speedy 0 #1 March 20, 2008 I think it’s about time I start to down size again. I have currently over a 1000 jumps on a Velocity 90. I have also done a few jumps on a 78 Blade but that did not do really ring my bell. Therefore I have decided to skip the 58 nitro and goes straight to the VX 39 that Luigi jumps. After all the VX flies big and it can’t be that much more of a problem than the 58 Nitro. I will be careful on the first jumps, landing it straight in with no turns close to the ground. I looked at a number of posts here and it seems this sort of progression is standard practice. Any thoughts or helpful tips? BTW. I can do all of Billvons check list on my current canopy. Dave Fallschirmsport Marl Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
labrys 0 #2 March 20, 2008 QuoteAny thoughts or helpful tips? Wear "Go Fast" patches. They prevent injury.Owned by Remi #? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yeyo 1 #3 March 20, 2008 How much for the Velo90?HISPA #93 DS #419.5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
beowulf 1 #4 March 20, 2008 Be sure to wear a video camera and get at least two other people to video your landing from different perspectives of course. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
speedy 0 #5 March 20, 2008 Quote How much for the Velo90? You want to buy a Velo with over 1000 jumps on it? I give it you for $1000 Dave Fallschirmsport Marl Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grimmie 186 #6 March 20, 2008 Speedy the VX39 has a larger pack volume than you may want for your too cool for school container. I think the VX31.5 will look better with the "Last Chance+ 35" reserve. And be sure to use the collapsable 3" pilot chute for less drag. I have done accuracy, demos and CRW with my VX...it's a versatile canopy! When I get 100 jumps on the VX31.5 I am going to downsize to the VXXX29.1, my friends say I can handle it no problem. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kschilk 0 #7 March 20, 2008 Quote Any thoughts or helpful tips? Padding.......bunches! Hey, new sport...hi-speed soil sampling! "T'was ever thus." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #8 March 21, 2008 Get ahold of Kolla. Mention that AggieJohn (long story) sent you and you can get an Optima 51 reserve that packs up like a 36. Then your rig would have a total pack volume of 58 cu in. That's cool, but with a 26" pilotchute your rig will look big and uncool.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnDeere 0 #9 March 21, 2008 That is the funnyest shit i have ever seen here. Ill buy that Velo 90, I mean i have all the check list and been at the same loading for 300 jumps. i have got to be ready for that Velo. Why waist time with those slugish canopys Nothing opens like a Deere! You ignorant fool! Checks are for workers! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #10 March 21, 2008 QuoteAny thoughts or helpful tips? As long as you fly it conservatively I'm sure you'll be just fine. After all, Luigi has landed it what, 20 times now, and there's only been one person who's gone in just from line twists on something that small, right? How hard can it be? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baksteen 84 #11 March 21, 2008 Contact the nearest farmer. If you insist on ploughing in, you might as well do it somewhere useful. "That formation-stuff in freefall is just fun and games but with an open parachute it's starting to sound like, you know, an extreme sport." ~mom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilot-one 0 #12 March 21, 2008 I don't think this is funny whatsoever. It is mockery at its worst. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sletzer 3 #13 March 21, 2008 Quote When I get 100 jumps on the VX31.5 I am going to downsize to the VXXX29.1, my friends say I can handle it no problem. Now THAT'S funny! I'm going to use that one when I downsize from my 170 to an 84 when I hit 100 jumps I will be kissing hands and shaking babies all afternoon. Thanks for all your support! *bows* SCS #8251 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JeepDiver 0 #14 March 21, 2008 Quote Quote How much for the Velo90? You want to buy a Velo with over 1000 jumps on it? I give it you for $1000 What condition is the line set in? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnDeere 0 #15 March 22, 2008 It is mockery at its worst. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////// A mockery of ignorant people with stupid WL at low jump #'s?????? I hate to offend ignorant people. So what is your WL since it is not listed?????? Nothing opens like a Deere! You ignorant fool! Checks are for workers! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilot-one 0 #16 March 22, 2008 Quote It is mockery at its worst. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////// A mockery of ignorant people with stupid WL at low jump #'s?????? I hate to offend ignorant people. So what is your WL since it is not listed?????? 1.2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnDeere 0 #17 March 22, 2008 so what is the mockery of??? All we are doing is pointing out stupid people, what is the problem????Nothing opens like a Deere! You ignorant fool! Checks are for workers! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilot-one 0 #18 March 22, 2008 The mockery is of people that really want to consider downsizing. The problem is pointing out stupid people is stupid. What's the point. How productive can that be in the Safety and Training forum? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #19 March 22, 2008 QuoteThe mockery is of people that really want to consider downsizing. The problem is pointing out stupid people is stupid. What's the point. How productive can that be in the Safety and Training forum? Because sometimes that is the only way you can reach them...Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brettski74 0 #20 March 22, 2008 QuoteThe problem is pointing out stupid people is stupid. Well now you've painted yourself into a corner. If your statement is true, then it would appear that you are pointing out a stupid person... QuoteWhat's the point. How productive can that be in the Safety and Training forum? Because telling the guy straight out didn't seem to get through, so people are trying another approach. And even if it doesn't help make the point to this one guy, maybe someone else reading this now or finding it in a search sometime later will see how seriously dumb people thought this was. You say that you don't find this funny. Well, I don't find this thread funny, either. In fact, I find that thread somewhat disturbing because it shows yet another jumper willing to totally ignore the experience and advice of people with much greater experience, and also the willingness to ignore the evidence shown in statistics over the years that this is not a sensible approach to downsizing. Instead, he seems dead-set on finding some way of "doing it safely" because "he can handle it". Which is the more dangerous message to be sending out to new skydivers who may be reading this forum? That if you do something stupid, people might make fun of you, or that reducing the amount of fabric over your head by 40% while also transitioning to an elliptical canopy is perfectly acceptable? If I do something stupid in this sport, I only hope that a few people I've never met making fun of me is the worst consequence I have to deal with. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilot-one 0 #21 March 23, 2008 Interesting comments.....I guess maybe I'm just not young enough to get it. Eh? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnDeere 0 #22 March 23, 2008 I dont think age has anything to do with it, but commen sence does. The op is only making fun of the countless idiots that down size like only a stupid person would. If you are of age (like you suggest), then i think you out of all people would get it.Nothing opens like a Deere! You ignorant fool! Checks are for workers! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ep11300 0 #23 March 24, 2008 And all you guys wonder why people feel blasted and don't appreciate a lot of the feedback they receive in the forums. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
longpete 1 #24 March 24, 2008 Humor is a rubber sword - it allows you to make a point without drawing blood. Mary Hirsch Humor is also a way of saying something serious. T. S. Eliot (1888 - 1965) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baksteen 84 #25 March 24, 2008 QuoteAnd all you guys wonder why people feel blasted and don't appreciate a lot of the feedback they receive in the forums. I have a feeling that the advice given AND the OP's reaction to it quite depends on the attitude of the OP. I'm not a very experienced jumper, but I feel it simply is impossible to make a certain type of person hear sensible advice, regardless of the tone. If you are, however, a newb like I am who has a serious question, most people will at least try to give an answer to the best of their knowledge."That formation-stuff in freefall is just fun and games but with an open parachute it's starting to sound like, you know, an extreme sport." ~mom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
