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Does anyone know of a MAC OS verison of JumpTrack. I recently bought an Alti Track and I'm a MAC user. The website wasn't much help. If not, I suppose I could run a PC verison in Bootcamp or paralells. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Frank Alfano, C1, C2, IA, SSI, SSE, CA, LE, Tandem Master C.S.P.A. C-3118 U.S.P.A. D-28788

I'm in the market for an HD camera to mount on a WesPro helmet. I'm thinking of going with a Sony's HDRHC9 HDV Handycam® Camcorder with Full HD 1080 Recording and Super SteadyShot Optical Image Stabilization HDRHC9. Anyone use one of those and know if it's any good for skydiving? If not, what's a common camera for high quality aerial video? What to replace a PC 1000 with? Any help is greatly appreciated. Frank Frank Alfano, C1, C2, IA, SSI, SSE, CA, LE, Tandem Master C.S.P.A. C-3118 U.S.P.A. D-28788

I'm absolutely brand new to camera flying. Still haven't done the first jump yet. I have a Sidewinder helmet and a Sony PC101. The helmet has a plate on the side where the camera goes and seems to have a hole where I should be able to screw into the tripod mount. It's not lined up. Also, I need to have the camera higher so I'm wondering if there is a part that might connect the 2. I bought the helmet used so no manual. I've also visited the skysystems website with no luck. Lastly, the side doesn't close with a batery. I'm told that the helmet is for PC series cameras so I'm pretty sure that it's the right helmet. Wondering how different the cameras are, etc. Anyone...Please help. Frank Frank Alfano, C1, C2, IA, SSI, SSE, CA, LE, Tandem Master C.S.P.A. C-3118 U.S.P.A. D-28788

Hey, I'm a belly flyer with a little over 600 jumps. I own a Sony Handycam PC101. I was thinking of using it to start flying video. Any tips or input into what would be an ideal helmet for that camera? I've been looking but hard to decide. Any help would be much appreciated. Frank Alfano, C1, C2, IA, SSI, SSE, CA, LE, Tandem Master C.S.P.A. C-3118 U.S.P.A. D-28788

I rode it in. At 2500 feet, I could keep it in control. It flared, it steered (although I gave it light gentle turns.). It landed fine. I had absolutely no injuries. Had I had any difficulty in steering, control, or it looked weird in anyway, I would have chopped it. Frank Frank Alfano, C1, C2, IA, SSI, SSE, CA, LE, Tandem Master C.S.P.A. C-3118 U.S.P.A. D-28788

So I had my first mal. After I turned and tracked I remained in a stable belly to earth box until about 3500. I looked at my alt while I had my hand on the pud (alt is hand mount galaxy). Threw out pilot chute at 3000. Opening was really hard. Canopy looked ok. Unstowed my brakes, pulled toggles down, canopy reacted normally. Let it up and in full flight it folded. Pulled toggles back down it was controllable. The top centre cell skin was torn to crap. I'm sending the canopy to PD to see if they can figure out what happened. The main was a PD 210 (F111) and container a Vector II. I weight 215. Put 15 jumps on this canopy. Canopy had 310 jumps before this. I'm trying to figure out why this may have happened. I've heard packing maybe. Bridle burn on the centre cell. Well...It's damaged but not sure if bridle caused it. Anyway, any input or help is greatly appreciated. Frank Alfano, C1, C2, IA, SSI, SSE, CA, LE, Tandem Master C.S.P.A. C-3118 U.S.P.A. D-28788