nicknitro71

To me it does not make any sense. The day I see a pull out on a BASE rig I might reconsider it The annoyng part is pretty obvious Memento Audere Semper 903

Ciao zio Carlo Memento Audere Semper 903

JP, do you do this on purpose? With the pull out system you position the PC much closer to the body than with the throw out. On WS this means that the PC is closer to the burble possibly causing a PC hesitation or a very sloppy bag extraction leading to possible twists. I am not a fan of the POD system even for normal jumps. When it comes to WS jumps I am very much against it. But hey if it has been working for you than it's all good! Memento Audere Semper 903

I does not look to me the begining of the swoop. He was already at the end of the pond. Memento Audere Semper 903

You pay 20+ grand for a super low tech piece of crap so that it's "approved" by the FAA. Things must change to engine choice for general aviation. In the home built niche people are having great results with subaru engines. It's time for FAA to make things easier for getting the sticker. Memento Audere Semper 903

Maybe some info on the main canopy/condition.number of jumps and WL would be neat. Memento Audere Semper 903

Sure, I would love to see that. I love the reasons they come up for increase in tax without pissing off the population and looking like the good samaritan at the same time Bunch of crap if you aksed me Memento Audere Semper 903

Bloody as hell. I can't take welldone beef My point is that virtually every manufacture has some problems, some bigger some smaller. As stated on my previous post: Sunrise builds some nice rigs, period. Memento Audere Semper 903

I have said it many times before and will say it again, once you cutaway from something, (no matter how badly it is spinning), centrifugal forces will send your body in a straight line. period.*** Ditto. Memento Audere Semper 903

I'm very close to Tom's set up (all Z-po): 32 A/V (external handle) for terminal. 38 A/V (internal handle) for wingsuits and subterminal long (5+) delays. 42 (disk) for most things. 48 A/V(no handle) for low stuff. Memento Audere Semper 903

To make things more clear: The older configuration of Ace and BJ still had FIVE break lines. The difference was in the position:1,2,3,4,6 and lenght of 1 and 6 (longer). The new config position is 1,2,3,4,5 all the same lenghts. By the way if you don't like it you can go back to the original one; It's nothing permanent. Memento Audere Semper 903

I never do and I wish I had your knowledge and wisdom. Memento Audere Semper 903

If you define safety as absence of risk name one thing that is safe. Memento Audere Semper 903

Sure, and then they screw up the location of the cypres cutter... I have a Wings and it's a well built rig. I would buy another one in a heart beat. Memento Audere Semper 903

Yesterday, 02/13/05. Third jump of the day. 10 sec delay out of 4000. My X-FX 111 @ 1.66 started to deploy in a line twist. During the snivel I got a total of three line twist. After full inflation the canopy started to spin very violently. I was facing skywards. After the first revolution I knew I had to chop it. It seems it was like curling 40-45 Lb just to lift my hand to reach for the handle. I got the other hand in there, just in case, and clink-clink. By the time I got my hand to the silver I was under a fully inflated Tempo 150 with no line twist and just flying dandy. I landed uneventfully at the DZ. The canopy and free bag landed not far from the DZ in a nice back yard. I recover all the toys so the incident casted me nada, just my own repack A buddy of mine was on the same load and witnessed everything, he did a 2-3 sec H&P and was above me. He said that I chopped by the third revolution and from the cutaway to reserve ride it looked I lost no more than 100'. I've always been an advocate of the RSL. I always have one connected beside when I do CRW. I've always said that after my first cutaway I was going do decide to keep it or not. Well I had my first cutaway and I will continue to use the RSL. I am one of the few experienced skydivers at my DZ who use a RSL. The unfortunate trend is that even novices right off student status disconnect it because of unsubstantiated bias (for the most part) against it. By the way I was blown away by the performance of the Tempo 150. It seems to me I was flying a Spectre or Triathlon of the same size. On landing it even pop me right back up because I gave too much toggles. I really did not aspect that much flaring power. If i knew it I would have swooped it Lessons learned: My pack job worked (at least one of them and RSL rules! Memento Audere Semper 903

I have sewn a tailgate on the trailing edge of the slider (small mesh). That's what I use for slider up jumps. Memento Audere Semper 903

Thanks guys. I'll be trying the mod soon with slider down. Hookitt, Ditto. I will never use a large mesh again...another reason begin the slider-tailgate I installed on the slider trailing edge. Memento Audere Semper 903

LONGER before, my bad Memento Audere Semper 903

If you are going to do big cliffs and WS mostly why do you want vents? Memento Audere Semper 903

Adam made a change in the break lines set up on his canopies. Now the five break lines go from cell attachment point 1-5 and they are the same length. Before they went 1-4 skipped 5 and attached to 6; also line 1 and 5 (attached to 6) were longer. Well few days ago I did the mod on my ACE. Question is: Did anybody jump the same canopy before and after the mod and if yes what are your impressions? Thanks Memento Audere Semper 903

1. Land my S3 and survive. 2. Break the swoop distance record under a Manta. 3. Break the highest altitude/longest FF jump with my S3. 4. BASE off El Cap with a VX 55 and my S3 and then swoop the shit out the rangers' asses and break my own world swoop distance record. 5. Buy a F-15 fly at mac 2.5 at three feet off the ground, eject and once under a VX 55 swoop the living shit off the wrack and break once again the world swoop distance record. That should keep me busy for one year or so. Memento Audere Semper 903

That calls for a two pin. My top two a the Perigee Pro and the Gargoyle. You can't go wrong with either one. I have a Pro and I think it's the shit. Memento Audere Semper 903

Especially @ 2.5! Memento Audere Semper 903

I thought the arm wings were smaller than the S3 they actually seem bigger. Nice! Memento Audere Semper 903

I put up to 20Lb in mine just to have some fun under the canopy. Go look it up. It has been working for me just dandy. Memento Audere Semper 903