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Some military train using Accelerated Free Fall. Adding a speed bag is apparently another option. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

I've asked this in the past so I'll ask again. What were the malfunctions? What happened? What gear were they using? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6klvGVtw-HA&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r0AkiJV5Co&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PpDZWxvU64&feature=related Ummm...stability problems maybe? Ah! I can see how a speed bag could fix that. Thanks for the insight :) My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

I've asked this in the past so I'll ask again. What were the malfunctions? What happened? What gear were they using? My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Preventative is great, however, sometimes a person simply finds out they screwed up and must deal with landing in an unfamiliar place. One of THE BEST THINGS you can do for yourself is, Learn how to land any canopy you jump using a standard straight in approach. Most importantly, learn how to sink it in or use a highly braked accuracy approach. Some times you don't get to land in full flight. If you sink it in over trees into a small back yard, you must know how to PLF. Practice PLFs like you mean it. Some PLFs are simple rolling landings and some aren't. Brace yourself and take the hit. Don't let your knees hit you in the face. A nice PLF can be considered a good landing. I've personally practiced braked accuracy approaches many times on a 97 Stiletto 1.8 wingload, a 27 Cell Xaos 78 with a 2.3 to 2.4 wingload, and my current 84 Velocity. Ive done this on higher wind days and warm no wind days. This practice has absolutely come in handy. Landing off the dropzone in most cases should be just another landing ... but, you have to pay attention to what your real options are. If it's not just another landing, meaning there are trees, cars, back yards, fences etc... practiced accuracy skills can really make the difference. The only definite in skydiving is, you're going to land so if you find yourself where you shouldn't be, at least have some practice landing exactly where you want to. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

They don't need help, they need to just answer the question My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Don't know what you mean so I'll just guess. My take is some designs work well, some do not. Some that do not work as well as they should by now, are still manufactured. You're welcome to ask me why I feel that way rather than say I'm creating an urban legend. I personally feel most toggles are too soft. Thin brake lines and a firm opening can (and has) resulted in a toggle that doesn't release from the cateye. I has dislike toggles where the bottom stub is close to the top one. It's very difficult to pull the slider down over it if it's bunched up all in one place. People get used to it or tolerate it but it's easy to fix. Wings for instance has a poor pull out design. The lanyard from the pin to the handle is 2 pieces. The 2 pieces are larks headed together so there's a knot that needs to be stuffed somewhere under the side flap. Generally the handle is too big and is also floppy. My simple mods (generalized) ... * Stiffen the toggles with 2 rows of thin very tight zig zag stitches so the brake line can't squish the toggle. * Make the lanyard from the handle to the pin 1 piece of webbing. * remove some material from the actual handle fabric to make it firmer, tighter, and slightly smaller. (go ahead and spin this one since it could apply to other areas in life) I personally dislike handles on throwouts that do not tuck in. If they tuck in, they won't (easily) come out unexpectedly. That's basically it. For what it's worth, I still prefer a pull out. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Lane sharing isn't specifically legal, it's just not illegal and can be up to the discretion of the officer. Many officers have made up rules regarding lane sharing but most of the time, if you're not sharing lanes like an asshole, you'll be fine. I've had the CHP move left to allow me by easier. I think a few other states are ok with lane sharing but I'm uncertain since I'm in California. BTW, I like the webcam. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Exit order is dependent on canopy size. Duly noted My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Yep. I specifically worded my post that way and I'm glad you picked up on it. My mods are simple yet it makes my rig extremely easy and dependable to work with. Certain skydiving equipment components could have been easily designed better but minor imperfections resulted in consequences 20 years ago and some still occur now. Thanks for the reply dave. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

I'm curious what brought this question on? I may have a video in my archives somewhere but I doubt it. I wouldn't show anyone anyway. I shot a video of my friend doing a straight in front riser approach on a Pintail. It collapsed and he didn't live through the impact. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

thats not allowed, you cannot have a canopy bigger then a 135 if you are free flying =D Tell that to my friend Mungai. He was freeflying VERY well on his very first jump. He really should have been on radio though. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

[eyes roll back] That's what I've been doing reading much of this thread. I'm glad real live instruction is easier than what I've read here

I love the pull out. However. for some reason, manufacturers still put out poor designs. My first pull out I built myself. I modeled it after a VooDoo pull-out I used a few times. On my current rig, I fixed it the day I got it. I've had zero trouble with either one. Mind you I've only put a few thousand jumps on a pull outs. Floating handles are not that common. If they are, it's a bad design or it's rigged incorrectly. If it floats, chances are it was a hard pull. When you pack a throw out, the bridle must have a clear shot from the pouch to the pin, right? The same thing goes for a pull-out. The handle needs a clear shot to the pin and it comes right out. My opinion is that a properly designed pull-out is superior to almost all throw outs. Pull the handle, and put it straight out to the side and let go. An aggressive throw is not required. (Same goes for a throw out actually) In my case there are no cons to owning it. My rig isn't suitable for winqsuit flying. It simply doesn't hold a reasonable canopy so it's not a concern. I'm primarily a freeflyer and AFF instructor and have been a rigger for most of my jumping days. It has been by far, the easiest pilot chute for me to maintain. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Damn it, it won't allow the hot link. You'll have to copy and paste it yourself then :) http://img2.moonbuggy.org/imgstore/ahoy-there-captain-obvious.jpg My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

There is no way the student was sold on a breathing strip. It's not offensive in anyway. I have to remind plenty of people to breathe when performing student dives and Freefly coaching. He was simply given a way to remember to relax a bit. I think it's funny and affective for an already experienced skydiver to use a reminder. I would roll my eyes at breathing strip but ya know what?... it will remind you to be less tense. Take a freefly coaching dive for instance. (this goes for tunnel flying as well). Discuss it before hand how you will remind them to breath., If you can remind them to breathe again, they relax a bit and start flying remarkably smoother. After some time, the act of tensing up will be a self reminder. Some of you guys are acting ridiculous in this thread.

Ahoy there!

Both you and fcajump proved my point. A special kind of awareness.

Honesly I doubt it. Rolling the bag through while packing takes a special kind of awareness. I'll try to roll it through a few times myself to see how awkward it is. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

It takes 1 second from pilot chute toss to line stretch. It was packed that way. There's simply no way it was packed correctly and it flipped through during deployment. Try and imagine how the pilot chute could have pulled the bag out of the container then have it flip through, it can't do it. Do it on the ground and you'll be certain it was packed up that way. The packer failed to perform a simple check to determine if the lines were correctly oriented. Luckily it was a flip through and not a step through one riser group. Whoever is allowing him to pack there needs to have a discussion with the packer. It's rather interesting flying with twisted risers isn't it? That's an easy one to deal with. A step through a riser group would have almost positively resulted in a cutaway. The simple line check would determine either one. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

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Sign into: http://groups.google.com/group/bay-area-tunnel-fliers Then send an email to the group at: bay-area-tunnel-fliers@googlegroups.com Good luck! My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

I think it's also spelled alunimun. What about nuculer? Edit1: or is it nucular? Edit2: I mean, nucuelar My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Depends who you do that to! The sensitive but strong angry guy will beat the shit out of me even when I joke about the truth. You, I imagine could take a ribbing cuz you'd give it right back. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

I don't have a harness handy to look at but I recall the webbing is fairly light. E-thread works for that type of webbing. My favorite stitch for that is to ZigZag just shy of the width of the webbing ... pick the foot up, start the stitch at the beginning and ZigZag right back over it. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto