down at near vertical but as long as you're going fast enough you'll have a large horizontal speed. From my own experience pulling out of a steep nearly head down dive gives a good deal of horizontal thrust. Here I believe flat tracking, or slow vertical fall rate tracking, isin't what you want. To get the real answer we'll have to dig a little into introductory aerodynamics and lift to drag ratios. Just to comment on the picture who tracks with their head up like that? I find it makes a big difference tuck that head in. Also, I'd like to start a thread discussing the best body positions for tracking. I love tracking!

Hi everyone, I'm a regular reader of world wide wingsuit news, and their website seems to be down (www.wingsuitnews.com).. does it work for anyone else?