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Hi I am a C4 quadraplegic weighing around 200 pounds. Did a tandem last Friday at Zephyr Hills with no problems. Apparently the story is going into the Tampa Tribune the week after Christmas. Hope your friends jump goes well.

Thanks for that. Should be there sometime during the middle of December.

You may have already seen this, but if not, with the US elections coming up this is excellent. Sorry folks, attachment is too big to upload.

Brilliant!! Did one myself last May at Langar in the UK. Will be in Florida this December - Sounds like Z Hills will be the place to go to do another one.

I agree but you can't jump one until C licence in the UK.

No it's not. I used to jump an f111 canopy (a Wildfire) loaded at 1.3 for quite some time (about 250 jumps. Very glad I changed to ZP and certainly wouldn't recommend that your friend buys the PD.

I have just jumped a Cobalt 120 - brand new bar the 7 jumps the actual owner stuck on it. Lovely canopy to fly around, stays up for ages and hookx in nicely on fron t risers. Opening was 2 stage and reasonably soft. Before that I tried the demo 120 Atair sent him while he was waiting for his new one. It opened like a firecracker - 2 stage but still a slammer. The difference was the pilot chute - chopped it down from 28 inches to 22 inches, rolled the tail tight and openings are now sorted.

Test jumped a Faqtor 135 (loaded at 1.6) a couple of months ago. Handles a lot like the Safire except for the front risers which are very very light. Double fronts will put you into a dive with a very long recovery arc (you really need to plane it out). Opening was normal - took about 600 feet at terminal. Landing it was very like the Safire, you can surf it or just land normally.

Used it on a Stilletto loaded at 1.5. Worked well.

Riser blocks are a short length of webbing rolled up and stitched on to each riser. I much prefer them to riser loops and wrap some vet wrap (sort of self-adhesive tape used on horses etc.) around them to make them nicer to grab. Never seen them used on rears though.

You don't have to push the envelope on every jump. If the picture isn't right then don't take chances. I managed over 1,000 jumps without injury and then sprained my ankle which put me out of action for 3 days - not a hook but a straight-in off landing at Eloy where I was forced to take a downwind landing (thorn bushes right & left and a plane on finals behind me).

I've seen guys reduced to tears trying to get a new PD canopy into the d-bag. I learned the psycho pack without rolling the canopy (or psycho bag as PD call it) when I was floundering around trying to bag my new Stilletto - a guy showed me this new weird upside down method, bagged it in less than 2 minutes and I've done it that way ever since. It's great fun demonstrating it on a brand new canopy for someone who has been struggling for a while - they usually just kneel down and stare at the bag in disbelief!

Surely your rigger will keep your rig and repack the reserve just before you get it back - he/she won't want to have to open it all back up again to re-install the Cypres.

And remember to say yes if they ask you if you packed everything yourself.