bodypilot90 0 #1 October 21, 2003 just passing time Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 221 #2 October 21, 2003 Need to have multiple answers.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ivanrockon 0 #3 October 21, 2003 10,500 ft. Is a Cessna operated DZ. Ivan "Rock On" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheAnvil 0 #4 October 21, 2003 15,000 feet at Hollister, CA! Wussy mountains in the vicinity. Vinny the AnvilVinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bodypilot90 0 #6 October 21, 2003 can't edit that, or i don't know how to Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Layton 0 #7 October 21, 2003 9,500 we jump a 182.we dont have a big fancy dz but what we do have is a hell of a lot of fun***if you are going to be stupid you better be tough Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kennedy 0 #8 October 21, 2003 13.5 +/- 500ft generally. [both my old home DZ and my new one at Skydive Alabama]witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darius11 12 #9 October 21, 2003 10 K and 13.5KI'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redtwiga 0 #10 October 21, 2003 Quote9,500 we jump a 182. That's not very much freefall at all. I wonder how much it affects learning curve--for jumpers with the same number of jumps and same currency... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kennedy 0 #11 October 21, 2003 QuoteThat's not very much freefall at all. I wonder..... OK, now you're asking me to think? On a TUESDAY?!? Nope, I won't do it. You can't make me.witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Layton 0 #12 October 21, 2003 no its not but we get a king air once a month.the same king air is about an hour and a half farther north so some of us go up to the other dz from time to time.i have 125 jumps and im a pretty decent belly flier.i do tend to float a lot though.trying to learn to sit fly now.opps im rambeling sorry***if youi are going to be stupid you better be tough Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dumpster 0 #13 October 21, 2003 13,500 with the King or Otter, 10,500 to 12,500 in the Cessna, (which just got a new engine w/turbocharger and three-blade prop this spring). Easy Does It Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prepheckt 0 #14 October 21, 2003 Around 11.5 to 12K because the dz is already at 5000 ft MSL."Dancing Argentine Tango is like doing calculus with your feet." -9 toes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ReLLiK75 0 #15 October 21, 2003 For my DZ, it depends whose flying the plane. We've got one guy who weighs in at 240. Put him in the pilot seat of a 182 and it's a slooow climb to altitude. Then we're lucky if we're breaking 10k __________________________________________ Have you Got Flare? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bmcd308 0 #16 October 21, 2003 14K King Air 12.5K Cessna 195 ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ivanrockon 0 #17 October 21, 2003 Know that feeling man! We have an instructor in my DZ (cessna operated) and just before jump run when we have to turn around if he is in the middle of the airplane and he leans a little back the CG changes and we stop climbing and he seems (even when he is a pilot) not to understand why the pilot is asking him to move as foward as possible to change CG just to break the 10K. Damn hard headed! Actually there are 2 people like that in my DZ. I always make sure that neither of them are in the load when I manifest. That way I make sure that I go all the way to altitude. Ivan "Rock On" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dterrick 0 #18 October 21, 2003 9-9,5k. It's more than regulation time for 4 way ... but just. We don't care about 8 way or freeflying time because one CAN'T be done from a C-182 and the other just generally isn't done. Canopy wise, it's all the same and maybe better because it's "socially acceptable" to do hop n pops A better question regarding currency would be coaching quality and disciplines taught... us being restricted to small ways and (generally) to belly flight. We also know how to spot for ourselfes as a rule - and there's never people 'in the back of the plane' yelling at us to get out already. We ARE the load . Dave Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andy2 0 #19 October 21, 2003 14k! --------------------------------------------- let my inspiration flow, in token rhyme suggesting rhythm... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MyOwnWay 0 #20 October 21, 2003 10k. cessna 182 wide body for our itty bitty, yet comfortable, dz_________________________________________ all good things are wild and free - Henry David Thoreau Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yardhippie 0 #21 October 21, 2003 Quote14K King Air 12.5K Cessna 195 what he said!Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bodypilot90 0 #22 October 21, 2003 QuoteWe also know how to spot for ourselfes as a rule that's one of the best reasons to start at a small dz. I think I had 80 jumps or so before i was with the 1st group out of the Otter or casa. However I suffered with it anyway Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tonto 1 #23 October 22, 2003 11K. We have a Pilatus PC-6 Turbine, but at 5000ft AMSL hypoxia becomes a real issue. Sometimes we get 12000 for early morning loads, but we're the limitation, not the kite. tIt's the year of the Pig. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mccordia 74 #24 October 22, 2003 Where's - 2500 (for real) - 2500 (as written in my logbook) But 6000/9000 ft is usualy the altitude we jump fromJC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikemc 0 #25 October 22, 2003 14-15k Hibaldstow In the UK. Dornier and Finist both Turbines. Woo hooo. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
