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BillVon you managed to take every one one those paragraphs out of context. The amount of jumps was in rebuttal to someone saying that it is easy to get 200 jumps in a year. Saying most people have a gopro was a rebuttal to people who keep saying "save the money and buy jump tickets." Neither of them have anything to do with jumping a camera. Yes there are times when the camera is at fault, do to a snag or distraction. Thats a legitimate time to criticize anyone with any jump number. Someone simply posting a video of a successful skydive is not. Even the recent wingsuit fatality where a gopro was mentioned, people started blaming the camera immediately with no evidence or proof.

if you are referring to me looking for justification remember I don't need it. The only thing I need to jump a camera is the desire to do so and the ok from my DZO. I'm close enough to 200 I highly doubt they would care. On top of that waiting to 200 is better than dealing with you people.

The skills may not but the chance of the camera being a distraction is greatly minimized. The snag hazard is present no matter the jump number. Funny story, I had a gopro mount on my helmet and it actually bugged people because I have less than 200 jumps. It was only there because I was in the process of doing an experiment. I wanted to know how difficult it was to remove a gopro or helmet with a bridal snagged on it. Believe it or not it's pretty easy to sheer off a gopro. If a bridal was wrapped around it ripping it off it quickly achieved.

The money comment always get me. "Save the money and use it for jump tickets!" It's 2015 you think 18-20 something year old don't already own at least one gopro? You think athletes and adventurers have never used a gopro for skiing, snowboarding, mountain biking, snowmobiling, white water kayaking, car racing, motorcycle riding, shooting, on their combat helmet, or taking selfies? Seriously, catch up. Chances are you are probably the amature when it comes to using POV cameras because we have been using them since we were teens and preeteens. Your own footage doesn't really help you debrief yourself. I don't think anyone claimed it did. But -this is not true for my case- at many DZ I've heard that us peasants generally end up jumping together. This way they can learn while jumping together. Just a scenario, throwing it out there. There have been incidents that involve low time jumpers and if there is a camera present someone will blame it. Even if it is a totally unrelated mal someone will bring up how that jumper shouldn't have had a camera. You could have a low time jumper accidently film extraterrestrial live or Jesus Christ in the flesh and there would still be someone bitching about jump numbers and how they should have the camera. This thread really has become pointless.Many posters on this site frequently say "take what you read hear lightly and consult your instructor" until it is something they disagree with. The we are clearly wrong for not trusting what they posted.

A lot of the diet hype is total BS and some of that bleeds into those articles. As long as the body gets the required nutrients it basically doest matter where they came from. Simple thermodynamics can dismiss most diets.

Am I confused? The post you quoted is from before I read the SIM. I took the experienced guys word for it. I was wrong to do so and upon reading the SIM I discovered that the recommendation is a C-license not simply 200 jumps. It is good because it gives people a goal to shoot for. Yes I did say that I will probably wear a camera before 200 jumps. I don't need to justify it. When I want to do it I will ask my instructors. If they ok it than I will jump it. I don't clam to know a lot, there is a tremendous amount I can learn and would like to learn. I really don't want to get into jumping at small DZ because its a ridiculous thing to argue over unless you have done it. 182 DZ open for 6 months of the year, 24 jumping weekends, 5 jumps a weekend on average, 120 jumps with perfect weather. That doesn't happen and probably maybe get a little better than half of the weekends. 50-60 jumps is pretty average for people at my DZ. Some people don't understand really small DZ. basically 2 tandem loads then a fun load. Not even including AFF loads. With only 4 people per load you can't get that many jumps in.

With a little research you can make the same thing for pennies.

I think you guys got confused again. I didn't make this thread to somehow justify jumping a camera before 200 jumps. It wouldn't matter anyway, my DZ doesn't follow the C-License recommendation. It is totally up to the DZO/Instructors. There is a guy with over 200 jumps that they wouldn't let near a camera. There is also a guy who was a speed flyer/paraglider with a decent amount of tunnel time and they let him use a camera around jump 100. I personally don't need to jump a camera because my footage would be mostly useless. I use my friends video to learn from since I'm the new guy. I simply wanted to know if a misrepresented recommendation (200 jumps when it is really a C-license) was more important to people than that jumpers instructors/coaches/SA&T opinion. I found that answer to de a definite "YES" because "Mad Skilz" doesn't mean you are ready. But this is DZ.com where half of everything turn into a jump number pissing contest, so I wasn't surprised.

You mistyped in your second paragraph somewhere. 200 jumps may be easy for some of you, but us at Cessna/weekend DZs this really is 2-3 years. could be less If you have the money to jump more and a job/weather that never interferes.

All your posts I've seen on this site so far have been good, but I cannot let this misinformation go unchallenged. My Viso 2 and Quattro, are made from the same manufacture, probably have the same altitude detection programming. The only difference is the output, which is simple coding Yes this could start the whole mechanical vs. digital debate but lets not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGyvLfdTH1k Psycho Pack: Great packing method with awesome openings.

I am curious of the physiology of it as well. Question for the guy above. Why is your lowest alarm set so hight? I would think in a time of stress fighting with a mal it would be better to have an alarm screaming to chop at a lower altitude.

Wait, was it really debatable if canopy and wingsuits could gain altitude? Of course they can. All you have to do is change velocity into lift.

Talking to some of the old timers about audibles and a recurring theme appeared. Many of them said not to rely on it for altitude. Now in my brain relying on an audible is exactly the same as relying an a wrist mounted alti. Is this just people being suck in their ways or are audibles less reliable than visual altis?

Is it just me or dose anybody else not notice airplane noise? If I try listing for it I can find it but going about my day I do not.

You can use whatever works for you. Seriously it doesn't matter.

I've flown a gyrocopter. Prolly safer than skydiving and certainly safer than BASE. That's like saying Russian Roulette is safer with a revolver than a semiauto. Having said that, gyrocopters are particularly safe. Autorotation is inherent. But Russian Roulette is safer with a revolver. That's how I have always done it, and I try to be as safe as possible.

Four seemed pretty close to terminal. Overall looks like the canopy is performing great.

52% were made by one person. The judge should see the bias right there.

Not if she does her job properly. https://www.instrumart.com/products/24262/extech-407732-sound-level-meter The only issue I would have with someone using that is I am fairly certain that it just measures any levels of sound, instead of being able to isolate the otter. It's quite possible that a bird or lawn mower or freeway would register a loud enough signal on the meter without being the otter that's flying overhead. I don't know squat about audio stuff (yeah, I'm a radio guy and admit that) but I would think a bit of common sense would need to be employed. I also don't think sounds "stack". In other words, if there's a lawn mower nearby giving let's say a 60db reading and then a plane flies over at 100db, I think the device would simply read the same 100db that it would read if the lawn mower wasn't present. Either way, the way to do it would be to take several readings to get a typical average and also consider other sound factors in the testing. The best way to do this would be to data record a day when there is no jumping, then do the same when there is jumping and average out the DB levels for each day. Even better would be to average it out over a week but that won't happen.

The recommendation in the SIM isn't simply 200 jumps, It's a C license. Which involves so much more than 200 jumps. So let's just nip that and stop saying 200 jumps. On top of that yes a $1500 course is absurd, stop being confrontational. AFF level one doesn't even cost that much and is much longer, more comprehensive, and involves a jump with two instructors. That is much more than a camera course would need to be. I stated this thread to see if people cared more about a misunderstood recommendation from the SIM than the guidance of the jumpers instructor.

Jerry, can you elaborate more on this? I don't understand that if the magnets have the same releasing force as the suggested locking stows with rubber bands, why does the fact of being a magnet changes anything? As I see, the force on the magnets is at least more constant, and I'd like to believe that it was measured by the manufacturer (5 pounds?) Every time you do a rubber band stow, there are many more random factors can make it tighter or looser. EDIT: After writing this I thought better about the mechanics and the fact that the rubber bands go through the grommets on the locking stows which is hard to emulate with the magnets. Anyway, seems like this problem was figured out according to this video https://vimeo.com/120294419 An easier way to think about it is if the rubber bands had to break in order to release the canopy. At lower speeds there is less energy being developed to extract the canopy. It would be more difficult to break the rubber band.

That's the most important part! Matching gear is what give you the mystical FF power. Just like strikers on your car, it adds HP duh!

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Not totally sure what you're asking but I'll try and clarify. The only stows that would be affected are the ones used to close the bag. As long as the magnets create an equal or greater amount of force as the stow bands before line stretch, it wouldn't matter.