yim666 0 #1 October 3, 2001 woohoo! leaving my 2 cessna dz in a trail of dust on my way to a magical place with altitude and desert scenery! a large group of westex skysports' regulars are going to Marana for their $99 weekend. fun to be had by all! join us if you can! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
triednolike 0 #2 October 9, 2001 In reply to:leaving my 2 cessna dz in a trail of dust on my way to a magical place with altitude and desert scenery! a large group of westex skysports' regulars are going to Marana for their $99 weekend.__________________________________________________Dude, Forget Marana and drive just a bit further to Eloy. My husband jumped at Marana for his first tandem and then discovered Eloy. What a difference!! It's a beautiful DZ and has much better aircraft. I would categorize Marana's equipment in the rickety, about to fall apart, category. Eloy is a happening place and I don't even jump (I just go to hang out with my husband and drink beer). You have to at least go to Eloy once just to check it out! You'll be glad you did. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yim666 0 #3 October 9, 2001 say what you want about Marana, but we had a terrific time! Sure, Marana's not as nice as Eloy, but their king air rocks. you wanna see a "rickety" dz, come to my home dz, Westex Skysports! I had 13 jumps for $99, which comes out to $7.62 a jump. hard to beat that. and i could've easily made more (my buddy got 19, another 16) if i could pack faster or if i hadn't biffed a road construction sign with my face on my last jump! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HotLoad 0 #4 October 9, 2001 YIM!!! I didn't think those hamburgered hands and swollen thumbs would be able to type for a while. Still want to demo that Cobalt? You're f--kin' nuts man!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HotLoad 0 #5 October 9, 2001 Why don't you downwind MY Sabre?....at Westex?.......puss-Dude, you gotta let me jump that Cobalt when it gets here before you get it all bloody! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #6 October 9, 2001 Dudes.... I hope you both have WAY more experience then your profiles say you do if you want to jump a Cobalt.The Cobalt is an excellent canopy, more extreme then a Stiletto in my opinion. Even at a light loading the thing was fast. If you have'nt jumped an elliptical yet, rethink it before you jump the Cobalt. Call up PD and tell them you want to demo a Stiletto at sub 300 jumps and they'll flat out tell you to get more jumps before you can get it. The Cobalt even at a light loading flys comperable to the Stiletto, so the same saftey thinking needs to be used on it. A Cobalt rockets through altitude faster then any thing I've jumped before. And if you do decide to take the risk, be careful if you do jump it because its real easy to get hurt when things are happening at the speeds a Cobalt or any highly loaded canopy is capible of. An impact with a road sign after a risered approach would break bones at the mininum.....Be safe, be smooth, be fast..... and most importantly.... be phree Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PhreeZone 20 #7 October 10, 2001 Damn.... now I'm the one sounding like a canopy Nazi.... I guess the Bytch did teach me something.....Be safe, be smooth, be fast..... and most importantly.... be phree Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites yim666 0 #8 October 10, 2001 appreciate the advice, but if you ever saw me fly you would realize that personal safety is fairly low on my skydiver's checklist! hehe! the only thing that worries me is if i femur (or worse) i won't be able to yump for awhile! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites cobaltdan 0 #9 October 13, 2001 i have to dissagree with this post, not because i want to sell cobalts, but because it is simply not correct.if you are considering a sabre, sabre2 or safire, i am confident you may find the cobalt to be a superior choice.contact our office and they will be glad to provide testimonials from instructors ranging from glen bangs (head uspa s&ta), to dennis okeef (head instructor perris valley).sincerely,danatair ps. (atair sponsores no one with free canopies, not even our test jumpers/swoop team. if you see someone jumping an atair canopy, its because they like it) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PhreeZone 20 #10 October 13, 2001 Actually Dan, I jumped a demo canopy earlier this year and was so impressed with the canopy that I'm saving to buy a brand new 135 in the spring My entire point of that post was to remind the jumper (that had marked in his profile that he was flying a Sabre 210) that jumping even a Cobalt 170 is going to be different from anything else and needed to be treated so. If he is'nt capible of making safe landings (he claimed to it a construction sign last weekend) under his larger Sabre, then the Cobalt might not be the best next canopy. Plus I don't want to see any of the demo canopies get hurt since when I jumped the demo one, it drew a lot of interst and lots of jumpers were talking about getting thier own demos Be safe, be smooth, be fast..... and most importantly.... be phree Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites cobaltdan 0 #11 October 13, 2001 understood..definately when someone is downsizing and trying a new canopy, advice should err on the side of caution.sincerely,dan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0 Go To Topic Listing
PhreeZone 20 #7 October 10, 2001 Damn.... now I'm the one sounding like a canopy Nazi.... I guess the Bytch did teach me something.....Be safe, be smooth, be fast..... and most importantly.... be phree Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites yim666 0 #8 October 10, 2001 appreciate the advice, but if you ever saw me fly you would realize that personal safety is fairly low on my skydiver's checklist! hehe! the only thing that worries me is if i femur (or worse) i won't be able to yump for awhile! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites cobaltdan 0 #9 October 13, 2001 i have to dissagree with this post, not because i want to sell cobalts, but because it is simply not correct.if you are considering a sabre, sabre2 or safire, i am confident you may find the cobalt to be a superior choice.contact our office and they will be glad to provide testimonials from instructors ranging from glen bangs (head uspa s&ta), to dennis okeef (head instructor perris valley).sincerely,danatair ps. (atair sponsores no one with free canopies, not even our test jumpers/swoop team. if you see someone jumping an atair canopy, its because they like it) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PhreeZone 20 #10 October 13, 2001 Actually Dan, I jumped a demo canopy earlier this year and was so impressed with the canopy that I'm saving to buy a brand new 135 in the spring My entire point of that post was to remind the jumper (that had marked in his profile that he was flying a Sabre 210) that jumping even a Cobalt 170 is going to be different from anything else and needed to be treated so. If he is'nt capible of making safe landings (he claimed to it a construction sign last weekend) under his larger Sabre, then the Cobalt might not be the best next canopy. Plus I don't want to see any of the demo canopies get hurt since when I jumped the demo one, it drew a lot of interst and lots of jumpers were talking about getting thier own demos Be safe, be smooth, be fast..... and most importantly.... be phree Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites cobaltdan 0 #11 October 13, 2001 understood..definately when someone is downsizing and trying a new canopy, advice should err on the side of caution.sincerely,dan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0 Go To Topic Listing
yim666 0 #8 October 10, 2001 appreciate the advice, but if you ever saw me fly you would realize that personal safety is fairly low on my skydiver's checklist! hehe! the only thing that worries me is if i femur (or worse) i won't be able to yump for awhile! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cobaltdan 0 #9 October 13, 2001 i have to dissagree with this post, not because i want to sell cobalts, but because it is simply not correct.if you are considering a sabre, sabre2 or safire, i am confident you may find the cobalt to be a superior choice.contact our office and they will be glad to provide testimonials from instructors ranging from glen bangs (head uspa s&ta), to dennis okeef (head instructor perris valley).sincerely,danatair ps. (atair sponsores no one with free canopies, not even our test jumpers/swoop team. if you see someone jumping an atair canopy, its because they like it) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #10 October 13, 2001 Actually Dan, I jumped a demo canopy earlier this year and was so impressed with the canopy that I'm saving to buy a brand new 135 in the spring My entire point of that post was to remind the jumper (that had marked in his profile that he was flying a Sabre 210) that jumping even a Cobalt 170 is going to be different from anything else and needed to be treated so. If he is'nt capible of making safe landings (he claimed to it a construction sign last weekend) under his larger Sabre, then the Cobalt might not be the best next canopy. Plus I don't want to see any of the demo canopies get hurt since when I jumped the demo one, it drew a lot of interst and lots of jumpers were talking about getting thier own demos Be safe, be smooth, be fast..... and most importantly.... be phree Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites cobaltdan 0 #11 October 13, 2001 understood..definately when someone is downsizing and trying a new canopy, advice should err on the side of caution.sincerely,dan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
cobaltdan 0 #11 October 13, 2001 understood..definately when someone is downsizing and trying a new canopy, advice should err on the side of caution.sincerely,dan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
