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I thoroughly enjoyed the video but now I hate all those other guys who tried to help. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

I remember seeing it in a bunch of siglines but don't remember an auto ban. I didn't log on here for quite a while so I missed it. I put a sincere warning up so I think it's ok.... I hope anyway :) My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

why? He played that trick a few too many times. THIS IS THE LOG OUT LINK, Do not click it unless you want to log out of Dropzone dot com CLick here only if you want to log off Dropzone.com My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Pete is awesome and I highely recommend him. Pete is also pretty far away. I'm also a good rigger but I'm up near Vallejo. Conveniently, there are 3 Riggers close to you. brianfry713 ebusto ficus We all know each other and fly together. Start with Brian. He seems to be the most available to do rigging work. If he's not, I'm sure he'll suggest the other 2 on my list. I fly in the iFly wind tunnel in Union City every week so if you wanted me to do it, you could meet me there. Actually we all do so take your pick My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Students that don't appear to be listening can usually be brought back with a little gravity check. I've held a book in front of me at about chest level and kept talking. When the time was right, the book would suddenly drop from my hand and land flat making a nice sound. I stopped talking and stared at the book for a few seconds then knelt down and picked it up. "woah... that was abrupt" It gets the point across. That only works during AFF but at least for that session, they pay attention. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Lowering him 45 feet to an elevator. Yeah I can see how that's worthy of 3 teams and 3 fire departments. They will also need a taco truck to feed all the people involved. You know... all the important support staff sitting on the ground. Next time I'm in Michigan... It IS only an 1100 foot climb :) My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

If it's chronic, you may want to look into an ear tube. Plus you'll have super hearing in that ear. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

A person can jump in a soft cast, or even a hard one. It's often foolish but can and has been done safely. If It's a hard cast, it can be dangerous to the people you fly with. You as a student will not have that option. You are way too new at it to land safe with an injury to your landing gear. How did you become injured? My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

On this topic I ran across a few sets of type 17 risers recently where they used black type four tape on top of black type 17 webbing. That was seriously annoying since I stared for a few minutes and could not figure out what was not looking right. Type III

No, that is not safe to open. Just delete it. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Something annoying to do while trying to relax and finalize my prep to leave the airplane. I do it anyway because it makes others happy. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

I don't even have to watch those to know what they are (but I will after I post this). Nova is awesome! He's a local to this area. Heart of gold and strong as f*** to recover as well as he did. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

I sincerely appreciate your thoroughness but it's not a good Idea. I really suggest not doing that, and definitely do not teach that to others to either. Velcro works pretty good if you don't mess with it. Peeling it only wears it out. Many D-handles need the best Velcro they can have to keep the handle in place. Some are very secure, some aren't. Take a look at the lower part of many D-Handles. They're often barely in place. Teaching students to remove handles from their pockets or cutaway handles from the Velcro is a horrible idea. If the rig gets jumped by 6 students a day each weekend, the handles won't stay put after a few weeks. Plus, many people don't perfectly mate the hook and pile. It's important to mate it properly. Just make sure it's properly mated and move on. I never remove mine unless I'm doing a repack or changing canopies. Often I still leave the handle in place and just remove the cables. As for gear checks. I can see my reserve pin through the side. The same goes for the main. I check my main pin while closing it. Before I don the rig, I peek at the reserve pin and peek at the main pin as well. It takes seconds. A complete gear check on my own gear takes very little time. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

My last ride was on a Micro Raven 120 loaded at about 1.5. My experience under 7 cells is pretty High. I have several rides on Ravens so it was no big deal to land on target. My PD-R 113 is loaded at approximately 1.592920353982301 (according to windows calculator) Between the 2, the PD-R is easier to fly and land since it has a much longer control stroke. Key to survival. Canopy control checks. It's just a parachute so turn it, flare it and figure it out. You may only have 1000 feet to test the flare and find a landing zone, but, you can still test it. If I was rich enough at the moment, I'd upsize my reserve to an optimum 126. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Sorry I was not online to reply to this thread when you started it. That is one of the most common viruses out right now. It keeps being changed slightly so it's harder to find. Now that you've found the proxy setting and fixed it, delete all your temporary internet files. Check everything on the list and delete it. If you use multiple browsers, IE, Firefox etc ... delete the files from all programs. Clear your java cache as well, How to clear Java Cache After that's done, Run Malwarebytes again. Also update your Current Antivirus, then run a complete scan. Not a quick scan. Walk away from the computer because it could take a while. There are a few places that type of virus resides. There's a good chance malwarebytes got it all but there's also a good chance it missed some. If McAffee didn't find it, update it. If it fails later on in your computers life, replace it. Believe it or not, Microsoft Security Essentials tends to catch it better than some paid anti-virus programs. Good luck My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Go on an adventure. Camping. Climb a mountain. Hike around Moab. Something outdoors and for yourself only. Go enjoy some nature in a forest. Do anything. Get offline. Sincere comment. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Yes Yes Get some, don't think too much about it and try them out a few weekends consistently. Chances are you'll wear them from then on. Unless you're doing CRW, they are great. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

http://www.moldex.com/hearing-protection/foam-earplugs/sparkplugs.php Thanks! Do you wear them while in freefall? If so, did you notice any change when it comes to pressure equalisation? I'll butt in here for a moment. I put them in before boarding the plane and take them out after landing. It's the best thing I've done for my ears. Equalization is not an issue. I have about 5000 skydives without and about 500 with. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Pretty amazing knife. I saw this yesterday and then noticed I have a Very rare modern high-performance parachute knife on the floor of my Tacoma. If anyone is interested, I can take a photo and post it up. Here are the rest of his very rare items. More very rare knives My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

That video is making its rounds. You did fine. Your exit wasn't perfect but what happened next was completely induced by the main side instructor. It was not you. He was out of position right off the step. Woops, but shit happens. He could have still saved it but did a very classic mistake. Once the reserve side let go, the main side instructor still had a chance. He needed to right himself by turning over onto his own belly. Instead, he tried to flip you over (feet over head) and that was the cause of the spin. Take a look, he flung you several times. He had one or 2 more chances to right himself. If he had turned over, he could countered the spin pretty quickly and turned you over. You were already arched enough for an easy harness flip. (Reach over you, grab the opposite main lift web and roll you. Poof, back in action, ... heading altimeter, arch reach, touch... and so on. Well, Once he screwed himself and started spinning, there was nothing he could do to fix it. As hard as it is to release a student, he should have gave up a LOT sooner and let go. The moment he let you go, you flipped right over. You were in no better position then, than you were earlier in the dive. It was simply easier to arch since you weren't tracking circles around your instructor. The instructors were schooled on that jump. It should be shown to new instructors as a training aid. Don't be too harsh on the instructor. I bet they just learned something the hard way. There's more to it, but I don't have time right now for a step by step. Good luck on your next jump! I'd still work with either one of them but we'd go over a few things before the next AFF Jump

That was f...king scary. Very odd to see someone on a 98 sq ft x-brace come in so conservatively though. I think there is something more to this story. If he was worried about the winds he flew his canopy completely wrong (ie. all the toggle inputs). Doc, I jump in very windy conditions regularly. Conditions where I jump often change but most of us simply grow accustomed to it. What I'm going to ask is, what's completely wrong with just using toggles? My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

He wouldn't have had to if he remembered to hook up the static line. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

That's what pd said, no one ever died from a bag lock, enless they try to land it, But people have died from line dump. Line dump: Lines fall out of the stows prior to line stretch. Bag Strip: Bag gets stripped of the parachute prior to line stretch. It's nearly impossible for the lines to fall out of the locking stows prior to line stretch. Locking stow rubber bands generally break when line stretch occurs and the line gets ripped out of the rubber band under tension. Note: The parachute is pushing against the closing flap creating additional pressure on the rubber bands making them tighter, not looser. Stowless deployment bags would not be possible if Line Dump made any difference in opening characteristics. The lines are not restricted but the locking stows will keep the bag closed through line stretch. Bag strip: It can... but almost never will happen on very heavy canopies and is nearly impossible on smaller canopies. There is an interesting picture of a tandem canopy with the bag off the packed canopy just above the jumpers. The image is scary, but the end result was a normal opening. Even with bag strip, the canopy has to start blowing open prior to line stretch or nothing unusual can be felt. Tight locking stows are an assurance the parachute will reach line stretch prior to stripping off the bag. The rest of the line stows are for management purposes. The rest of the stows will allow the lines to lift away from the jumper. Many people, myself included have experimented with line stows. If the bag stays shut, there is no discernible difference in the opening speed of canopies. You can stow just the locking stows and none of the other stows and the opening will feel the same. The issue doing that is the possibility of line entanglements of closing flaps so it's ill advised. Hard openings are caused when the slider is not held up against the slider stops long enough. That is nearly 100 percent caused by packing, not line stows. A poorly managed pack job that allows the slider to be partially down the lines when the bag comes off the parachute gets your attention rather quickly. Some parachutes are known to open faster and slower than others. A fast opening canopy with a poorly managed pack job is more susceptible to extremely quick openings. These hurt, and sometimes injure people. A slower opening canopy can sometimes do the same thing but most of the time the opening is still somewhat slower and merely says HI!!! ... and the jumper say's "ooofff... that was fast" or other exclamations. So all that said, don't blame hard openings on loose stows. Loose locking stows will still hold the bag shut. When the bridle starts lifting the bag, the parachute pushes against the closing flap on the deployment bag. The result is tighter stows. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

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I do believe you meant "ad in parachutist" My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto