Jamnation862 0 #1 September 13, 2012 Hello everyone. New skydiver here from Colorado. Home base is Mile Hi here in Longmont and I am about 13 jumps away from getting my A license. I've been poking around here for a few weeks looking for my first rig and figured I should probably join up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanDanInc 5 #2 September 14, 2012 Wicked cool! What setup (container, canopy, etc..) do you want to go with?Sincerely, Daniel (not as fat as he thinks he is) Adams http://www.skyjump.com http://www.vimeo.com/dandaninc http://www.youtube.com/dandaninc Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #3 September 14, 2012 Welcome to the forums! She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingRhenquest 1 #4 September 16, 2012 Sweet, another Mile Hi jumper! We'll probably bump into each other at some point. Or have already bumped into each other. I just got out of the program too. I have to hand it to the AFF program, it gets some great results! Could you have imagined after your AFF 1 jump that you'd be where you are now in so short a time? I found myself amazed around AFF 5 or 6 at how confident I was becoming the skills they were teaching me. By AFF 4 I felt no fear climbing around outside the plane. By AFF 7, my instructor's planned exit (Diving out, grabbing my ankles and flipping several times) made me grin like a maniac and not run screaming from the building as I would have just a few jumps earlier. I'm so not looking forward to winter, though...I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jamnation862 0 #5 September 17, 2012 Hey guys, thanks for the welcome. I am pretty unsure of what I am looking for in a rig. I figured I would go with something like a 170-180 main canopy (I weigh 165) and thats pretty much as far as I've gotten on that. Obviously looking for used on my first rig. Any recommendations? I've got a pretty helpful guide that I was given by Dave at Mile Hi that gives a bit of the ins and outs of buying a first rig but thats about it. I was also pretty impressed with the AFF program at Mile Hi. The first few jumps were definitely nerve racking but I'm definitely getting used to it now. Quote Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingRhenquest 1 #6 September 18, 2012 There are a couple of 175s and 180 canopies for sale on the dropzone bulletin board, if I recall correctly. Check there. You'd still need a container for it, though, reserve, AAD, all that good stuff. You should have an easier time finding gear than I will. I'm pretty happy jumping a 280 on the low end of its suggested wing loading, and don't really feel an urge to downsize. I never see too many of those for sale. If you opt for used gear, make sure to get a rigger at the dropzone to check it out for you before you agree to buy it. And check it against the stolen gear databases. They never really tell you to breathe in those early AFF jumps. Well they probably do but I was too busy being distracted by adrenaline and stuff to notice. I'm pretty sure my first 3 or 4 AFF jumps were done entirely without breathing!I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
